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Dependent on the supository, I might be up for both.

Hmm… I’d try running it through Steam.

I feel like I’ve generally had better results with Steam than Lutris.

What are you playing on atm?

If you’ve already tried setting up Win 10, Mint should be downright enjoyable. It’s much more user friendly in my humble opinion.

Mint has treated me just fine since I converted.

I’m not proficient with Linux whatsoever, but Mint has literally been the most newbie user-friendly OS I have tried to date. So Windows can suck it.

For gaming, Steam runs things great. And for other things like GOG, Battle.net, Lutris has server me well. Proton does a good job.

Nice

I switched from Windows to Mint. Best thing I ever did for myself as It’s extremely user friendly.

Is it the best choice for you? That depends on what you’re looking for in Linux.

Personally I was just fed up with Microsoft and all the corporate shenanigans. But I’m too old and dumb to learn how to properly utilize Linux (not gonna kid myself on that front), and Mint has proven a great “Baby’s First Linux” for me.

A quick look at TPB’s top 100 games tells me that was a lie.

Linux Mint for sure.

It’s more welcoming to newbies than even Windows.

Same. However I do work manual labor, so nothing too fancy lasts long.

Most people do. But it’s not enough.

Even if all their users payed, it wouldn’t be enough.

I’ll make a wild assumption and say that the people that made the adblockers might also be using them.

Plus, it’s likely to evolve into a “less ads” deal eventually.

The one constant is that there’s never enough money to satisfy corporate needs.

I don’t think we should underestimate the savvy programmers out there, who are just as fed up with ads as the rest of us.

And at this point, most of the cousins who don’t know how to update their adblocker are already there. It’s a matter of time. YT won’t keep pouring money into this. Just long enough to the “balance the books.” When the ‘number of viewed ads’ start slowing down again and they’ve hit their max viewership, they’ll call off the hounds.

The question is ‘Do they want to keep throwing money at techs in the hope of forcing people to watch their ads?’

At best, people will keep finding ways to get around the ads and YT will have wasted a ton of money on nothing.

At worst, a bunch of people will abandon YT all together. And YT will have wasted a ton of money getting rid of them.

Both options seem self-defeating and wasteful.

Denmark checking in. Got it as well this morning