• throwawaylemmy2 [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    <Meme>I use Arch Debian, BTW</Meme>

    But I was pointing out that telemetry wasn't just Windows/OS X exclusive. Ubuntu's devs tried it (though via Amazon advertising/deals), and then the backlash caused them to drop it.

    Honestly, what stops me from using Linux as a daily driver is that a lot of the games I play on PC are multiplayer and thus have anti-cheat like Easy Anti-Cheat that will probably never get Linux ports.

    • cummunist [he/him,they/them]
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      4 years ago

      But I was pointing out that telemetry wasn’t just Windows/OS X exclusive.

      Valid point. What's more, Ubuntu is a company run distro. I think you're right and I would add that telemetry is therefore more likely to be related to the business model in question rather than FOSS/Not FOSS.

      About the daily driver issue, the solution I found was dual-booting windows on a separate SSD partition. This way I get to play the games that use Easy AC. Although be aware that workarounds sometimes do exist for game that run EAC. This was I was able to get Squad to run on my Linux partition; although I did experience bugs because my hardware is cursed.