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[–] 36 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (14 children)

Depends really on the games and software you require.

For games, check:

In general, indies and singleplayer games generally work fine. Battlefield/Fortnite/etc hugely popular multiplayer stuff with kernel-level anticheats generally doesn't.

I've only ever set up few printers to work on linux, and they've been bigger office printers. And they've all worked with minimal effort. Absolutely no idea about home printers.

edit: as for windows software support, generally win-apps run on wine. Some really well, some with issues, and then some just dont. Afaik eg. ancient versions of Photoshop run, more recent ones don't.

I run a windows version of a music software (renoise) because my effects/instruments have only windows versions. It works, but performance isn't quite as good as it was on actual windows.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago

    I've only ever set up few printers to work on linux, and they've been bigger office printers. And they've all worked with minimal effort. Absolutely no idea about home printers.

    Most (all?) printers and scanners released in past decade and some supports driverless printing and scanning. As long as you have printing related systems installed on your computer, most printers should be just plug and play. Especially those that are connected over network.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Absolutely no idea about home printers.

    I have 2, a samsung and a canon :3 both work OOTB. Can't speak on HP printers, but chances are OP can find that with a web search of the model

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    The daw/music software? Just wine. used wine to install the app & vst plugins, then just using the "start menu" shortcut for the app to run it. I did have to use winetricks to install dxvk on the prefix (without it, some plugin ui's did not work properly), but after that it works fine.

    as for "does it run good" - well enough for me. Some of the guitar/bass amps and instruments I use seem to use noticeably more cpu than on windows

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    I don't know, I don't play cod. See the links from previous replies for that.

    as for should you get linux, only you can answer that once you've done the research

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