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Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet (www.neowin.net)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online.

Linux is this way, guys.

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[–] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

@ClydapusGotwald @1984Can you give some more inside of what you game and specially why ?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Not the original commenter, but my current ones are, EAs WRC it doesn't work on Linux and the clubs feature is used by a couple of communities and is a great way to have current rallies.

    Raceroom is not great on Linux, very crashy. But it can work at least.

    I am also deep into Le Mans Ultimate, which just added EAC, and Devs have said they will not support linux. Currently it still works, but I am expecting that to end sometime soon.

    For my hobby there isn't really alternatives, iRacing doesn't work, AC Rally is just too early and doesn't have anything outside of leaderboards (and that doesn't even have friend filtering). In terms of Sim racing there isn't much that works really well on Linux and can't exactly get the same experience in other games, like a 24hr race with driver swaps, ranked racing with multi class.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    @OrgunDonor thanks for the answer. i remember there was a scene for sim racing at one point, but i am completly out of this one. Maybe @gamingonlinux has some ideas about racing.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    There are certainly options, but they are older or just not fully fleshed out for sim racing, Hardware has gotten pretty well supported now. And games like Le Mans Ultimate had their on proton fork to get it working. But If you want big races you are very limited software wise, you kinda only really have iRacing or LMU. And They both devs have been unsupportive of linux, although LMU does still currently work.

    In terms of sims that do work, Automobilista 2, Raceroom, Assetto Corsa, AC Rally, AC Evo, AC Competizione, BeamNG.Drive, Dirt Rally 2.0 and i think Live for Speed.

    There are options that are fun, but AC Evo is rough, AC Rally is great but you can tell it is Early Access. And honestly nothing on that list ticks the same boxes as iRacing or LMU for racing.

    Outside of that though, I could absolutely switch away from windows. Nothing else I play or am looking forward to getting to play will have issues running

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I run rfactor 2 on Linux. Might be an option for a more causal sim racer. It's funny because I know other racing sims are more popular but my local VR racing sim location mainly runs rfactor 2 as well.

    It runs on Linux, not sure if VR works with Linux though. I suspect the Steam frame may change that

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