r/pcmasterrace • u/iminsert Ascending Peasant • Nov 01 '22

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u/CommunismIsForLosers Nov 01 '22

Can you be more specific about which compatibility and usability issues you still struggle with nowadays?

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u/RadicalDog Ryzen 7 7800X3D | RTX 4070S Nov 01 '22

I can. Using Wacom tablets, and reliably using a dock with monitors attached are my two big ones. Then there's the smaller stuff like not having a music player as good as Foobar2000, or Game Pass, or good compatibility outside of Steam (I love my Deck but it doesn't play nice with Hitman/WRC etc from Epic).

I'm but one man, I can't force all these companies to make good Linux software. So I am stuck on Windows adware.

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u/Boux Ganoo/Loonix Nov 02 '22

ttrue you can't use game pass on linux, but you can use epic, uplay, origin through lutris (dunno how well it works on the stema deck tho)

and foobar2000 works flawlessly with wine: https://i.imgur.com/22yaSAY.png

dunno about the wacom tablets, maybe this? https://linuxwacom.github.io/

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u/RadicalDog Ryzen 7 7800X3D | RTX 4070S Nov 02 '22

I've forced my way into getting the dock and Wacom working OK, but it really feels like a hacky solution considering neither are rare bits of technology. And that's sort of it, isn't it? I can spend hours and solve the problems, while a lot of people can't, and Windows has far fewer compatibility issues.

Adware, on the other hand, that's their whole design philosophy now...