/v/ - Video Games

I beat Sanic Mania in WINE yesterday. Still don't know why the sound quality is so shitty, though.

>>13740263

I will switching to linux pretty soon. Do you have a recommendation for an easy to use version that doesn't have any problems? I have a linux mint version that will not play sound because of a bad kernel I guess. In any case the problem is fixed by updating the kernels.

>>13740279

I'm on Linux Mint 18.2. What's your issue with it? Are you running it in a virtual machine? I've had minimal issues running it apart from the occasional break when I do something stupid. That said, I have broken my OS a few times and had to reinstall, but I've gotten good enough at the process that it usually takes me >20 minutes from start to finish. It really is a great OS.

The games can be a bit thin however. We've been sold the meme that Vulkan will be our panacea but I've yet to see that bear fruit.

>>13740279

>doesn't have any problems

Oh child, what good is gnu/linux if you can't waste your days solving it's problems?

>>13740271

>Linux is a meme os

???

>>13740311

>Are you running it in a virtual machine?

No.

>What's your issue with it?

I have had mostly problems with the sound. When I first upgraded I was without sound for a month fruitlessly searching for a fix to the issue. I just updating the kernels, and reloaded alsa or whatever it was I was using. Another issue I didn't solve was that my sound software wouldn't use a mic properly. In the case of a headphone set with a mic built in once plugged into the computer it would allow me to use the mic, or the headset, but not both. I never did find a solution to it.

>>13740316

>what good is gnu/linux if you can't waste your days solving it's problems?

Some of us have work to do, and don't computers toys.

>>13740341

Linux is just not very good for video games anon. That is changing but slowly because the people behind linux consider computers toys instead of a tool.

>>13740279

pick one with the coolest name

they all do the same shit

>>13740311

go play serious sam fusion if you want muh vulkan

>>13740375

Why the fuck am I not using the words "use", and "as" in a sentence?

>>13740375

you might have to split the jack with a splitter.

>>13740271

A kike first post even in /v/? Where does it end?

>>13740403

Yah I did find that, but when I tried to use it the software would sperg the fuck out putting the mic in output, or input repeatedly. I honestly don't know what the fuck it was doing.

>How long ago did you try to install Mint?

It was months, or even years ago good to hear they have made some improvements.

>>13740409

This is also something I may have to do. Would probably be easier.

Is Mint + WINE still the best combo to play MS OS games?

I'm tempted to stick to Win 7 until it is genuinely impossible to use (I could just disconnect from the internet if the OS is so depreciated it's "unsafe" once MS release viruses that fuck with older OS's to make people upgrade to newer OS with more monitoring).

I tried this on VM linux 18.2 because it's based off Ubuntu Xenial but it didn't work, it'd break my install.

http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_remove_systemd_from_an_Ubuntu_Xenial_installation

Would this work on Xubuntu? I fucking hate ubuntus DE.

so what forced you faggot to jump into the penguin os?

>bought new laptop

>cant install windows 7 because the CPU is a i7-7700HQ

>>13740446

>cool wads

Got some suggestions?

I just know you're going to play H-doom

>>13740446

>build

Just use a prebuilt binary you nerd lmao.

>>13740443

>linux 18.2

Mint 18.2

>>13740450

Choice. I didn't want to "upgrade" to windows 10, and felt like trying an alternative. Then I stuck with it. I unironically enjoy fucking around with linux.

>>13740443

You can use any 17.X Linux Mint, it's the last versions that didn't include systemd. Also, you can optionally not install systemd, as it's something you have to opt into when you go into the update menu.

>>13740418

PulseAudio was notoriously bad in the past, but it's a lot better now. It's a good time to take the plunge imo.

>>13740491

I want to upgrade because I want to use tox and the stable version doesn't work on Trusty.

>Also, you can optionally not install systemd, as it's something you have to opt into when you go into the update menu.

On Ubuntu?

>>13740491

>PulseAudio was notoriously bad in the past, but it's a lot better now. It's a good time to take the plunge imo.

That's good to hear. I tried to use a linux based OS a while ago, but got frustrated at it's lack of games. Now I'm frustrated with microsoft's bullshit again, so I am going to try linux for a second time.

>>13740497

>I want to use Tox

That shitty p2p chat program? Porque? There's much better alternatives already. You realize if you're not behind a VPN you're just giving everyone your personal IP every time you connect a Tox session right? It's like torrenting.

I don't use Ubuntu but I would imagine it works similarly.

>>13740507

If you're on Windows, download RUFUS to create a linux USB bootable drive. Then download whichever Linux ISO you want (with whichever flavor) and you're on your way.

Been playing Eiyuu Senki, I'll go back and play Cuphead when I get through with that, then Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection. WINE is pretty amazing.

>>13740279

>some faggot posts shit like this in every linux thread

>it always works and turns the thread into retarded tech support general

>>13740524

What's the best alternative that I can trust if there's any?

What distro are you talking about you can choose to install systemd or not?

>>13740546

Better than it turn into linux has no games thread for the eleventy billionth time.

>>13740524

you can use tox with tor if you want to hide your ip, but all the kids are using discord nowadays even though mumble is superior.

>>13740551

Mint leaves systemd as a checkable option (i.e. not something you will automatically include on an update) as it lets you update things on a per item basis. Just in case you didn't want to include a few things that might break your setup.

Like I said, I've been using Linux Mint since I started (mainly because I found it worked for me and I'm incredibly lazy) so I've stuck with Mint.

>>13740557

If you're not always on a vpn you're making a mistake friendo. Discord is a honeytrap. I still use an old WoW chat server that we paid forwards 10 years in advance. I now use Mangler for what I used to use Ventrilo for on Windows.

>>13740452

>H-doom

Maybe if they were closer to the regular monsters, but such a wad doesn't seem to exist yet. I'm not really interested in /monster/-girls.

I've been replaying through Ancient Aliens lately, and having a blast.

