• nopt@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Anthony is now Emily

    I would still like the idea of them trying Linux again but maybe with optimized hardware to go with it. Not everyone has special sound software/lighting setup etc Give them an AMD setup a keyboard mouse and headphones and let them game. Make them work around common issues for real people and not pseudo linuxish streamers. Give them tech support, be it internally or maybe some Linux content creators and see how that goes. That way we see more than “digitally sign a document, copy files and print” and make it 3 months not just one. Have them run into problems during use not just install once

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      10 months ago

      Anthony is now Emily

      Oh really? Must have announced that since I stopped watching LMG. She (they?) are still on the show?

      I built my gaming rig with Linux in mind, and I went with an extremely average PC, Ryzen 3600/GTX-1080, and everything is working pretty well. It’s not hard to build a computer that works well with Linux, just aim for “very normal.”

      As for the “digitally sign a document” chapter of the saga…1. I seem to recall that the challenge was badly designed in several ways. Like, “digitally sign a document” could mean copy-paste a .png of your handwriting, or do PGP encryption stuff, which is a topic society desperately needs to have a conversation about because we’re 30 years into the internet and we’re still faxing medical records but that’s beside the point. That “challenge” also “required” something like uploading a 3GB video file to Slack, and “Watch HDR video” which just outright wasn’t supported and was basically put there as a bad faith fuck you.

      I think a series where someone prominent in the gaming/pc enthusiast space who learns Linux with the help of someone from the FOSS enthusiast space would be a worthwhile exercise. I’d love to see more PC gamers trying and successfully adopting Linux, and I’d like to see more Linux veterans excited to offer a friendly and helpful hand. I’d like to see those two communities come together in perhaps a friendlier and more constructive way.