All I use dropbox for these days is synchronizing various extensions to it as a cloud backup service. Like Violentmonkey (userscripts) and Stylus (userstyles, like for making lemmy look nicer) to mention the two that come to mind.
Be me
Switch to Linux
Wtf is a Dropbox again?
One day, Linux will be ready for a no-headaches gaming PC. Genuinely looking forward to it.
I had this mindset for about 2 decades, from when I first played around in OpenSUSE and Compiz back in 2005 up to 2024 when I finally switched because of Windows 10 being put out to pasture by Microsoft. But since I’m now in my early 40s and no longer play competitive games as I used to 15 years ago, I’ve had zero problems with Linux and gaming.
So I totally understand your mindset as I too once thought the same.
Problem with waiting is of course that developers don’t favor linux due to lack of people on linux playing game, so it’s a vicious circle:- not playing on linux because it’s not well supported by games
- game devs not making games for linux because not enough players are there.
I hope you enjoy linux when you’re ready.
already is for me!
Its mostly there if your ready to dump your League addiction. Proton Db has guides for the games that don’t just work first try and most of the fixes are select a different launch option from a drop down in Steam.
Though on that note, I started playing a lot of DOTA 2 on linux without issue.
Except games with shitty anti-cheat like Battlefield. Those are just unplayable.
Well, is Windows?
So far it’s working fine, yeah. No need to choose among a zillion distros someone swears is the best, I know for a fact there are first-party drivers for everything, no need to fiddle around with CLI, it plays everything my graphics card can muster, and I don’t need to worry about game compatibility or whether Nvidia deigned to support my OS.
Windows has a lot of problems, but if you’re just looking to play games without too much complexity… It’s as close to “it just works” as I can imagine getting without switching to a console (or limiting myself to the few games that work on Apple devices, I guess).
Plus, big argument, it’s familiar. You can forgive more annoyances when you’re not learning something new. Humans are just lazy like that.
So far it’s working fine, yeah. No need to choose among a zillion distros someone swears is the best
Nowadays most people just recommend Bazzite if you just want to game
First and foremost, I do think Windows is the better choice for most people to play games on, mostly due to vendor support.
However, I’d say that a lot of people have some sort of issue with Windows, albeit probably less than they would have with some Linux distributions. I just wanted to express that “without headaches” is a goal that is maybe higher than necessary.
I supported windows for a while… I’m not sure I went more than an hour or two without going to command line to fix something or another.
If something is broken in windows, tough luck. I always find if something is broken in Linux, someone has a fix
Yea, but the issue is, Windows works because others don’t, like linux. Windows gets preferrential baby treatment from all consumer tech manufacturers… A perfect example is my laptop. I have ubuntu on it. NOTHING works right because Lenovo decided to only support linux and my employer didn’t check and neither did they agree to invest some of my hours to investigate. Now I’m stuck with it. So i ask: is that Linux’s fault, or Lenovo’s, or whose is it?.. Either way it’s not Linux’s fault…
Lenovo decided only to support linux? What?
Had this conversation with my brother the other day…I’m all for Linux gaming and he is staying with windows because learning something new is antithesis to his having fun. I totally get it.
anon, it’s time to uninstall windows
Can someone enlighten me as to what is M$ doing this time?
I had to install windows the other day on my kids laptop, and had to skip like 10 screens of Microsoft ads and then disable OneDrive, but saw nothing about Dropbox.
No idea but here’s some tools you should look into
and this one isnt a tool but more of a tip. When installing Win11, set the region to English (world). This will prevent bloat from being installed by default, then use the OOBE\bypassnro command at the M$ account screen to skip signing up for a M$ account.
OOBE\bypassnro no longer works on shipped computers. You have to have a old installer of 11 to use it. There are other ways. Mines a bit more hands on but I end up with a machine with a single local account. Those that tell you install linux and its fixed don’t really live in the real world. As much as I would like to never have to touch windows its not going anywhere soon.
My personal take on that issue is that fighting the vendor is ultimately a losing battle and the later you switch, the more painful it is. If Microsoft wants people to make a Microsoft account for using Windows in non-enterprise environments, it will eventually be impossible not to.
you can also break out of the installer like in windows 10, and the entire os is loaded in the background so it’s possible to open edge and download another os to a usb drive within the installer. very handy.