>>13740521

>Reelism

This one is loads of fun. If you liked it I'll suggest Russian Overkill for another over-the-top wad full of crazy shit.

Finally got dwarf fortress running on some potato computer I have as a backup now that my main rig is spaghetti.

It runs like a dry turd down a rubber hotwheels track, but at least it runs.

>>13740615

>Gaming on Linux is the best it's ever been.

But still inferior in terms of compatibility compared to windows. Again linux is getting better even as windows is getting worse, and worse, but linux has only been a serious platform for gaming in the last 2 or three years. For me the reason I didn't like linux was because my old windows XP was stable, and compatible with everything I tried to put on it. Now though XP, and windows in general is just not enough. On top of the fact I don't want to put up with windows butt fuckery anymore.

>>13740632

Nah, Mint now has systemd, but you can not install it if you don't want to. It's not baked into the OS.

I don't really use equalizers so I can't really comment.

Would I be able to play original Shogun on it? I miss that game.

>>13740577

Since when? I'm running 17.3 and it's not included, but with Mint 18.2 there's no running from systemd.

>>13740375

> the people behind linux consider computers toys instead of a tool.

Holy shit, that explains so much about why Linux is total dogshit for consumer use. They don't want their computer to do useful work, they just like messing around with the computer itself.

>>13740690

>no running from

It shows up as an option in your update manager. You don't have to do it. It's a tier 4 update (like kernal updates) so they leave it up to a person that actually wants it and selects it.

>>13740699

Well my next machine is linux.

>>13740722

Eduke

>>13740695

>dogshit for consumer use

What exactly is 'consumer use'? Linux is an island for niche hobbyists exactly how the internet used to be for most people before '06. Unix philosophy is nice, gives me a lot more control. The occasional headache abounds, but for the most part it just hums along nicely with many useful features packed in. If you haven't used a package manager, you're missing out. I can't even look at windows anymore. If you want a normalfag OS, use Mac OS. Homebrew on MacOS is great, and a lot of the terminal commands work there too. Then again I'm not a kid anymore and most of what I do on the internet is tinkering around and not games.

>>13740521

>I recommend Xubuntu

But isnt Steam only giving support to Gnome, XDE, and Unity DE in ubuntu? If its by compatibility, then shouldnt be recomended the Ubuntu versions supported?

What is a good distro to play on? Any recommendations? I use slackware in an older laptop, so I'm not a complete retard at linux.

>>13740736

>most of what I do on the internet is tinkering around and not games.

Exactly. Consumer use in this case is whatever the consumer needs. For example here people just want to play video games, and linux for a long time was at a huge disadvantage in terms of compatibility versus windows. Yes you could get lnux to run most things true, but when you factor in the average anon with hundreds perhaps thousands of PC games tinkering with the system to get them to work isn't practical. I find it funny though that most people don't use linux though. All they need is email, storage, and security. Something linux is overall better at than windows.

If your smart you could GPU pass-through, I wrote a guide and when I get home I can dump

Precisely I just wanted to use linux, and tried to install Kubuntu on one of my Hard disks, but when the installation finished, I when to boot Kubuntu. But then, a black screen with this texts appears:

[drm:amdgpu_vce_ring_test_ib [amdgpu]] *ERROR* amdgpu: IB test timed out.

[drm:amdgpu_ib_ring_tests [amdgpu]] *ERROR* amdgpu: failed testing IB on ring 12 (-110).

[drm:amdgpu_device_init [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ib ring test failed (-110).

What do I do now?

>What are you playing?

TL2

>Anything coming out that caught your eye?

Yes.

>Any disappointments?

I don't want to jinx it so I'm not saying the titles right now.

>It's finally the year of the Linux Desktop! ;_;

It won't happen like that. It happens in small moves.

>>13740722

eDuke you mongoloid.

>>13740833

>But isnt Steam only giving support to Gnome, XDE, and Unity DE in ubuntu? If its by compatibility, then shouldnt be recomended the Ubuntu versions supported?'

It usually just says Ubuntu either 14.04 or 16.04 or whatever the latest LTS is. In practice, I've had Steam games run fine with an ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 respin using XFCE, and Manjaro XFCE.

>>13740720

Gotcha, thanks.

Also get https://artixlinux.org/

>>13740833

They recommend Ubuntu or Debian because SteamOS is based on debian. In theory you could run any linux native game on any linux distro. I never touch anything related to Debian and I can run every just fine.

>>13740886

which amd gpu and what version of kubuntu.

>>13740736

>perpetuating the linux is for hobbyists meme

Kernel and userland are both highly corporatized at this point. Almost all development is driven by and for enterprise. Hobbyist oriented distros (Gentoo and Slackware not Arch ricer shit) and BDFLs like Torvalds and Volkerding are the only things standing in the way of the inevitable flood of corporate driven feature creep. I predict in 20 years most linux distros will be of the same """quality""" as windows. Ubuntu is ahead of the curve on this trend.

>>13740916

Yes oekaki animu grill, I don't want to jinx it because one title is technically out already but the linux port is really slow a comin. The other title I'm waiting for a sale but I have heard good reviews from those who bought it but I have to see for myself. The other one is a sequel that will release in a week or so, so don't want to jinx it.

>>13740978

That's why we will all eventually change to BSD.

>>13741013

Why are you being a big homo about this? Just name the games.

>>13740978

The amazon search feature comes to mind re Ubuntu

>>13740316

I agree. My windows 8 partition is the best. I don't bother fixing it's problems because they can't be fixed.

>>13741021

> Just name the games.

NO! I will not name names! For at least a week.

>>13741021

>The amazon search feature comes to mind re Ubuntu

That was in Unity and they took it out iirc. But they should have also booted out Jim Zemlin while they're at it. There, there's your name. Jinx Zemlin, he deserves a good jinxing.

