@paco @BenAveling it is just a stupid electronic device
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@paco For Apex, I’m afraid the game include an anticheat at kernel level on Windows which makes it now impossible to run on Linux. Same for League of Legends.
My advise is to keep a Windows partition just for those online games
@lenny Yeah, that's not an option. My son is not going to reboot into entirely different operating systems (and keep both of them up-to-date) just to change what game he's playing. I don't blame him.
He plays online with friends, not alone. Of course he doesn't want to say "hang on, mate, I need to reboot my PC into Windows and then we can play..."
He's got a Mac for doing anything important, and his PC for playing games. I think that's the best I can do.
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@paco Yeah, can attest.
EA, and their anti-cheat, is really Linux Hostile. I've had to catch smoke from my kids for never getting to play games like Apex Legends (because I've *only* supported Linux gaming rigs in this house), and arguments like "It's not that your computer won't run it, there's just some companies that don't want you to run it on Linux." ring hollow in a teenager's ears.
Sorry for your loss.
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@paco You can get Rocket League working via Heroic Games Launcher, it's a great replacement for the Epic Games app on Linux. I play it with my brothers every now and then. I don't know anything about Apex unfortunately, do you know if it'll run in a virtual machine? If your kid is on a desktop rather than a laptop it may be possible to do a vm with GPU pass-through, but idk if that's worth the effort or feasible.
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@paco You can get Rocket League working via Heroic Games Launcher, it's a great replacement for the Epic Games app on Linux. I play it with my brothers every now and then. I don't know anything about Apex unfortunately, do you know if it'll run in a virtual machine? If your kid is on a desktop rather than a laptop it may be possible to do a vm with GPU pass-through, but idk if that's worth the effort or feasible.
@mrbones909 that’s a neat idea. I hadn’t thought of running windows in a VM. But it’s a ton of work.
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@paco Rocket League runs great on steam proton
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EA seems actively hostile toward Linux. My gut says its more about a general aversion to open source among the c-suite, but I could be wrong.
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EA seems actively hostile toward Linux. My gut says its more about a general aversion to open source among the c-suite, but I could be wrong.
@bruce I know less than nothing, because I barely play any games like this. But if I were to hazard a guess, I can think of 2 reasons that feel way more plausible to me than the cheating BS.
Anything you build, you have to support at least a little. And they probably see the labour (I.e.cost) of Linux stuff as not worth the revenue. All tech companies are in a firing mood right now. They only support the middle of the bell curve. Innovation is gone. Return-on-investment is the only game in town.
Steam is a competitor. So hurting the steam deck doesn’t really hurt EA?
“But whatever the reason, their heart or their shoes, they stood there on Christmas Eve, hating their users.”
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@paco *vomits into bag
"I'm ready!"
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@paco time was more fluid back then
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@paco I _think_ it's Japan 1961, US Actual 1962
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@paco I _think_ it's Japan 1961, US Actual 1962
@moira Oh, like some metric/imperial thing?
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@paco
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@paco Those islanders must have gotten American-flavored radiation from the bomb tests. #Monsterdon #Mothradon #Mothra1962
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@paco Those islanders must have gotten American-flavored radiation from the bomb tests. #Monsterdon #Mothradon #Mothra1962
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@paco proportionate response (American)
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@diazona @paco Perhaps borrowed from Mogomra, the country lobster (Upright Citizens Brigade). #Monsterdon #Mothradon #Mothra1962
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@paco there's a youtuber retrofitting a car like this with an electric powertrain
it's diy but it can be done
actually easier in those old boats, there's so much room you don't need for other stuff
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@paco there's a youtuber retrofitting a car like this with an electric powertrain
it's diy but it can be done
actually easier in those old boats, there's so much room you don't need for other stuff
@paco apparently the regenerative braking is so effective you barely need real breaks
(you still need them but)
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@paco there's a youtuber retrofitting a car like this with an electric powertrain
it's diy but it can be done
actually easier in those old boats, there's so much room you don't need for other stuff
@moira I have a really good car for this and I wish I could find someone that could do the work. I'm handy around the house and with computers, but I would never drive a car where I had a hand in fitting the engine.
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@paco lol
