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[–] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (22 children)

Can you run Battlefield 6?

Valorant?

Apex Legends?

Rainbow Six: Siege?

Fortnite?

GTA V?

RDR2?

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Can you run Battlefield 6?

    This isn't even a Windows or Linux thing: Why the hell do you want Saudi Arabia and Jared Kusher* to have kernel-level access to your machine? Why, why is that worth it for just a game?

    *I really wish I was joking with this part

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I am not interested in playing any of those games.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Ok, cool. Some people are. This is a quick list of some popular reasons why people might not be able to just run Linux.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I'd probably play BF6 and I do enjoy Apex Legends, but not enough to run Windows. Photoshop is great, but GIMP meets my non-professional needs. I'm not an engineer so AutoCAD isn't a professional requirement and I can fix 3d prints or plan landscaping in freecad.

    But, I can't make Micrsoft stop enabling telemetry on my computer, inserting ads in my start menu or giving AI access to my entire system. I know there are tools to disable these things, I used them. I know the workaround to make local users, I know how to remove the AI integrations, I know how to use group policy to prevent the re-enabling of some items.

    I don't want to have to fight my computer in order to use it. I want it to do exactly what I want and nothing else. Linux lets me do it and that is more important than a few FPSs

    Everyone gets to make that choice. Well, except the people who can't upgrade to Windows 11... for them it's Linux or joining a botnet at some time in the near future.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You should not install a game requiring kernel level privileges on a personal machine you use for anything other than gaming.

    At this point, I recommend to go the console way (or dedicated gaming machine, which is basically the same at this point as you are not owning neither of them)

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    I can run any software designed for Linux or Windows. Period.

    If a package doesn't function, it's because the developers arbitrarily decided to disable it for capitalist reasons. Not because it won't work.

    So the answer to "can Linux run X game made for Windows" is always yes. Always.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    So. No then. You either are holding onto a zero day workaround for their anti-cheat OR the answer is no.

    It’s neat to try to shift the answer so that you can still say yes but also no.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You asked if they can run. The answer is yes.

    You're the one shifting to "may they run, p-pleaze".

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Are you upset that I can run any program on Linux? Why?

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