>>13740450

Had a Laptop with Linux first because I purged windows 10 off of it and later my windows 7 install started to give out with various buggs and general annoyances so I switched as well on the main machine and have never looked back.

>>13741016

>cuck license

>>13740271

>meme os

i kekked a little bit in my mouth

i use linux as a server in several applications and would never use anything else, but yea,,, its a fucking meme if you think you can run it as a desktop os

>>13740274

worksforme™

Been playing a lot of Terraria now that I finally have a powerful enough GPU to run its horribly-optimized Mono "port". Proprietary AMD drivers were fucking trash, never thought the open source ones would be better.

>>13741446

most contributors to the open source drivers are amd devs

>>13741446

Terraria protip: fight the worm boss asap. Everything is downhill from there.

>>13741545

I attempt to beat the game on Expert with the rule that I make a new map if I die. I actually tend to skip Eater of Worlds/Brain of Cthulu entirely because I almost always try to go straight from fishing a reaver shark to molten armor. I also tend to avoid breaking shadow orbs/crimson hearts because they activate randomized goblin army invasions, which can really fuck your shit up once the Wall of Flesh is defeated if you're not prepared for them. So I generally just harvest some tattered clothes and summon a goblin army once manually.

>>13741606

Oh yeah, plus breaking shadow orbs/crimson hearts activates meteors, which can sometimes mess up terrain I don't want messed up. Meteor armor is nice but I usually go with a robe + wizard hat which is a little higher magic damage rate.

>>13741468

by getting a roland

>>13741258

But you can run Linux as a desktop OS. It has internet browsers, word processors, media players, and so on.

>>13740722

why are you running it in wine? Why not just move the files over to a Linux version of Dosbox.

>>13741468

WildMidi, or Timidity with a good soundfont like Arachno.

>>13740722

>>13741757

Why not simply use EDuke32?

>>13740971

RX 560 4g, and the LTS version of Kubuntu.

>>13740375

Exactly that anon. They are making games on linux run better so we can have proper tools to make games. Godot engine is just the start.

>>13740263

I've been having trouble getting GNU+Linux running on my main desktop because of the dumbass driver issues with newer Nvidia cards. I'll be dropping Windows entirely once I upgrade to an AMD card.

>>13741699

t. Microsoft employee.

>>13740271

>not using meme os

Install gentoo.

>>13742767

Newer cards sometimes have problems on Linux. I don't own an RX card, and I don't use Ubuntu, so YMMV.

> boot into recovery mode (advanced options on GRUB menu)

> log in

> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

> reboot

If that doesn't fix it:

> sudo apt-get install linux-firmware xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu

> reboot

If that STILL doesn't fix it, install the AMDGPU-PRO driver.

> cd ~/Downloads

> wget –referer=http://support.amd.com 'https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ubuntu/amdgpu-pro-17.40-492261.tar.xz'

> tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro [hit TAB to complete the file name]

> cd amdgpu [hit TAB to complete the folder name]

> ./amdgpu-pro-install

This post might be of help:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1697487#p1697487

>>13743346

>>13742767

Alternatively, install 17.10 since it will be a bit more up-to-date, and stay on that until.18.04 in April.

>>13740978

>in 20 years

You are off by 25 years.

From: Rob Pike <robpike@gma...>
Subject: Q: moving directories? hard links?
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:56:46 -0700

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
> Linux has slowly become Windows-lite

Except for the lite part.

-rob

>>13743346

I tried to go in recover mod before, and the same issue happened. And how could i use the terminal if I cant boot Kubuntu for starters, and obviously i cant do that on Windows? I will try to install the latest version.

>>13740876

This would be nice.

>>13744507

You shouldn't be having problems in recovery mode. If you dig through the ArchLinux forum thread I posted, there are some edits you can make to the GRUB options that may bypass the error long enough for you to enter the commands I posted.

That said, it's probably better just to install 17.10. Maybe even install one of the other flavors and install kde-desktop after.

>>13746304

What's your hardware? What drivers are you using? Also use rutracker. I can find a lot of Linux games there.

This is 1.2.33: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:F24EC2B902F66A18FEC18CC52AF718E4FBF19E99&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fbt2.t-ru.org%2Fann%3Fmagnet&dn=Stardew%20Valley%20%5BL%5D%20%5BRUS%20%2F%20ENG%20%2F%20MULTI7%5D%20(2016)%20(1.2.33)%20%5BGOG%5D

>>13740263

>>13740263

I'm using a version of windows that I've hacked/tweaked greatly over the years until it's at a point where it's perfect for me, does everything I want and more.

Recently (and strictly out of curiosity) I tried Linux and, although it was stable, it didn't have anywhere near the flexibility, functionality and mod-ability of what I'm using right now. I was completely frustrated with its unusability after one day.

>When they make a version of Linux that's as tweakable, modable, and usable as my present version of Windows then I'll switch to that.

>>13740279

The last time I tried to game on Linux was about a year ago, running Medieval War 2 on a native Steam install. It was not very impressive. Add the buggy Steam install/run issue and it just gets too frustrating.

> Do you have a recommendation for an easy to use version that doesn't have any problems?

Been running Ubuntu since 9.04, and switched to Ubuntu MATE after Unity. Problems have been little to none. For any new Linux user, I strongly suggest picking up a cheapo used laptop from eBay and running the distro of your choice from that. I was able to find two HP EliteBook 8760w mobile workstations for $425 a few months ago. Plenty of used 8760w units out there, and replacement parts are also plentiful, but just about any dual-core laptop will be fine.

>>13740521

> The Unity desktop is going away next April.

I will be checking out the 18.04 Alpha 1 on January 4th. The long-awaited death of Unity will be a day long remembered.

>>13747475

> N O G A M E S

oh yeah…

< https://linuxtor.org/

enjoy!

