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[–] [email protected] 90 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (35 children)

Windows 11 is a strong motivator. I suspect like many other people, the only reason I was keeping Windows around was gaming. But thanks to Proton and the Steam Deck, the number of games in my library that won’t run on Linux is vanishingly small. I deleted my Windows partition a few months ago and haven’t looked back.

Install Linux or buy a Mac, fuck Windows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Same here. If I could get Vortex Mod Manager to work under Wine/Proton, I wouldn't use Windows at all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Nexus Mods is working on an AppImage version of their mod manager that works perfectly in my testing.

Currently it only supports Stardew Valley and Cyberpunk i think.

I'm excited for it to have parity with Windows Vortex.

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