• Katana314@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    I guess this isn’t really even “news” to Linux gamers now, but once in a while it’s nice to make an article about what constant progress has happened in a certain sphere. Certainly many people staying on Windows out of inertia blinked and missed it.

    My fervent hope is that, someday in the future, people can build a gaming PC and just forego Windows to save $100.

    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      My fervent hope is that, someday in the future, people can build a gaming PC and just forego Windows to save $100.

      Good news! Your future hope is reality’s past!

      Seriously though, who buys a copy of Windows for a custom built PC that they install Linux on? I’ve built a bunch of computers over the past decade or so and I haven’t purchased a copy of Windows since the early 2000s. And technically that was just an OEM licence that came with a laptop.

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      5 hours ago

      My fervent hope is that, someday in the future, people can build a gaming PC and just forego Windows to save $100.

      Who’s building a gaming PC and paying retail price (or any price) for the Windows license anyway? I think anyone who knows anything about technology knows how easy Windows has always been to pirate, and that keys are readily available for cheap