>>13740463

This. Also when you install GZDoom, do this in the terminal to get sound working.

https://zdoom.org/wiki/Compile_GZDoom_on_Linux#Debian.2FUbuntu

>>13747688

They said Ubuntu because it's officially supported by them. Try updating drivers with Intel's tool: https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.5

Just select Fedora 25.

>>13747465

>Also use rutracker. I can find a lot of Linux games there

makes sense they would adopt linux,

> no botnet OS

> gopnik culture

So /v/, are DirectX 11 games finally fully playable on WINE?

>>13748130

Yes. Not all games guaranteed to work correctly though.

>>13747718

Is this a troll? Any given Linux distro is infinitely more tweakable than any Windows OS ever. And they're officially supported, too. They're extensions/plugins/packages, not 'mods' or hacks to wrangle the OS into functioning the way you want.

I'm not talking about just the UI, but the out-of-the-box support for keyboard mapping just about any function. When my backspace key broke, it was as simple as editing a text file to rebind my Insert key to it, and then changing it back when I got a replacement. Config files are all plaintext and they're always in the same place, so they're easily transferred and synchronized between machines. Most distros can run on any hardware from about 1999 to today, if you know what to do. Linux is exactly what you make of it.

Just go online and look up guides for customizing XFCE or KDE, since they're the most flexible. Give it a good honest shot for a few months by dual booting and only booting into Windows for the things you absolutely cannot do and cannot find a decent replacement for.

>>13749183

>Is this a troll?

Well, the guy claims

>I'm using a version of windows that I've hacked/tweaked greatly over the years

>Recently (and strictly out of curiosity) I tried Linux and, although it was stable, it didn't have anywhere near the flexibility, functionality and mod-ability of what I'm using right now. I was completely frustrated with its unusability after one day

<a version of windows that he's hacked and tweaked=years

<loonix=after one day

Then signs off with what amounts to "I'll switch to loonix when it's exactly 100% the same as my windows experience that I've supposedly hacked and tweaked over the years."

What do you think.

CAN YOU READ THIS ?

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>>13751960

A few options:

> fine tune the mouse sensitivity until it's to your liking

> make sure your OS doesn't have mouse acceleration enabled

> change the renderer (software/polymost/polyer)

> disable vertical aiming and play it old style

>>13749538

What.

>>13740532

>>13740521

XFCE or go home. MATE ain't bad, though

>>13753076

I still prefer XFCE for a de but really both XFCE and MATE just werx 99.99% of the time.

>>13753076

kde has been home for me for a long time, though admittedly it will on occasion set my PC on fire

but besides that it works wonderfully and follows a beautiful design

how is xfce lately, those screenies are beautiful, they did the swtich to qt right?

>>13740521

MATE MASTER RACE

>Desktop Environment

>Master Race

pick one. Window managers are the true master race. My daily driver is i3 right now, but I'm thinking about switching to dwm because i3 is kinda bloated.

Anyone succesfully remove systemd on ubuntu 16.04? I'm following this guide http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_remove_systemd_from_an_Ubuntu_Xenial_installation#Rip_out_systemd

But when following the second last step I get permission denied even when sudo.

>>13754057

Arc-Dark is pretty good too.

>>13754306

There's always antiX is you want a debian-based distro without systemd.

>>13754346

I'm mostly opting for Ubuntu just because of all the support and packages it gets. How much different is debian? I'm not gonna do anything fancy, just install packages and stuff. Also main difference between this and Devuan? Why one over the other?

>>13754481

Debian is what Ubuntu is derived from. It has has two big draws over Ubuntu.

> Stable is rock solid stable. The team does their absolute best to make sure nothing breaks and that the experience remains uniform for that release. It sometimes means packages are old unless there are major security issues

> Ubuntu is more willing to install nonfree software. Debian installs only free software by default, and you need to edit your sources.list to access their nonfree repositories. Nonfree software often mean graphics drivers, so keep that in mind

I also tend to get better performance on Debian, but I'm not sure why. You can still add PPAs on Debian like you can on Ubuntu, but it's not officially supported.

So if you want a Debian-based system without systemd, you have a few major options.

>Debian

http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_remove_systemd_from_a_Debian_jessie/sid_installation

If you find that the Debian packages are too old, change your sources.list from stable to unstable and add the SparkyLinux repos.

>Devuan

Tries to be a drop-in Debian replacement minus systemd. I hear development is slow, and it looks that way, since their latest release is still based on Jessie. If you want to use Devuan's unstable version without accidentally reintroducing systemd, read this.

https://devuan.org/os/documentation/dev1fanboy/Ceres-without-Systemd

>antiX

Lightweight, maybe too lightweight. Use this if you're on really low end hardware or you don't mind extra tweaking. I believe it's based on Debian Unstable out of the box. Also, not entirely systemd free. It's included, but unused. Decide how much you care about that.

My advice is just to try them all in a virtual machine, if you have the hardware.

>>13756036

>>Realize while installing windows 7 that my CPU isn't supported any more and I'm not fucking installing Spydows 10.

>new cpus don't support Windows 7

Are you joking?

>>13756036

>>13756059

No wait, it's just worthless updates past 2017.

>>13756036

>>13740450

Please don't lie about shit like that.

>>13756059

Officially neither Ryzens nor Skylakes/Baby Lakes/Coffee Lakes support Windows 7 anymore.

>>13756156

That's officially bullshit without proof that they literally don't boot.

>>13740647

I'm guessing it's because you had problems with dependencies. I made a script to automate that process

https://github.com/Managor/install-deps.sh/blob/master/install-deps.sh

Use it if you want.

>>13756112

>>13756135

Sure fine, I can download some fucking drivers that I need to use during the installation process and make it work, but I was lazy at the moment and somehow going extempore on Linux seemed easier.

