2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

  • EddyBot@feddit.de
    9·
    1 year ago

    it is kinda wild that people abandon Windows 7 because of Steam and not because Microsoft stopped patching it several years ago

    Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

    I don’t think Steam actually recommends any distro since some time anymore

    • Takios@feddit.de
      9·
      1 year ago

      People don’t care about security until they get hit. Source: working in IT for 10 years.

      • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        And then suddenly they care a lot and do all the wrong things for wrong reasons because they know shit

        • Madlaine@feddit.de
          3·
          1 year ago

          “I don’t worry about missing security patches. I just have 5 anti-virus tools running simultaneously, they keep me safe.”

            • De Lancre@lemmy.world
              1·
              1 year ago

              I mean, they do make your device slow. That why tools like InSpectre exists. For some old cpu’s like my notebooks one it can be up to 20% performance impact, so if you not planning to use it with internet (or at least as main access point via browser) ever again, why not get yourself free performance?

    • NekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de
      1·
      1 year ago

      it is kinda wild that people abandon Windows 7 because of Steam

      There’s this certain subsection of Win7/8 diehards that absolutely confuse me. It’s one thing to keep using them on old systems, but I’ve seen a few people posting about their brand-new PC, equipped with RTX 4090s and 13th gen I9 processors, who are adamant on running those outdated operating systems as their only OS. Such a waste of money.

      • cannache@slrpnk.net
        3·
        1 year ago

        Nah I think it’s just that windows 7 and 8 was and still is quite literally one of those ones where it hit the sweet spot between good UI and UX and actually having huge range and compatibility straight off the bat. Plus everything was pretty smooth back then, but hell, nobody ever says how many viruses and dumb apps were floating around for Windows 7x32 and x64

        • NekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de
          1·
          1 year ago

          I mean that’s true, but what what I was specifically referring to was those using top-of-the-line hardware, which you can’t properly utilize on those systems because the CPU scheduler isn’t optimized for modern CPUs and you can’t really make good use of the GPU either due to the lack of DX12. With that hardware you need Win10+ or a somewhat recent version of Linux.

          It’s almost certainly a very small percentage of the already small percentage of people still running Win7/8, but I’m just stunned everytime someone brags about such a crappy setup.

    • Nilz@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think Steam actually recommends any distro since some time anymore

      I think they do by proxy since they only distribute it via .deb (and with Steam of course) and all games in the store that have a native Linux version mention some kind of Ubuntu version in their requirements as well. Which is funny since the Steam Deck doesn’t even run Ubuntu.

    • Lem453@lemmy.ca
      1·
      1 year ago

      Nvidia gpu drivers wont even install on win 7 anymore. That by itself causes huge performance issues on new games that have driver optimizations.

      Probably the same story for amd drivers