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Another question I want to ask. Say I want to play a native PC game that runs on XP, I understand that newer operating systems could arise with compatibility issues out of the box. How would somebody do that? Have a virtual machine and just load the game there?
 
The Last Stand said:
Another question I want to ask. Say I want to play a native PC game that runs on XP, I understand that newer operating systems could arise with compatibility issues out of the box. How would somebody do that? Have a virtual machine and just load the game there?
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yeah, pretty much the easiest solution.
 
bit late now since the win11 migration is mostly over, but you still might be able to get your hands on an old office pc that's perfectly fine but got replaced for win11's retarded tpm2 requirement.

won't be the fastest machine (so most likely no ps3 emulation and recent AAA slop), but for everything else should be fine tipping your toes being part of the mustard race.
worse case you have to put in a proper GPU, those can be bought used if you're not looking for the latest to generate AI slop.

then just hook it up to a TV, run steam in big picture and everything feels like before.

Nobunaga said:
Devs cannot even handle AMD/NJEWDIA fuckery and you expect them to give a single fuck about the 8000000 linux forks
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that's not how it works, you release officially for one distribution (usually ubuntu), beyond that linux users are more than capable to adapt it to other distributions themselves.
then, if you are a smart dev, you fix any possibly remaining issues silently (anything else being unofficial *winkwink*), if you are a retarded dev like most these days, you whine about it on twitter.

that's how quite a few handle their "linux" version already by making sure the windows version works well with proton...
 
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I'm hearing that Linux's OS is preferred over Windows and is compatible with gaming software. Does a GUI version of Linux exist? What if you want to play an older game, like say, compatible with XP, how would Linux handle that?
 
Regardless of which you get, Emulation is a master race unto itself. Full on decompilations and native PC ports are being made now, so shit is only getting better. Say goodbye to the subscription ""service"" rent forever (((modern market))), and say hello to the virtually infinite well of the past. Not just greener pastures, but vetted pastures. Especially when you get to the 7th Gen and earlier. Console, arcade, handheld, it's all yours.
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The Last Stand said:
Does a GUI version of Linux exist? What if you want to play an older game, like say, compatible with XP, how would Linux handle that?
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alot of linux distributions have GUI, linux mint is pretty much a good start, you can choose on distrochooser.de which linux versions would suit you more.

if you want to play windows games, you can either use Steams Proton compatibility tool, or wine to run windows programs in general, i also use lutris to run my windows games, which needs some configuration if you choose the manual way but chatskibidi can help out with that.
 
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