>>13740450

> buy okay desktop with 4 gigs of RAM and a quad core Phenom but badly bottle necked by integrated GeForce 6150 SE

> comes with Windows 7 installed

> works good for about four months before it is almost incapable of handling multitasking

> GPU struggles with Aero desktop effects

> try Xubuntu by dual booting

> works exactly as good four months later as it did on day 1

> end up using it almost always because Linux can access Windows files but not the other way around

> shortly thereafter Microsoft starts pushing W10 update in system tray

> I can barely run this fucking thing so there's no way in hell I'm "upgrading"

> but MS thinks they know better so I have to uncheck the upgrade box every single time I try to update

And the last straw.

> buy and install dedicated GPU

> boot into Xubuntu recovery mode

> apt-get drivers

> reboot

> Just Werks

> boot into Windows

> install updates for an hour

> reboot

> open driver installer I had the foresight to download

> takes 3 minutes for the "This program requires administrator privileges" popup

>click yes and wait another 3 minutes

> installer asks me if I want a bunch of extra shit

> realize there's nothing I've been playing on Windows that I haven't got working on Xubuntu

> delete Wangblows partition and become Linux Master Race

Overall, the experience of using any given Linux desktop is more enjoyable than any version of Windows. There are some things I can't do. Not everything works in Wine, and there was a definite learning curve (like that time I ran chown on /bin/ like a fuckhead).

But I'll trade some nonessentials for the knowledge that my machine and operating system are MINE, and not something I'm merely allowed access to.

>>13756163

"Unsupported" doesn't mean "won't boot". You can run a lot of games under the system requirements, but if it breaks or causes issues you're on your own because that's not the hardware they target.

>>13756293

Lying about new x86 cpus not functioning with old os's doesn't make me want to use loonix when I already use loonix, it pisses me off nigger.

>>13740450

In 2009 Windows 7 did this thing where it could overwrite the BIOS of CD/DVD players which it did at random. First 3 times I thought it where the DVD players that fucked up until a college teacher told me it was Windows 7, he was even assed enough to show me. He was the only teacher that used only Linux related shit and he basically ran the whole CS/IT department when it came to the technical side of things, he was also the only teacher that knew everything about anything without even having a diploma. Also the only one that cared about his students and even made his own assignments and guides. So I highly respected the guy.

I thought why not try and see why he thinks Linux is the better deal, so I went with it and never really looked back, my shitty school laptop was faster and more stable now and I was able to get shit done more quickly.

Also became good friends with said teacher over the years.

>>13756336

well they technically work but since I recently had the pleasure of upgrading a PC of a relative to ryzen I can say that it is indeed a headache.

it killed the install that was already there and as mentioned the installing will only function if you slipstream the drivers into the ISO.

>>13741706

>internet browsers, word processors, media players, and so on.

So not games

thought I'd share, rutracker mega thread with GoG linux releases

doesn't contain all of them, individual torrents are linked

https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5248621

>>13756816

Some games, GOG releases work well on most rigs, there are a few open source clones like OpenTTD.

>>13740450

Hated the ideal W10 spying. Installed linux before it came out. Generally been fairly happy, even with the headaches it's caused.

>>13740271

Same fag. Every thread.

>>13757073

Not to mention every emulator under the sun.

>>13756816

>if it doesn't play muh gaymes it's a meme OS (TM)

/v/ everybody

>>13757181

That's gamers in general. It's the sort of thing that happens when you let a hobby become a lifestyle.

>>13757181

>>>/tech/

>>13740271

If Linux had games, there would be no reason to ever use windows.

>>13757249

The problem isn't games, the problem is that the compositors suck ass. LXDE/openbox with compton is pretty fucking good with compton set up right.

>>13757308

>compton

Compton hasn't been updated since 2013. Even Xfce's compositor does a better job these days (if your using OSS drivers).

>>13757267

It's really not worth playing at all. The base is all there for an excellent porn game, but it just lacks in anything to make it good.

>>13757335

>Even Xfce's compositor does a better job these days (if your using OSS drivers).

You mean if you have a gpu that has a recent update that's stable it supports vsync. Xfce's does jack shit.

>>13757351

It does vsync and gets the fuck out of the way for games. What the hell else am I supposed to need it to do?

EasyRPG is to RPGMaker 2000 and 2003 what GemRB is to the old infinity engine games or OpenMW for Morrowind. It's not 100% finished, but there are a lot of games you can complete in it, like OFF.

https://easyrpg.org/

>>13757741

It's also fully open source under the GPLv3 and various CC licenses for the rtp replacement.

https://github.com/EasyRPG/

>>13757400

Star Control 2 is like fucking crack even today. The only things that are even better autism traps that you can find in most repos are Naev and Endless Sky.

>>13757827

It's getting a sequel http://www.please use archive.is/articles/2017-10-12-after-25-years-star-control-2s-original-creators-are-working-on-a-proper-sequel

>>13757997

Oh fuck me in the asss https://archive.fo/BuxwS

I dont know well how to install WINE, plus gallium 9 and whatever is needed, in my recently installed Ubuntu Mate system. Are there any guides to do it that are easy to understand? It somewhat overwhelming

>>13758506

Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and enter this.

> sudo dpkg –add-architecture i386:

If you're on a 64-bit system, this will allow you to download 32-bit packages.

> sudo apt install wine

You'll probably want to install PlayOnLinux. It's a frontend for wine that will make managing your games much easier.

https://www.playonlinux.com/en/download.html

I've seen you post a few times in this thread. Do you have a Discord profile or something where I can get a hold of you and give you better help?

>>13757323

I beg to differ. I have to install compton to get rid of the screen tearing. Editing fullpipecomposition etc does something, but not enough.

>>13758669

Erm…. You might want to install through this guide https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

The wine version in the ubuntu repos is pretty outdated

>sudo dpkg –add-architecture i386

wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key

>sudo apt-key add Release.key

>sudo apt-add-repository >https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/

>sudo apt-get update

>sudo apt-get install –install-recommends winehq-staging

>>13757323

but do you really need another compositor or constant updates?

it's pretty good

as long you're not expecting multiple windows to move smoothly

>>13758779

It's a good idea, but if you use PlayOnLinux, you can download the latest versions through that and use different version on individual virtual drives.

