muhyb

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[–] muhyb 16 points 1 month ago

The name really isn't important. The name Linux is settled and people who use Linux eventually learn about GNU. In the end, I can use GNU components on Linux, BSD, MacOS and even Windows. So it doesn't really matter for GNU, GNU is everywhere. That's a real triumph, whether people know about it or not. They did it for humanity, not for their names.

[–] muhyb 2 points 1 month ago

It's basically hardened Firefox, you can do all the same things here too. Alas using it with an account kind of defeats the purpose. However you can use your account once to sync everything.

[–] muhyb 1 points 1 month ago

You don't have to use G-apps though.

[–] muhyb 1 points 1 month ago

That makes sense. Thanks for the detailed reply.

Though you could ask this to OP, they might try it. Personally I don't use NTFS even on my external HDDs.

[–] muhyb 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Huh, interesting. Didn't know about mklink. So with this, can Steam games be used from NTFS directory?

[–] muhyb 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, technically Steam expects a file system to act as a Linux file system. Since some features that Linux file systems support do not exist on NTFS, it doesn't work correctly.

By the way, if you're gonna use Proton for a game, you can backup and reinstall it by using that backup on Linux. You don't have to download it again.

[–] muhyb 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

NTFS doesn't support symlinks, so it doesn't work correctly from NTFS partition. Also it is possible that you can corrupt those files on NTFS partition by doing that.

Basically don't mix Windows stuff with Linux stuff when running programs. It's okay for media.

[–] muhyb 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you are talking to someone asking about Ken, it's the first. If you are talking to Ken, it's the second.

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