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   mikiem2
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   neowin[.]net/news/80-of-steam039s-top-100-games-now-work-on-linux/

   howtogeek[.]com/738967/how-to-use-steams-proton-to-play-windows-games-on-linux/

   protondb[.]com/

   store.steampowered[.]com/curator/33483305-Proton-Compatible/

   If you don't want to throw away your hardware, running Linux could be a good choice when Microsoft flips the switch, turning off all support for Win10 in a few years. And at least for gaming, Steam has you covered. Steam's Photon uses Wine -- winehq[.]org . From their site: "Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, eliminating the performance and memory penalties of other methods and allowing you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your desktop."

   Amazon's also interested in Photon for game streaming, while it'll be running on Steam's new console too.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   mikiem2
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   Thurrott published an announcement of a new version of Elementary OS, but not any details on what Elementary OS is, so curious, I took to Google. There's not much in the way of current info or reviews, but from the little I found it appears to be a version of Linux based on Ubuntu that tries to make Linux desktop user friendly. I can barely remember a similar effort years ago that included some support from Walmart, who sold some laptops with that version of Linux, but AFAIK it never went anywhere.

   At any rate I thought it worth mentioning in case anyone wants to check it out -- I think we're all in the same boat with the uncertainty of what we're going to do when Win10's retired.

   elementary[.]io

   theregister[.]com/2021/12/21/elementary_os_61/

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   mikiem2
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   windowscentral[.]com/amds-fidelityfx-super-resolution-fsr-can-be-huge-deal-steam-deck

   It takes more graphics processor [GPU] horsepower to game at 4k vs. 1080p vs. 720p etc. -- IOW the display resolution or screen size of the games you play [or want to play] is limited by the GPU you use. AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) lets you game at a lower screen or display resolution that your GPU can more easily handle, then artificially upscales that to a higher resolution. Making it easier on the GPU means you'll not just play at a higher screen resolution, but get higher fps & be able to enable higher quality settings. According to the article: "... the results can be extraordinary".

   You can use FSR in Windows *If* the game supports it, and it's here that Linux has the edge... FSR & Proton are both open source, so FSR is being included in custom versions of Proton. You just turn it on and it works, whether the game's developers have included FSR or not. That could conceivably make Linux your preferred OS for gaming (!).

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   mikiem2
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   "How to install elementary OS on WSL for Windows 10 and 11"

   windowscentral[.]com/how-install-elementary-os-wsl-windows-10-and-11

   In some cases, such as Ubuntu, you can install the latest rolling release with an official image. In others, we turn to the WSL community for assistance, and that's where we're at with elementary OS.

   Thanks to a project hosted on GitHub, installing elementary OS onto WSL is a simple process that takes a matter of minutes, followed by some pretty simple setup.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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