>>13758779

Why the staging version instead of the latest version? And I did that before (except using the devel version), its just that im not sure what to install, and how, next, plus how to use it

>>13758506

Save yourself some headpains and start using something Arch based.

>>13758834

>>13758824

i think POL doesn't really have much gallium nine versions, mostly staging. Staging has CSMT patches that should help offload shit to other threads of your cpu to improve performance, and fuckery mostly for dx11 games.

Gallium nine is used for dx9 games, and they are separate patches, id recommend seeking a repository with gallium nine and use that for your system, and use POL to download staging versions if needed.

>>13758846

So alink to a repository would be fine, and knowing this, then should I need to unistall all wine stuff then. Any trick to do this?

=WINE DOESN'T WORK FOR ANY GAME I WANT TO PLAY==

LINUX IS A MEME

>>13758928

You can't even redtext right, so of course you wouldn't be able to set up wine.

>>13758928

t. microsoft shill

been playing terraria to soothe my autism but it keeps hardlocking on ubuntu and causing me to restart, I can't live like this

>>13754849

Thanks, well thought out. Seems when trying to run a systemd free distro you can't really win.

>>13759867

are you fucking retarded?

>>13760978

Heard some promising things with Artix but I haven't had the chance to try it out myself just yet.

>>13760978

You bet, i also tried Manjaro and ALSA was a mess to handle. Uninstalled in 10 minutes. I have Artix waiting on a to-do list as well, someday, but not today

>>13759506

Happy to have you. Xubuntu is a good system and the fact that you already know how to install shit is a good sign. If you can get it, I'd recommend Lutris. It's a graphical launcher that will automatically download and set up some emulators for you, though you may end up having to set some up by hand.

Video related, but it's a little old. They've made a lot of improvements.

>>13740279

Manjaro is easy and is compatible with recent hardware.

>>13759867

>playing nu-raider at all

>>13758912

Anyone? Want to know if I can just install another version of Winr, or if there will be conflict, an dneed to make a clean unistall of wine.

>>13763013

Use purge, delete all the config files etc

>>13759867

ALL Feral ports use wrappers. Maybe now that they are changing from DX>OGL wrappers to DX>Vulkan based wrappers, we'll see better performance.

>>13763101

I'd        her        

>>13761931

It helps that I've been playing with GNU+Linux for a while now through Virtual Machine. Honestly, though, it's not that hard to figure out how to install things. There's usually a wiki or blog post with commands you can just copy and paste into your terminal. Also, protip for anyone coming over to debian-based distros like Ubuntu or Linux Mint: Synaptic is leagues better than any stupid "software store" they give you. I might consider Lutris. I wouldn't mind a front-end just for Mednafen, honestly. I don't really mind opening different software to run different games, though.

>>13763265

RetroArch nigga.

>>13763548

I decided to ditch RetroArch ever since I saw one of the main guys behind it throw a infant-like temper tantrum in their IRC. It was when Sega asked them if they might use their software for when they release their classics on phones, but Sega ended up deciding they didn't want to use their software, and would roll something on their own. And I haven't looked back, since.

>>13763538

Euro truck simulator 2's linux version is basically the same as the windows version save for the multiplayer mod being windows only.

Dwarf Fortress runs a bit better on linux because linux has much lower cpu and memory overhead, and the cpu scheduler won't put other tasks on the same core when you have a multi core system like windows does.

3D era GTA is more compatible with wine than modern versions of windows, lots of subtle bugs disappear and the game doesn't stutter like it does on vista or later.

Minecraft also runs better because of the lower cpu/memory overhead, and the fact that java is made with linux first in mind. The map also loads faster on hard drives because the game is constantly storage bottlenecked and linux has better caching policies + better hard drive performance due to clever storage scheduling.

In my experience source games run worse on linux than windows, I played portal 2, fistful of frags and insurgency and they all work better on windows save for load times.

Just about any cpu/memory/storage bottlenecked game will give you better performance on linux unless the port is bad, if the game is gpu bottlenecked which is very common windows normally wins.

Linux also has miscellaneous stuff like generally lower input latency and higher quality networking, people also say stuttering is less common but I haven't noticed it.

Linux casually has shit gpu performance which is what matters for games, but I have a potato netbook (1ghz dual core cpu, integrated gpu, 2GB of ram) which I use when I'm not on my desktop and it absolutely can't run windows but the specs never get in my way when editing text and watching videos on linux.

>>13762435

well, what do you expect from a private tracker? they're private for a reason

they're only taking this opportune time to jew out

OR you can go through the usual channels and beg for a invite from someone

>>13763685

agreed

>>13763632

I can play on linux just fine with the exception of high demanding graphically or triple A titles, like >>13759867

but that is due to the directX/opengl differences, when a game is properly developed for opengl you don't issues like that

>>13763721

The performance gap comes down to Feral's use of wrappers. Vulkan is way better than OpenGL for wrapping DX though, so the gap should be smaller.

>>13763870

hopefully so, but either way they probably wont go back to update older games

I thought vulkan would only be really good for games developed specifically with it

What do you guys use for screen video capture?

>>13765182

Vokoscreen, plus Openshot or ffmpeg for converting/editing.

>>13765244

Not a problem with a decent compositor. Hell, even the default compositor in Xfce doesn't tear anymore.

>>13763538

OpenRC2

It's a Foss engine for roller coaster tycoon 2

>>13765244

lol

what about i3

>>13763538

psychonauts has one advantage over all ports, no mouse acceleration.

