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I don’t tend to rely as much on Valve’s compatibility rating as I do ProtonDB’s. Even though it takes extra steps.
I don’t tend to rely as much on Valve’s compatibility rating as I do ProtonDB’s. Even though it takes extra steps.
As Mr. Miyagi would say:
“Walk On Road, Hmmm? Walk Left Side, Safe. Walk Right Side, Safe. Walk Middle, Sooner Or Later… Get Squish Just Like Grape!”
Or, how about Yoda:
"Do or do not. There is no try”
What I’m saying either Linux rules the roost or Windows does. The “roost” in this example is your hard drive.
Probably the safest, most cost effective approach is to use WSL.
I am using GraphineOS right now. Here’s my answers:
For backup, GraphineOS will also backup to USB drive.
Like all things, it a trade off. You trade security for convenience.
But one very nice surprise is I now have so much better battery life. I’m getting nearly 3 days off a charge!
I’m reminded what GabeN said: Piracy is an issue of service, not price.
I agree with him up to a point. As price gouging is a feature of modern day streaming.
One reason Steam became the defacto standard is because the insane Steam sales that Valve put on in the early days.
They kept their monopoly in the face of other stores giving away games mostly due to service, though.
While I’m no fan of the crippleware, I don’t think this product from them would effect your average gamer. It looks to be focused on beta testers and reviewers.
But, knowing the human’s facility for laziness, odds on it will filter into general release.
For personal things, computer, phones, etc. Big corpos cover this by a EULA. EULAs also covers forums controlled by the companies. For public places like websites, you can control search engines by using a robot.txt file.