I’ve been trying various Linux flavours every year for 10 years or so. The last year I tried Arch, then EndeavourOS, which has been my most successful Linux exploration I’ve ever had, and given me huge hope. However, there are still a few things preventing me switching it to my default OS.

I’ll put aside Games that need Anti Cheat, as I doubt that will ever be fully fixed, unless Governments force game devs to support more than just Windows.

Here is what doesn’t work for me:

  1. Streaming services like NowTV. (Works in Windows in browser only)
  2. DRM proected VST’s for use with Reaper (not via Wine)
  3. Roblox (Using Waydroid was not very successful)
  4. Office 365 (I like Libreoffice and OnlyOffice but fact is Word and Excel are just required for some stuff)
  • grandma@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    1 and 2: Just pirate. Any company that disrespects the user by enforcing DRM like that deserves to lose out on money.

    I don’t know what NowTV is but sometimes you can bypass restrictions like this by using an extension that switches your user agent to chrome on windows.

    All the rest: Yeah… It sucks… Most of these issues would be solved if enough people used Linux to make porting stuff a worthwhile investment. It’s a chicken and egg problem but I’m hopeful with the ongoing enshittification of Windows. Surely one day enough people will be tired of eating shit and finally stop doing it.

    • mub@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 months ago

      I haven’t considered pirating VST’s. My only issue with pirating DRM protected stuff is the risk of having viruses injected into them.

      NowTV is the streaming service Sky provide in the UK and this is where I watch the Formula 1. There are no working extensions of hacks for it that I’ve found so far.

      • grandma@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        I pirate a bunch of VSTs from audionews.org. It’s private but they give away 10 invites a day in their telegram. You should be fine just pirating stuff older than a few weeks by trusted groups like R2R since malware will get taken down (if it gets detected). Personally I think the risk is tolerable but it’s obviously never 0.

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago
    1. Streaming services like NowTV. (Works in Windows in browser only)

    Honestly I would just cancel the service and cite lack of Linux compatibility as the reason. Most likely you can get it to work, like when Netflix didn’t supported Linux, 90% of the time it’s just changing the user agent and the website loads because (with some exceptions) a web app is a web app regardless of OS.

    1. DRM proected VST’s for use with Reaper (not via Wine)

    Same as above, if it won’t support my OS I won’t give them money. I’m sure that whatever it is there is a DRM free version in the high seas, and if I’m being forced to sail the high seas I’m not paying for it.

    1. Roblox (Using Waydroid was not very successful)

    Can’t comment on this one, have never used either Waydroid nor played Roblox, but I’ve heard good things about Waydroid, it should be almost a native experience from what I’ve seen people mentioning so it’s weird that it doesn’t work.

    1. Office 365 (I like Libreoffice and OnlyOffice but fact is Word and Excel are just required for some stuff)

    That is unfortunately true, there are online versions but afaik they’re not feature complete. But the fact is that Microsoft has a vested interest in making sure that those don’t work on Linux and that companies use their products.

    At the end of the day I would like to point something up, none of your problems with Linux are in fact Linux issues, they’re NowTV not supporting Linux, some VST’s not supporting Linux, Roblox not supporting Linux and Microsoft not supporting Linux. This is an important distinction, because there’s absolutely nothing that Linux can do to fix any of these issues, NowTV, those VSTs, Roblox and Microsoft are the only ones that can, it’s almost like saying the problem with my house is that Amazon doesn’t deliver there, while annoying and something to consider about it before renting/buying, there’s nothing your house can do about it, but if enough people move nearby and cancel their prime membership citing that Amazon doesn’t deliver there, Amazon will start delivering there, same thing for all of these problems (unfortunately I know that’s not always possible, e.g. telling your boss to send the document in odt instead of docx might not be a good career move)