>>13765305

>what about i3

well, techinically it isn't a desktop environment, so no knife… or rather, a knife without handle

>>13763063

> its slightly brown = its shitskin

ew lad

>>13763068

>>13763101

>>13763538

>>13763862

>>13763685

>>13765285

I'd agree that old Lara (or TR the game) were pretty good

but in my opinion the nu ones hold nothing to them either

they managed to made nu Lara believable and still a fucken babe with sexy british accent

>>13765362

>tfw we almost had a hot latina with double pistols raiding Mayan an Inca ruins

>Summoning the Inca autist

>>13741699

>le club penguin

At least come up some new shit, you autist.

>>13763685

Might be me using anti aliasing and causing a gpu bottleneck.

>>13766150

Games still being worked on. Also Unity sucks fucking dick.

>>13763538

I'm thinking of oddworld new n tasty and portal

>>13762473

it's so fucking good, tho

>>13766150

VH is shit why bother you are just the same old slut being a meat toilet… kinda gay really.

>>13766730

>Requirements: Two Monitors, Keyboard, Two Mice, Motherboard with VT-D support, i7 with VT-D/AMD Equivalent before Ryzen (i5 maybe but it will kind of be shit & Ryzen is not there yet but you can try), Integrated Graphics + GPU or Two GPU's, Windows ISO, Synergy, and Autism.

Your IGP and discrete card have to have their own IOMMU groups. If your full PCIe slot and your IGP share a bus you are shit out of luck, and you will only be able to turn one on at a time.

>>13766769

No you just go into your BIOS settings and use the ACS patch.

>>13765362

well I was not the one calling her shitskin

I do love me some brown sugar, aka >>13766150

>>13766736

I changed it to have another link and that you need to enable intel graphics in BIOS

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF

>>13766860

Oh is that safe now? Last time I saw that it (doing PCI passthrough using Xen about three years ago), it had big red warning lights all over it.

>>13767074

http://vfio.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/iommu-groups-inside-and-out.html

It's not just a "do it and it'll work". You could cause all kinds of bad times friend ahead.

>>13766687

You can avoid getting raped. I basically consider it a challenge.

>>13766270

At least a few anons have the sense to recommend Godot instead.

>>13766730

>GPU passthrough

In other words, use Windows.

>>13767130

No its more secure then running it native and allows you to get your cake and eat it to.

>>13767140

>No its more secure then running it native

No it's not because you literally are running it native. Just with a fat bloated Linux kernel as a hypervisor. The "GPU Pasthrough is more secure!" Shit is one of the biggest examples of blatant misinformation spread by the Freetard community

>>13767159

>Using wine

>Not reverse engineering it and reimplementing it to be linux native with a wayland+vulkan backend

>>13767298

You can just install most mods manually.

>>13740722

Why are you using wine when Megaton Edition has a native linux version?

>>13767151

they never stop working on it in nihon

wertern anons want to port it over to a more recent rpgm though

>>13767120

godot is nice, I like that

>>13768852

>wertern anons want to port it over to a more recent rpgm though

That would be retarded. Modern RPGMaker is a glorified browser engine.

>>13769421

Only MV. XP, VX, or VX Ace would be fine. VH isn't worth it though.

>>13769957

Faggot decided he's going with MV since he already paid for it. Not going to waste any more time with him or his little doomed project.

>>13766730

>Two monitors

Is there a way of doing that only with one monitor?

>>13770816

Your best bet is using a monitor with two inputs, like a display port and DVI, then using the DVI on your IGP and the display port on your graphics card, then switch between the inputs as you want.

>>13780568

>fell for the pass through meme

>>13783747

not a meme for me. gpu passthrough works flawlessly (including HDMI sound). oddly where I am having problems is isolating my blu ray / controller for passthrough.

seems like UDEV keeps taking over and binding the controller to the ahci driver even though it's properly setup with vfio-pci like my GPU. the closest i got to blu rays working wasn't even with passthrough it was using the scsi virtio driver connected /dev/sr0 in raw mode. that way passes some information to the VM like the disc label, size, etc but DVDs and blurays still not playable.

GPU passthrough to Win7 VM seems to be the ideal setup for /scurv/ dogs

Need a free as in freedom instant messenger for loonix that can send files and respects my privacies.

>>13784940

Tried Tox but it can't send files, it won't open my pictures folder and I can't drag and drop. Using Mint 17.3. I was gonna try Ring but it runs on Ubuntu 16.04.

I tried passthrough. It was allright.

Eventually gave up and just got a KVM switch and dedicated one PC to games only.

However, I did get an old Dell optiplex for 50 bucks and turned it into a PFSense router to block 99% of internet traffic to the windows box (because fuck you that's why).

>>13784940

Keybase

>>13784940

IRC.

>>13787671

i guess the underage b&s never even knew about DCC to begin with

>>13787041

>Personal Information. We collect and store information that can identify you personally (“Personal Information”), such as your name, email address and usernames for your social media accounts when you use our public directory (the “Directory”).

No thanks.

>>13787671

>>13788791

Was my first thought but I don't know how secure and private it is. Want to stress I'm not doing anything illegal, just don't want my shit seen is all.

>>13784940

Couldn't you use tox for chat and use ipfs to get files to the other person?

>>13776876

>ffmpeg for editing.

I prefer to use avisynth

>>13740279

solus has put alot of effort into gaming performance and steam integration, take a look at that.

How does one choose a distro? Based on what? I've looked at distrowatch and it looks like a lot of distros are pretty much the same, they're based on Ubuntu or Arch and there's a few indepent distros. If I were to move or try a distro I'd like to try opensuse because it has a cool sounding name and I've read a lot of anons use it. But ultimately aren't all distros sort of the same? They're all Linux.

>>13767151

>You mean it's being worked on in the original engine?

Yes.

>>13806659

>How does one choose a distro?

By what one prefers and by testing them out. I used Ubuntu for years but it kept breaking on me and the forced pulseaudio, spyware and systemD shit I disliked, also Unity came long and that was the final nail for me so I tried Arch and I've sticked with Arch based distro's ever since. The packet manager that Arch has is a fucking God send for me and AUR is great as well, though I use Artix now which is Arch without systemd.

