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    5 days ago

    My 12yo learnt about Recall from some Youtube video and has now said they want to move to Linux. I’m not fully convinced it’s possible though, I know they have some modding tools etc for indie games that seem to be Windows only. Let’s see.

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        5 days ago

        This!! If little guy wants to brick his computer 3x times before getting it right , let him .

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          5 days ago

          I haven’t bricked my computer once running Linux and yet with Windows I have gotten the blue screen of death 3 times and lots of freezes.

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            5 days ago

            I’ve nuked my bootloader entries a handful of times. I wouldn’t trust a 12yo to know how to fix that. But maybe I’m not giving 12yos enough credit 🤷

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                  5 days ago

                  If they’re going to brick it, it won’t be with Linux, but with a funky UEFI firmware. It’s incredibly hard to brick a computer by installing an OS.

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          5 days ago

          Presumably your using the word “brick” wrong. Or are you suggesting this poor person buys 4 computers until they learn how to do something?

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            5 days ago

            This guy gets it! But in any case, I’d let him brick it. I would not be where I am if I had not bricked (for real) a couple of expensive devices during my youth.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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      3 days ago

      Depends on the games, but I play several games modded on linux, and some have even gotten linux-native mod managers.

      Before them, proton usually lets you run stuff intended to mod windows games.

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      4 days ago

      Dual boot! Lets you keep one foot in the Windows door in case you need anything in Windows. I also run a Windows VM (Winapps) for small programs that don’t run well on Linux and also don’t require much processing power