Ubuntu 6.06 was my first Linux install. I still remember the pain of ndiswrapper to get Windows WiFi drivers working on Linux.

Specifically educated people, in this case, because they tend to skew Left.

They mention their equipment is legacy and only supports Windows 10. An Airgapped VM of Windows 10 is a good option to continue supporting legacy hardware.

Not sure if you’re using a desktop or laptop (unclear if you’re doing DJ stuff for mixing privately or gigging on the road), but hardware passthrough through something like SR-IOV would make latency a non-issue.

However, I get what you’re saying. I was more thinking of the “I want to run this on a legacy operating system for as long as I can” aspect of things. Eliminating the concern of the hardware no longer supporting a more modern operating system was what I was trying to get at. Sorry if that didn’t come through.

Why not encapsulate Windows 10 in a VM? You can run it indefinitely as long as you don’t give it Internet.

Somehow Palp…I mean Pope returned.

So…

1. Not a Thorium reactor

2. Didn’t produce any power

So China still has a win here.

I appreciate it, but I just got a new phone because I needed a new one recently. I wish it could have been something like a Fairphone, but thems the breaks.

Unfortunately Telecomms in Australia seem to have a pissing contest on who can screw consumers more, America or Aussie companies.

For 4G. 5G is fine.

Really wish Fairphone would come to the US. I’d spend the money on it, but they only half-ass sold the last gen phone here on the US.

I don’t even understand why. They support most 4G and every mid and low band 5G in America. Even if I could just import it, I’d be happy.

And I’ll continue to not buy them and support indie developers instead.

Cheers mate

If you want to run VR on Linux with your Quest headset, WiVRn works absolutely flawlessly. Been running VR with my Quest 2 for a while with it.

Not sure if jailbreaks exist for the Quest 3, but I’ve considered jailbreaking my Quest 2 in order to run it without a Meta account.

You installed KDE on Mint? Why not just install Debian with KDE?

Start with something simple like Linux Mint. You can run it in a VM, if you want to “try before you buy (in)”.

Cough MassGravel Activation Scripts Cough

Valve made a compatibility layer for the Steam Deck and Linux called Proton. It uses a lot of technologies, including WINE, dxvk, and more to make Windows games run well on Linux. It basically takes Windows API calls and translates them to Linux with little to no performance penalty.

Steam also has native builds for Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, and Linux now, so you can just install it. Most Linux distros have Steam right in their software manager now.

Typically, unless the game has blocked Linux with something like kernel-level anticheat, it’ll “just work” on Linux now. There is a community database called ProtonDB that has a list of games and how well they do or don’t work.

Hope this helps and feel free to ask any questions.

Check Proton DB. If the games you enjoy work fine on Linux, which is the case for most games these days thanks to Proton, you should be good. The big exception is games with kernel-level anticheat.

If not, you can always dual boot for the few games that don’t.

I made the switch to pure Linux gaming when I got my Steam Deck two years ago. Been loving it ever since. Even SteamVR games work great streaming to my Quest headset.

It’s guerilla. Not gorilla. Please spell correctly if you’re trying to make a logical argument.