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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34255100

Thought I'd create a distinct thread from the previous one asking about daily use, because I really do want to hear more on people's pain points. Great to know people are generally sounding pretty positive in those posts who recently switched, but want to know your difficulties as well! This way old and new users can share their thoughts, hopefully to inspire a respectful discussion.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Games with anti-cheat don’t work.

Secureboot doesn’t like GRUB.

Solidworks doesn’t run natively on linux, neither does my Sketchup Pro program.

SteamVR doesn’t run well on linux

What does work that I use regularly? My older DVD drives work fine, ripping my music and dvd/blu-rays works well and seamlessly with multiple instances of the programs running simultaneously. The typical FOSS stuff I use is a no-brainer, from Gimp to Blender to Libreoffice.

But for the stuff I work with most and the games I play most often? It just doesn’t work well or at all.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Which games, which anti-cheat? protondb.com can be a good source for quick fixes for running things in Steam, most of the time if I have an issue with a game, someone will have already posted a solution in there.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

EA’s battlefield is what I’ve been playing, which requires Secure Boot.