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- Add "Are We Anti-Cheat Yet?" website
- Update that oryx pro issues were resolved
  through suggestions on ArchWiki
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<h1>Switching from Windows to Linux</h1>
<!-- Author & Date/Time -->
<p class="lead">Updated on December 7, 2021</p>
<p class="lead">Updated on July 1, 2022</p>
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<div class="blog-cover">
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<p>
Development is definitely where Linux shines because of its superior
package management. For example, Ubuntu (and its derivatives) use
the apt package manager which allows you to easily install most
development packages like Python, gcc, Git, etc. On Windows, you
have to go to a website, click on a download link, run an
executable, and walk through the steps in an installer. On Linux, it
is as simple as a couple terminal commands. There's a reason even
the <code>apt</code> package manager which allows you to easily
install most development packages like Python, gcc, Git, etc. On
Windows, you have to go to a website, click on a download link, run
an executable, and walk through the steps in an installer. On Linux,
it is as simple as a couple terminal commands. There's a reason even
Microsoft felt it needed to improve the developer experience on
Windows via the
<a
@@ -112,14 +112,25 @@
work by just pressing the play button, possibly with a few tweaks.
After trying this out myself, I have come to the same conclusion.
Gaming on Linux is as good as it has ever been and will only get
better, especially after the announcement and release of the Linux
powered
better, especially after the launch of the SteamOS 3.0 powered
<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck" target="_blank"
>Steam Deck</a
>
from Valve. If you play a lot of online multiplayer games, you may
need to wait as popular anti-cheat software doesn't currently work
through Proton.
from Valve.
</p>
<p>
If you play a lot of online multiplayer games, you may need to wait.
Not all anti-cheat software currently works through Proton.
<a href="https://areweanticheatyet.com" target="_blank"
>Are We Anti-Cheat Yet?</a
>
provides "a comprehensive and crowd-sourced list of games using
anti-cheats and their compatibility with GNU/Linux or Wine/Proton".
<a href="https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends" target="_blank"
>Apex Legends</a
>
is one notable example that enabled Linux support for Easy
Anti-Cheat shortly after the launch of the Steam Deck.
</p>
<hr />
@@ -206,17 +217,9 @@
href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System76_Oryx_Pro"
target="_blank"
>page for the System76 Oryx Pro</a
>. Unfortunately, I had some issue with NVIDIA's Linux drivers and
<a href="https://github.com/pop-os/system76-power" target="_blank"
>System76's graphics switching tool</a
>
on Arch. I was able to resolve the issue by switching to
<a href="https://garudalinux.org" target="_blank">Garuda Linux</a>,
which is based on Arch, but provides an easy to use installer and
some nice GUI tools for configuring your system. As of the time of
writing, I don't see myself switching from Garuda because it
provides all the benefits of Arch without the initial hassle of
installing the system from scratch.
>. By following the suggestions there, I was able to resolve issues
like the audio not working, graphics switching, suspend/hibernate,
etc.
</p>
<hr />
@@ -235,9 +238,8 @@
from Windows, I was much more comfortable with the look and feel of
KDE Plasma. Additionally, it has many (perhaps too many)
customizability options. After using this for a while, I eventually
ran into some system freezing issues that I didn't expect to see
given my hardware and felt that I could go for something a bit more
minimal.
felt that I wanted something more minimal that I could tweak exactly
to my liking.
</p>
<hr />
@@ -264,8 +266,7 @@
my needs. One of the main downsides of dwm is that it is meant to be
super minimal where features you might expect to see need to be
added through patches. The process of patching can be slow,
annoying, and prone to error. One solution, that I ended up going
with, is to use
annoying, and prone to error. A great solution to this problem is
<a href="https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch" target="_blank"
>dwm-flexipatch</a
>. This includes a bunch of commonly used patches that can be