Linux doesn’t make you jump through this hoop 🐧🫡🇺🇸
You know, I use Linux at work but use windows at home. I’ve been thinking of switching for a while. I think the thing that is going to push me over the edge is the difficulty that I have saving a file to my own god damned computer.
I love automatic backups to the cloud WHEN I CHOOSE TO USE THEM! I’m tired of Microsoft essentially holding my data for ransom, though.
Welp, they’re never going to stop, and they’re always going to get more intrusive. Linux is better than it has ever been! Give it a whirl. I suggest Pop!_OS for people who don’t want to mess with their system, and Arch for people who love messing with their system.
Edit: Fedora is a nice middle-ground.
I’m on Garuda. For gaming, I think it’s an ideal option. It’s Arch based but comes with everything set up for gaming, and tools to install whatever you may need. I think it comes with the AUR set up automatically too (or it’s an option that’s easy at least), which isn’t necessary, but it does have some things you may want/need for modding and certain (very few) non-steam games. I think RuneLite for Runescape I got from the AUR, or something like that.
I haven’t tried Pop, and Fedora is alright though I personally didn’t care for it as much.
You can make cloud backups whenever you choose on Linux whenever you want, even to OneDrive.
So far I’ve never had Bazzite nor Mint nor any of my software there force me to put things anywhere.
Just know the Microsoft Office suite and Adobe’s software don’t really work on Linux systems.
I have a cheap laptop that I got solely for school to run their anti cheat Spyware for online tests. I hadn’t turned it on since I updated it and it forced me to make a hotmail/outlook account or I couldn’t use the laptop to take my test. Assholes almost made me late for it. Fuck microsoft.
If i can get guild wars 2 to run on Linux I won’t need windows anymore
Edit : sorry for the confusion. I have linux running. The next step is to work on gw2. It’s the only thing remaining.
May I ask for further clarification on when you tried when running the game?
I haven’t tried Guild Wars 2 on Linux however it seems like it works according to ProtonDB.
Sorry I should have been more clear. I have mint linux installed. The speakers and the headset works. When I get a chance I need to work on gw2. It’s the last step. Sorry for the confusion.
It runs without a problem via steam for me on Linux mint. I don’t know how to do whatever setup steam does manually, but you can just launch it through steam and sign in with your anet account. (There’s a config option to open the login window instead of using your steam account for login)
Just add it to Steam/Lutris and go, it’s not worth an entire blog post or video about.