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>> "If everything you do on your PC is web browsing, watching online videos and listening to online music, give Linux a try." What??? A Linux install can do m

>> "If everything you do on your PC is web browsing, watching online videos and listening to online music, give Linux a try." What??? A Linux install can do much more than a Windows install. Especially considering wine emulator.

viraptor 10y ago
I think what they meant was: if you don't play AAA games, or use specific software (Adobe, office, etc.), your safe to migrate.
- Relys 10y ago
  Even if you play AAA games you can migrate! https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3lno0t/gpu_passthrough_revisited_an_updated_guide_on_how/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3lno0t/gpu_pa... I successfully followed this tutorial using Arch Linux as my primary OS and emulating Windows in QEMU with PCI passthrough to the graphics card. Unfortunately, I had too much lag in my Oculus Rift since I didn't have a dedicated USB PCI card to pass-through, but the performance overhead for AAA games was minimal and I was able to max out Fallout 4 with no noticeable performance decrease.
  - em3rgent0rdr 10y ago
    Thanks! I've definately done the GPU PCI passthrough to play AAA games on linux, before steam for linux came out. Honestly, I can't think of a time where I my linux machine couldn't do something essential that my windows machine could. But vice versa is another story. Try to run a server on regular windows desktop and it will want to reboot every week for updates. I'm wondering why I got downvotes...maybe simply because I sounded combative or fanboyish...
- mynameislegion 10y ago
  Exactly. Also, stability in Linux is a never-ending game. Today it works, tomorrow it breaks.
sgtpepper43 10y ago
If all you do is use a browser, the real answer isn't Linux, it's a Chromebook. Which of course is Linux. But still.
- amaks 10y ago
  Not anymore, new Chromebooks support Google play store apps.
  - em3rgent0rdr 10y ago
    not to mention crouton is easy to install, giving you an Ubuntu or Debian chroot allowing access to tens of thousands of packages.
- mynameislegion 10y ago
  If you entrust Google with all your data, then yes.
Dayshine 10y ago
>Especially considering wine emulator Er, wine is not good. Good luck playing any game with networking or 3d graphics...
- Melkor765 10y ago
  Easily disproved lies, go have a look at the wine APPDB if you're not just trolling. Most of the time if something doesn't run right, it's due to DRM or bleeding edge DX features.
  - Dayshine 10y ago
    Every time I try I find either bronze or silver. Graphical glitches in five year old games aren't "bleeding edge DX" problems.
- cpburns2009 10y ago
  It really depends on the game. I've had consistent success playing StarCraft and Warcraft III multiplayer with Wine. Morrowind and Oblivion also work well in my experience.
  - Dayshine 10y ago
    Those are very old games...
- mynameislegion 10y ago
  YMMV but Wine runs 95% of D3D 9 games just fine.

viraptor 10y ago

I think what they meant was: if you don't play AAA games, or use specific software (Adobe, office, etc.), your safe to migrate.

Relys 10y ago
Even if you play AAA games you can migrate! https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3lno0t/gpu_passthrough_revisited_an_updated_guide_on_how/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3lno0t/gpu_pa... I successfully followed this tutorial using Arch Linux as my primary OS and emulating Windows in QEMU with PCI passthrough to the graphics card. Unfortunately, I had too much lag in my Oculus Rift since I didn't have a dedicated USB PCI card to pass-through, but the performance overhead for AAA games was minimal and I was able to max out Fallout 4 with no noticeable performance decrease.
- em3rgent0rdr 10y ago
  Thanks! I've definately done the GPU PCI passthrough to play AAA games on linux, before steam for linux came out. Honestly, I can't think of a time where I my linux machine couldn't do something essential that my windows machine could. But vice versa is another story. Try to run a server on regular windows desktop and it will want to reboot every week for updates. I'm wondering why I got downvotes...maybe simply because I sounded combative or fanboyish...
mynameislegion 10y ago
Exactly. Also, stability in Linux is a never-ending game. Today it works, tomorrow it breaks.

sgtpepper43 10y ago

If all you do is use a browser, the real answer isn't Linux, it's a Chromebook. Which of course is Linux. But still.

amaks 10y ago
Not anymore, new Chromebooks support Google play store apps.
- em3rgent0rdr 10y ago
  not to mention crouton is easy to install, giving you an Ubuntu or Debian chroot allowing access to tens of thousands of packages.
mynameislegion 10y ago
If you entrust Google with all your data, then yes.

Dayshine 10y ago

>Especially considering wine emulator Er, wine is not good. Good luck playing any game with networking or 3d graphics...

Melkor765 10y ago
Easily disproved lies, go have a look at the wine APPDB if you're not just trolling. Most of the time if something doesn't run right, it's due to DRM or bleeding edge DX features.
- Dayshine 10y ago
  Every time I try I find either bronze or silver. Graphical glitches in five year old games aren't "bleeding edge DX" problems.
cpburns2009 10y ago
It really depends on the game. I've had consistent success playing StarCraft and Warcraft III multiplayer with Wine. Morrowind and Oblivion also work well in my experience.
- Dayshine 10y ago
  Those are very old games...
mynameislegion 10y ago
YMMV but Wine runs 95% of D3D 9 games just fine.