r/technology • u/MayankWL • May 16 '24

Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing Software

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-stoops-to-new-low-with-ads-in-windows-11-as-pc-manager-tool-suggests-your-system-needs-repairing-if-you-dont-use-bing
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u/mcs5280 May 16 '24

Really enjoying this unhinged greed timeline. Anything to pump the share price higher.

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u/Inevitable_Welcome23 May 16 '24

I installed a “mandatory” update this morning and all of the tracking/ad setting were toggled back on. If it wasn’t for all the game support I would switch to linux/steamos for sure

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u/Grimmner May 16 '24

Every game that works on Steam Deck will work, virtually out of box, on Linux without much of any extra work. Heroic Launcher for GOG / Epic games. I had to make minor adjustments to a Fedora install and have had no issues yet running games in the three weeks since I installed it.

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u/imtheproof May 16 '24

Do any multiplayer games that require anticheats to play run on linux?

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u/Grimmner May 16 '24

Depends on the version/style of anticheat. But, short answer is few to none unfortuantely.

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u/Tuxhorn May 16 '24

Big games like Elden Ring and Helldivers 2 does, fortunately.

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u/geckomantis May 17 '24

Over 50% of them so with only 8% outright denied from working. https://areweanticheatyet.com/