My personal experience has been that it’s games from the post-DOS era, especially PC games from the very late 90s and early 00s, that can be really tricky.
I’ve had better luck running games from that era from my GOG library via Lutris on Linux than Windows 10/11.
The ones that run in DOS Box are comparatively easy!
Yeah, I do all my development in WSL2 (Ubuntu) at work every day. I use VSCode on the Windows 11 host. It’s great!
Would I prefer to use Linux natively? Sure, but I also have to support some Windows-only legacy code and a D365 environment or two, so Windows makes sense.
I’m using 1080p at 144hz. It’s great!
The product may have been useless, but they had some awesome art for their advertisement!
That’s just what I was going to say - that will either be Arch or Debian…
Came here to upvote for the exact same reasons.
Into the Vertical Blank
Yeah, ujust is pretty cool!
At work, we’re a Windows shop. So mostly Docker (desktop) via WSL2. But it depends on the project. Sometimes it’s just NodeJS in Windows itself!
At home, mostly tools like nvm and Python venvs to handle multiple projects with potentially overlapping/problematic dependencies that I want to isolate from the base system.
Either way, initial testing happens locally with Docker compose, sometimes minikube depending on the project.
With Bluefin-DX it’s a lot of the same concepts but the included tools get you there a different, and honestly easier and more convenient way. But I have learn how to use those tools!
Bluefin-DX is great! I’m still figuring out how everything works - there are a lot of tools included that are new to me, despite being a cloud-oriented developer.
It’s a very different way to use Linux, from how the OS is constructed, to the container-first nature of the default applications and intended workflow. But I’m really enjoying learning how to use it.
I’m a programmer! I use Linux and Windows. In fact, I’m now in my second job in a Microsoft shop (and no, neither were/are .NET…). And I’ve had exactly zero jobs where I was issued or allowed to use a Linux machine.
Almost 10 years into my own Linux journey, I’m feeling the pull to Debian.
I’m just hanging out in denial right now on Pop OS.
Morrowind is the height of the series for me and one of my favorite games of all time. But the level of detail and fidelity in Daggerfall is just staggering.
Thanks, I’ll look into that. KDE is awesome and it would be fun to contribute in some small way.
I’m a developer, but my career has been very web-focused. What languages would I need to learn to contribute to KDE apps?
Yes! Link to the Past is a brilliant game - definitely one of my favorite games of all time.
I second the recommendation of Link’s Awakening and Link Between Worlds since you liked this one so much.
I use Aurora (the KDE version) as a software dev/ gaming machine. It’s great!