>But ultimately aren't all distros sort of the same?

No. Void, Debian and Arch for example differ a lot. On a kernel level they might not, that depends on what kernel you use though. Biggest difference is probably the package managing and the updating of said packages. You can make them look at the same but behind that they will differ.

>They're all Linux.

That's the kernel, not the distribution itself. Even so there are many different variations of the kernel.

>>13806693

Different versions of the main kernel I mean. Linux-zen, Linux-ck, Linux-lts, Linux-hardened etc all have their own tweaks for specific usage.

>>13806659

>But ultimately aren't all distros sort of the same? They're all Linux.

Nah, in practice they're not. Just as an example (yes I've used arch based as well) I've used custom respins of *buntu that was much better than the official *buntu. Despite people who never used it at all either virtually or in bare metal claiming it can't be all that different it's just loonix with different skins, or the official version should theoretically be better because it's "official".

It's something best tried out for yourself based on what fits best for you tbh.

>>13806693

>also Unity came long and that was the final nail for me

Unity is getting dropped afaik. Canonical is probably still sticking with systemDicks, on the small side of things they might have actually listened to all the wrath against that amazon search bullshit. The failed Convergence thing might have burned them bad too, but that type of shit burned a lot of companies including heh win10 phones. On the large side of cancer, they still seem to want to go fairly large into IoT crap.

>>13806802

>Unity is getting dropped afaik

I know but it still will be stuck with the other shit I mentioned.

>>13806867

>I know but it still will be stuck with the other shit I mentioned.

Yeah I have a 16.04 LTS based distro on one machine but I still find 14.04 to be more stable with some setups. Waiting to see if their next LTS will be as good as 14.04 was.

I haven't had any bad luck with most general audio playback with buntu or arch or nearly anything else, except for one case with an old soundblaster card. Nothing would stick properly there. Then again it was also on a really obsolete and dying Pentium3 dellbox that I ran just for shits and giggles.

>>13807235

>w-windows just w-werkz goys!!!

You might aswell be using a console if that's your entire arguement.

>>13807272

>entire argument

You simplified and downplayed his legit gripe with linux. You're the retarded one here. Equaling windows to console would make sense if there would be no performance differences between the two.

>>13807292

>entire argument

Replied to an anon without thinking about designated OS for a specific hardware platform. You're the retarded one here. Equaling [insert OS] to console would make sense if there would be no performance differences between hardware and OS specifications.

Too bad people only buy Personal Computers for customizations.

>>13807375

tfw kizuna ai uses Xbox Kinect & several Windows tools instead of blender and loss

I use Arch Linux, don't play much vidya on it though. Just some Insurgency to kill time.

>>13807235

>runs all games

That's wrong. Also most Linux distro's are now easier and faster to configure and install then any Windows. Stop falling for stupid maymays.

>>13807382

>tfw kizuna ai uses Xbox Kinect & several Windows tools instead of blender and loss

See at least that is more of a legit gripe with loonix instead of the stale bait of "u have to use console and sheeit" from the 90s that pajeetards still thinks is true. FOSS 3D tools are improving, and industry standard stuff like Maya is on loonix for how many years already now. But iirc audio video editing tools can use some more boost.

The rest of the bait that pajeet threw out is just so low effort sad it's barely worth a direct (You).

>>13807432

>But iirc audio video editing tools can use some more boost.

The FOSS ones at least.

>people saying windows is easy to install

The fuck is going on here? If you want to see what true "easy to install" looks like, give OpenBSD a try.

>>13740450

Windows spyware shit.

>>13740450

Had a windows 8 laptop during college. Once they forced me to upgrade to 8.1 and it broke a number of drivers I had to reinstall I got jaded with Microsoft. I knew a guy back in college who used Linux and would play around in virtualbox with the distros, even installed ubuntu on a friends computer when he destroyed his OS.

Didn't do anything with that after a couple years but recently I had recieved a desktop from a relative that was a junker. Pulled out some old DVD's I'd burned and put mint on it. Got it up and running and since I already had been using a number of open source software since they are free and outside of some compatibility issues with .pptx files and Libreoffice I never had major problems.

Finally last month my 8.1 rig would no longer boot to the desktop, I got another laptop and just put mint on it and I've been fine ever since. I do plan to get another windows rig later on but it will run either 7 or 8, I refuse to upgrade to 10 and I would just need it for running games that I don't feel like taking the time to run on linux if they do work.

>>13784046

Seriously, though… anyone have tips on properly setting up passthrough with a second on-board AHCI controller?

I just want to play DVD and BluRay in the same VM as I do my Windows gaming.

>>13792821

>Was my first thought but I don't know how secure and private it is. Want to stress I'm not doing anything illegal, just don't want my shit seen is all.

Most IRC clients let you setup DH key exchange and whatever cypher. It's not a required server feature. There is a server feature to anonymize your host with DNS masking. Might even be a feature to randomly assign anonymous nicknames.

>>13792821

So in that case, you're one shady mother fucker! You do realize CIA and FBI patrol theses boarders? I bet they've back traced your IP address already and have a swat team to smack your ass to the pavement, and cuff you.

I hope you get maximum sentence criminal-chan. Write to us when you get your first butt rape.

>>13765244

LXDE isn't quite fair. It's window manager, Openbox, has a functionality that just about no other window managers can make use of.

Is there a way to install Wine that won't pull in SystemD? Do I need to install from binaries or something?

>>13810007

Try using a better repository.

>>13788573

Openhexagon is pretty fun.

>>13765305

Speaking of I installed i3 on some potato computer.

Surprisingly usable, I'll install it on my main machine and benchmark games on i3 vs KDE. The tiling aspect really makes multitasking faster than autistically dragging windows around and knowing keyboard shortcuts helps.

>>13810007

Compile it from source, tard.