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For me it's the opposite experience. Easier to get Linux installed, no driver issues, no messing around, and my games Just Work on Steam/Proton without any tric

For me it's the opposite experience. Easier to get Linux installed, no driver issues, no messing around, and my games Just Work on Steam/Proton without any tricks. Windows has more hassle with downloading/installing drivers and disabling crapware and forced ads in the OS before I can begin to use it.

happymellon 3y ago
My wife is struggling with constant crashes in the new Harry Potter adventure game on the Deck. That's the only thing I have encountered though.
- 3836293648 3y ago
  There's a fix for that. Unfortunately it needs to be reapplied on every reboot: sudo sh -c "echo 1000000 > /proc/sys/vm/max_map_count"
  - pritambaral 3y ago
    That's a sysctl config (any path under /proc/sys/ is). See `man sysctl` for how to make it permanent (i.e., auto-apply it on boot). Here's an example: echo vm.max_map_count=1000000 | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/max_map_count.conf sysctl -f /etc/sysctl.d/max_map_count.conf Besides, there's plenty of ways to automatically execute any command on boot.
  - happymellon 3y ago
    Excuse my ignorance, but would this be caused by a memory leak or an application that allocated an amount of memory allowed by Windows but not Linux, or something else?
    - 3836293648 3y ago
      While we can basically allocate almost infinite memory due to swapfiles storing unused pages when they cannot fit into RAM any more, we still have a limit on how many allocations you can do. The game crashes because it tries to do too many allocations. It still uses a reasonable (ish) amount of memory, it's just way too many tiny chunks of memory that aren't allocated next to eachother
      - happymellon 3y ago
        Thank you, but wouldn't this be a problem on Windows then, or is Windows just more forgiving for this type of behaviour?
Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
> disabling crapware and forced ads in the OS Using the Pro version of Windows seems to have solved most of that. I'm on Win10 Pro, and when people talk about ads, I have no idea what they're talking about.
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  Same thing. I bought 10 pro, used a local account (that is now harder to do), turned off every switch on the next setup page (no cortana etc), and I had to right click -> banish the dumb tiles on the start menu, one of which was candy crush, and now it just looks like a normal Windows start menu from the bad old days. None of that should have been forced on me, and I don't like it, but it's not incessant like everyone seems to say.

happymellon 3y ago

My wife is struggling with constant crashes in the new Harry Potter adventure game on the Deck. That's the only thing I have encountered though.

3836293648 3y ago
There's a fix for that. Unfortunately it needs to be reapplied on every reboot: sudo sh -c "echo 1000000 > /proc/sys/vm/max_map_count"
- pritambaral 3y ago
  That's a sysctl config (any path under /proc/sys/ is). See `man sysctl` for how to make it permanent (i.e., auto-apply it on boot). Here's an example: echo vm.max_map_count=1000000 | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/max_map_count.conf sysctl -f /etc/sysctl.d/max_map_count.conf Besides, there's plenty of ways to automatically execute any command on boot.
- happymellon 3y ago
  Excuse my ignorance, but would this be caused by a memory leak or an application that allocated an amount of memory allowed by Windows but not Linux, or something else?
  - 3836293648 3y ago
    While we can basically allocate almost infinite memory due to swapfiles storing unused pages when they cannot fit into RAM any more, we still have a limit on how many allocations you can do. The game crashes because it tries to do too many allocations. It still uses a reasonable (ish) amount of memory, it's just way too many tiny chunks of memory that aren't allocated next to eachother
    - happymellon 3y ago
      Thank you, but wouldn't this be a problem on Windows then, or is Windows just more forgiving for this type of behaviour?

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago

> disabling crapware and forced ads in the OS Using the Pro version of Windows seems to have solved most of that. I'm on Win10 Pro, and when people talk about ads, I have no idea what they're talking about.

mrguyorama 3y ago
Same thing. I bought 10 pro, used a local account (that is now harder to do), turned off every switch on the next setup page (no cortana etc), and I had to right click -> banish the dumb tiles on the start menu, one of which was candy crush, and now it just looks like a normal Windows start menu from the bad old days. None of that should have been forced on me, and I don't like it, but it's not incessant like everyone seems to say.