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[–] troed@fedia.io 35 points 4 days ago (3 children)

My 12yo learnt about Recall from some Youtube video and has now said they want to move to Linux. I'm not fully convinced it's possible though, I know they have some modding tools etc for indie games that seem to be Windows only. Let's see.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Encourage your little one to explore their interests!

[–] cuchilloc@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This!! If little guy wants to brick his computer 3x times before getting it right , let him .

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I haven’t bricked my computer once running Linux and yet with Windows I have gotten the blue screen of death 3 times and lots of freezes.

[–] hellofriend@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

I've nuked my bootloader entries a handful of times. I wouldn't trust a 12yo to know how to fix that. But maybe I'm not giving 12yos enough credit 🤷

[–] cuchilloc@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why the downvote tho? If lil guy wants to brick it, let him.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You’re using biased phrasing against Linux and no they will not brick their system.

[–] highball@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Wow, right over your head dude. It's just the sentiment he is sharing.

[–] cuchilloc@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

lmfao but what if he wants to brick it ? Let him!!

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

If they're going to brick it, it won't be with Linux, but with a funky UEFI firmware. It's incredibly hard to brick a computer by installing an OS.

[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Presumably your using the word "brick" wrong. Or are you suggesting this poor person buys 4 computers until they learn how to do something?

[–] cuchilloc@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This guy gets it! But in any case, I’d let him brick it. I would not be where I am if I had not bricked (for real) a couple of expensive devices during my youth.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Depends on the games, but I play several games modded on linux, and some have even gotten linux-native mod managers.

Before them, proton usually lets you run stuff intended to mod windows games.

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Dual boot! Lets you keep one foot in the Windows door in case you need anything in Windows. I also run a Windows VM (Winapps) for small programs that don't run well on Linux and also don't require much processing power

[–] poplargrove@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Why do you include the "dont require much processing power" part?