You should be going for linux mint. It’s also good fo playing. I’m playing Silent Hill f on mine.
The owner of the machine is the owner of the secure boot keys.
J4k3, hope youre doing alright dude.
Got a question you may be able to help me with. I have never changed my secure boot key on my motherboard after switching from windows. Do I need to worry about anything? If I don’t, what’s the pros and cons and what not.
I remember reading that there’s some sort of potential issues with keys from windows if you’re a Linux user a few months back.
You can generate your own keys. Here are two PDF links I copied just now from a post I made 2 years ago here. I don’t keep these white listed, so I did not check them for connecting. The first is the official UEFI overview. The second is a great guide from the US government detailing exactly how to set the keys. If that link doesn’t work, pull out the document number from the link and search for it. Gentoo and Arch have guides on this. Fedora has the most advanced pre Linux init system in my opinion.
If you have secure boot enabled, and you are using the shim from fedora or ubuntu, then yes you need to worry about it if you want to dual boot with w11.
not j4k3 but my understanding is that the default keys are expiring soon and need to be rotated, and the rotation is up to your Mobo OEM to push out (?). I am not entirely sure that is correct, but I think it is.
Pros and cons of your own key: Pros: its your key, so youre responsible for your security
Cons: its your key, so youre responsible for your security
That was my understanding as well,
I got a good chuckle out of the pros and cons list lol, ty for that.
I’ll have to look into self owned boot keys now.
Thanks for chiming in
I remember reading a post on mastodon where it was explained that no mother board validates the secure boot keys expiration dates otherwise it wouldn’t boot the first time the BIOS battery gets empty and the internal clock gets reset. The post was written well and was citing some sources. But I didn’t try to verify these assertions.
Pros and cons of disabling the default Microsoft key:
(Assuming you have secure boot enabled, and want the security that comes from that)
pros:
- You control your own key and have full choice over what software can start up on your computer, software cannot be approved by anybody else.
- Your secure boot security model is not vulnerable to the risk of booting 3rd party software with known security vulnerabilities.
- Sophisticated attackers with physical access to your computer cannot carry out an evil maid attack on your computer and convince it to trick you or steal your data.
cons:
- You need to have software installed to manage the key. There is software available for Ubuntu and NixOS.
- There are many buggy UEFI implementations out there that require the Microsoft key to load built-in oproms during standard boot, potentially bricking your computer.
- Software that gains root access to your computer could steal your signing key, potentially negating the benefits of secure boot against non-evil maid attacks.
- There are many buggy UEFI implementations out there that require the Microsoft key to load built-in oproms during standard boot, potentially bricking your computer.
From what I’ve found looking into this before, nvidia graphics cards have these oproms so your own secure boot key + nvidia will brick your shit. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Are modern AMD cards any better for this? I’ve been itching to use my own keys for ages and this is the only thing holding me back
Install Linux, fixed.
In the unfortunate event that you CANT uninstall Windows, at least replace it with AtlasOS.
Basically, it reinstalls Windows but rips virtually everything which makes Windows a piece of shit. You’ll get better performance, no telemetry, and next to no bloatware.
Learn Linux anyway.
Wasn’t atlasOS proven to be a scam/not-as-advertised, or have they changed it?
Wow this sounds too good to be true as someone that needs to keep windows for my work apps. What’s the catch and why haven’t I heard of it before?
There’s not ‘catch’ other than having to reinstall windows.
Another ‘catch’ might be that it strips out shit like one drive and the Microsoft Store.
If you needed those, then you’d need to reinstall them with workarounds.
Fake: anon existed happily Gay: lets daddy Satya penetrate their machine
Satya? Microsoft doesn’t own Dropbox. You’re thinking of OneDrive.
Sure, but it’s Microsoft that allows 3rd party BS to be automatically re-installed!
Sorry. My mister crabs meme folder is on my other phone.
Here’s a picture of a real crab instead I guess
I solved this issue by deleting windows and installing linux
I put down box gently
