The free and open source 3D creation software developed on Linux and primarily run on Linux? Yeah, you should be fine.
Can I run Steam/Steam games easily?
Absolutely. Games that have a problem running on linux are mostly contained to this with anti-cheat. You can verify your game’s compatibility with protondb.com.
To top that off, you can dip your toes in by running a live image off a USB thumb drive to check if your hardware is recognized and supported out of the box. I have used Linux for 10-15 years, but never for gaming. This year I made the final jump, the one thing I had kept windows for. I don’t play competitive games with anticheat, and everything is running great. I anticipated more bullshit, because 15 years ago, Linux was not so polished. At this point I’m fine with running Linux on elderly folks PCs. It’s finally “good enough” to do just about everything and legitimately excels at most things.
Games run easily, but there are some that won’t run at all. Mainly those that use anti cheat and kernel level shit.
Discord does work, but i remember that maintaining it updated was a pain in the ass. In any case, I didnt use it that much so…
Discord does work, but i remember that maintaining it updated was a pain in the ass.
It may be better to run it as a Flatpak. There’s not only an official Flatpak for it, but also various third-party clients available too: https://flathub.org/en/apps/search?q=discord
This makes me think about the hospital I used to work at that had an old 386 parked in the shop running the HVAC system. They had it completely off the network and had to keep it because it was the only way to run the proprietary HVAC control software and would cost an absurd amount of money to upgrade to be compatible with modern systems and it still did its job.
I imagine a future where there is a computer like that running windows 11 in some basement and new employees are trained “don’t even think about touching this thing, its doing its job.”
We still have handful of those around at work. 2000, XP and maybe some embedded variant of 98 too still somewhere. They are controlling some non-critical but still useful industrial stuff with stupidly large price tag to replace.
Specially XP is still going to be around for quite a while in industrial settings where the production line is controlled via single computer and replacing it would mean replacing the whole line with price tag potentially in millions. And those aren’t even that old machines, their planning and manufacturing just takes “a while” due to certifications and everything.
You know what the true Step One is.
Step 0. It just goes without saying.
I wish I wasn’t such a coward about this.
Three questions for you:
The free and open source 3D creation software developed on Linux and primarily run on Linux? Yeah, you should be fine.
Absolutely. Games that have a problem running on linux are mostly contained to this with anti-cheat. You can verify your game’s compatibility with protondb.com.
Of course. Discord has a linux native client.
To top that off, you can dip your toes in by running a live image off a USB thumb drive to check if your hardware is recognized and supported out of the box. I have used Linux for 10-15 years, but never for gaming. This year I made the final jump, the one thing I had kept windows for. I don’t play competitive games with anticheat, and everything is running great. I anticipated more bullshit, because 15 years ago, Linux was not so polished. At this point I’m fine with running Linux on elderly folks PCs. It’s finally “good enough” to do just about everything and legitimately excels at most things.
Games run easily, but there are some that won’t run at all. Mainly those that use anti cheat and kernel level shit. Discord does work, but i remember that maintaining it updated was a pain in the ass. In any case, I didnt use it that much so…
It may be better to run it as a Flatpak. There’s not only an official Flatpak for it, but also various third-party clients available too: https://flathub.org/en/apps/search?q=discord
Absolutely.
Just need a way to admin Active Directory from Linux and I’m set…
This makes me think about the hospital I used to work at that had an old 386 parked in the shop running the HVAC system. They had it completely off the network and had to keep it because it was the only way to run the proprietary HVAC control software and would cost an absurd amount of money to upgrade to be compatible with modern systems and it still did its job.
I imagine a future where there is a computer like that running windows 11 in some basement and new employees are trained “don’t even think about touching this thing, its doing its job.”
Don’t have to worry about that, win11 isn’t reliable enough for that.
We had a similar situation for a voicemail system though.
Good point, it’ll just be XP, which is already happening in lots of places.
We still have handful of those around at work. 2000, XP and maybe some embedded variant of 98 too still somewhere. They are controlling some non-critical but still useful industrial stuff with stupidly large price tag to replace.
Specially XP is still going to be around for quite a while in industrial settings where the production line is controlled via single computer and replacing it would mean replacing the whole line with price tag potentially in millions. And those aren’t even that old machines, their planning and manufacturing just takes “a while” due to certifications and everything.
What’s wrong with Active Directory Web Services? It’s installed on every DC by default since WS2008R2.
You could also install PowerShell on your Penguin box and do tasks via command line.
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Honest question, is the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module available for Linux PowerShell? I can’t seem to find a clear answer from a brief search.
I actually don’t know. I’ll have to try it.
No worries, thanks!