those talking points still exist. They existed in 2022. They existed in 2012 when I started, and they still exist today August 2025.
Nope!
at least 10 games that have required me using a specific proton version
So in other words, 10 games that worked on Linux…
Tl;dr parrotted talking points completely irrelevant since 2022
Additionally, if the game requires any type of integration into basically anything Microsoft
If you want to specifically use Microsoft software then you have to use Microsoft software? Wow, gee, what a perceptive point. You got me there lmao
The user asked why people still use Windows and I gave a few examples.
You gave examples, but they were incorrect and invalid examples. As I already corrected you, you’re parroting a myth because games do run on Linux. In fact, games run better and faster on linux than windows
Again, further proving my point. Rekordbox was arbitrarily designed to detect if it is being run with WINE to prevent use with linux. There is no technical incompatibility, only a policy choice, and you can get rekordbox to run with linux if you jump through hoops to defeat the WINE detection.
It’s a very small subset of games and most are live service microtransaction garbage not worth playing anyway. Many are spyware and viruses disguised as games, eg Valorant
This is a myth and has been for several years. The only games that do not work with linux are ones that have intentionally artificially disallowed the use of linux using kernel level anticheat (rootkit). Many of these games worked on linux until adding no-linux policies to their anticheat.
There is no technical incompatibility, only artificial policy choices that game companies have made
EDIT: you can downvote me, but I am still correct.
You think I’m going to engage with such a stupid and obviously incorrect argument? I’m not going to.
You’re a grown up, you can read, and that’s what is required in order to participate in the discussion.
EDIT: loool they went through and downvoted all of my comments, including ones unrelated to this chain. All because they made a mistake and got corrected. Fragile.
Just use your eyes
Yes they do, and in several comments lol
Anything more is a gimmick lol
If you’re going to throw that out, let me know which dumpster. I’d love to drop-in replace my 4690K from one of my old machines and upgrade the RAM. 😉
4790K is still a decent CPU, even if it and the DDR3 memory are starting to show their age. Definitely still suitable for 1080p gaming in most cases. My recommendations are exactly what you’ve already suggested:
Try Linux. Games objectively perform better on linux than windows now, even with the compatibility layers. Windows is now the biggest bottleneck in peoples’ PC builds. Debian works. I recommend choosing the KDE “flavor” of Debian instead of GNOME, it will be a more familiar experience.
Try the OC for the CPU and also for the RAM. My 4690K overclocked really well. Its been a long time since I’ve messed with that, so I’d say just find some guides online specific to Haswell.
The nice thing is that both of these recommendations are free to try. You can see if they get you back to the peformance you are happy with, and if not, then you’ll know you’re right to think about replacing the CPU.
It’s not just media. The number of software engineers I’ve heard talk about “fixing” a “zero day” in a code dependency by updating to a patched version…
Actually, nope! Claiming that you personally didn’t learn with an IDE and that there are make-believe scenarios where one is not available is not actually addressing the argument.
There really aren’t any situations that make any sense at all where an IDE is not available. I’ve worked in literally the most strict and locked down environments in the world, and there is always approved software and tools to use… because duh! Of course there is, silly, work needs to get done. Unless you’re talking about a coding 101 class or something academic and basic. Anyway, that’s totally irrelevant regardless, because its PURE fantasy to have access to something like Claude and not have access to an IDE. So your argument is entirely flawed and invalid.
It’s telling that you’re focused on personal assumptions instead of addressing the argument
No you can’t if you don’t know the libraries
IDE.
Python is entirely dependent on what libraries you include
??
If you don’t know what you need you can’t do shit.
IDE.
The problems you propose in your comment are not only greatly exaggerated but already been solved for decades using conventional tools AND apply to literally all languages, having nothing at all to do with python. Good try! My statement holds true.
Maybe your assumption is that you’re in a cave writing code in pencil on paper, but that’s not a typical working condition. If you have access to Claude to use as a crutch, then you have access to search for an available python library and read some “Getting Started” paragraphs.
Seriously, if the only real value that AI provides is “you don’t need to know the libraries you’re using” 💀 that’s not quite as strong of an argument as you think it is lmaooo “knowing the libraries” isn’t exactly an existing challenge or software engineering problem that people struggle with…
Anyone who already knows another programming language but has never used python in their life can write a simple python app quickly, regardless
Kagi is all in on AI. Its the AI slop version of a search ranking algorithm
Again, for the third time, that was not really the point either and I’m not interested in dancing around a technical scope defining censorship in this field, at least in this discourse right here and now. It is irrelevant to the topic at hand.
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Either way, my point is that you are using wishy-washy, ambiguous, catch-all terms such as “censorship” that make your writings here not technically correct, either. What is censorship, in an informatics context? What does that mean? How can it be applied to sets of data? That’s not a concretely defined term if you’re wanting to take the discourse to the level that it seems you are, like it or not.
Lol this you?
if you want to define censorship in this context that way, you’re more than welcome to, but it is a non-standard definition that I am not really sold on the efficacy of. I certainly won’t be using it going forwards.
Lol you’ve got to be trolling.
https://arxiv.org/html/2504.03803v1
I just felt the need to clarify to anyone reading that Willison isn’t a nobody
I didn’t say he’s a nobody. What was that about a “respectable degree of chartiable interpretation of others”? Seems like you’re the one putting words in mouths, here.
If he was writing about django, I’d defer to his expertise.
LOL That’s literally a classic window bug. Try borderless-windowed. You’re welcome!
You should probably try this again, I can only assume that it has been a long time since you tried, because the protondb posting for the last 4+ months all say there are zero issues and it works perfectly. No clue why you’d need to use a specific version of proton because the posts include the latest version as well as a variety of others.
Lol I literally play this one on linux, and no, it works 100% without any issues or bugs.