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Proton is a better option unless the game needs Anti-Cheat, which most won't work in a VM, anyway

Personally I dual boot Win10 LTSC with fake credentials and some privacy tweaks for games that need to be on windows

I forget the type of mic but there are mics specifically designed for picking up vibrations from surfaces (I googled it, they're called surface mics ffs, could probably use a cheap normal mic without a pop filter tho)

If those use USB or 3.5mm, or can be made to, then plug them in and on windows check the "listen to this device" checkbox and boom, you'll hear what's coming through that mic. Adjust the sensitivity to your needs, done

On other OSs you can do it too just as easily but I don't remember what my Linux distro calls it and if you've installed Linux you have enough info from my comment to figure it out methinks

Almost like they asked about a specific site and not the concept of link aggregators or something

I don't have porn just lying around, thank you very much

It's all seeding for the other degenerates, doing hard work

They want you to consume only from them and only what they approve of

Not just that, I remember when app stores were new and people clamoured to be on them AND those app makers would often move to ONLY being on the app store, with anything downloaded off-store being a scam

So a lot of people grew up to use these devices at a time where downloading something off the web was more likely than not to be malware, giving them the ick on the idea as a whole

Fuck, I'm from the time a bit before all of that and even I have a goddamn hard time downloading shit that's available off-store on someone's website out of pure paranoia from those days

Did a quick google and the first review that came up shows that's not true at all, it's the exact same process on a kindle as it is a Kobo, though you and this review are both really over-selling it:

Getting ebooks from other stores onto the device is also a hassle. You have to plug the e-reader into your computer and drag and drop files (though Calibre, the ebook management app, does make it a scootch easier). But that problem isn’t unique to Kobo. Amazon and Barnes & Noble also insist you sideload books.

The real reason seems to be that the Kobo is cheaper, honestly, don't see why the kindle is that much more

Use VLC to view the video feed for your cams, better experience overall for that

It is, I think?

It also does button mapping and supports Corsair shit out of the box, so it's what I use it for. I planned to use it for the RGB portion as well but it didn't support other devices and OPEN RGB is right there so I use that for lighting and CKB for mouse buttons and DPI config, smooth as butter experience compared to ICUE never fucking saving anything to memory no matter HOW HARD I TRY WHY ICUE WHY

Linux is perfectly fine for games

It is. Except very specific Anti-Cheat enabled games, it just is

Use linux for everything else and windows for gaming

Instructions unclear, only gaming on Linux with 0 actual issues and an overall better experience

Except for CoD, that i keep windows around for (zombies addict, it's a problem)

It seems like a recurring thing that requires constant maintenance

Well, it's not, simple as. EAC has a checkbox in its implementation dev-side to enable Linux support, if it doesn't work it's 110% on the devs to fix it. There are some workarounds for some games, but it's honestly a binary yes or no most of the time, and it completely falls on the devs not doing something simple.

Stuff like Adobe doesn't even work on Linux

Natively? No. Install WINE like a normal person and it absolutely does

The effort and time it takes to get stuff working on Linux usually isn't worth it

Totally false ime, the example that comes straight to mind is that Bethesda games took an extra hour or so to mod on Linux (an issue that won't be repeated now that I know), but the games work and run significantly less shitty and I was able to enjoy them even more. Or installing KDE plasma the other day to try it out, 5 minutes of troubleshooting for a much better desktop experience. It seems like you're thinking about Linux from 5 or more years ago with this one tbh

and then there's hoping that everything stays working whenever something gets updated.

Not really, but even if you are worried about that then just don't update the thing you're afraid will break? Unlike windows you actually get that option

It's quite ridiculous how a lot of people on this platform take it as a personal insult though

People pointing out factually incorrect statements isn't them being personally insulted, it's usually annoyance that someone is just confidently blasting crap out of their mouths

ICUE has a full replacement, I think it's called CKB next, I can double check that once I'm home if I remember

I use it to manage my Corsair 12-button mouse and it actually has MORE features and is MORE usable than ICUE ever was

I pay double what I did in the city for half the speed, but thank fuck I've got no data caps or I'd not have moved here, and I've made a decent Internet plan a hard requirement on ever moving

The 6 TB of torrents I've uploaded in the last month appreciate it, I'm sure