SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoI have a Gen 4 I7 and 32 gb ram with a 1 TB ssd HDD, and a 1 gb gaming video card. Micro$haft says my computer isn't ready for Windows 11. How is that possible?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down118
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareI have a Gen 4 I7 and 32 gb ram with a 1 TB ssd HDD, and a 1 gb gaming video card. Micro$haft says my computer isn't ready for Windows 11. How is that possible?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareSaveComengs@lemmy.federa.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·10 months ago4th gen is very old, so windows being really bloated and inefficient probably cut support for it. Try linux if you are interested. The day to day performance is actually really good (except gaming ofc)
minus-squareCAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoThe gaming performance is mostly really good as well. Some windows-only games even run better on Linux (some also won’t run at all ofc)
minus-squareSaveComengs@lemmy.federa.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoit’s good, but not perfect. KSP through proton works perfectly though, so I don’t mind
minus-squareNibodhika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoKSP has a native version for Linux that used to be better than the Windows one because it was actually 64 bits. Has that changed?
minus-squareSaveComengs@lemmy.federa.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agonope, but I like using windows targeted KSP mods
minus-squareNibodhika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoShouldn’t mods be cross platform though? In most games mods are implemented by the game engine so they’re not platform specific, KSP is Unity based and I’m fairly confident that other Unity games have cross platform mods.
minus-squareSaveComengs@lemmy.federa.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI don’t know, but one time I tried some of my mods didn’t work, and it runs fine on proton anyway so I don’t mind.
4th gen is very old, so windows being really bloated and inefficient probably cut support for it.
Try linux if you are interested. The day to day performance is actually really good (except gaming ofc)
The gaming performance is mostly really good as well. Some windows-only games even run better on Linux (some also won’t run at all ofc)
it’s good, but not perfect. KSP through proton works perfectly though, so I don’t mind
KSP has a native version for Linux that used to be better than the Windows one because it was actually 64 bits. Has that changed?
nope, but I like using windows targeted KSP mods
Shouldn’t mods be cross platform though? In most games mods are implemented by the game engine so they’re not platform specific, KSP is Unity based and I’m fairly confident that other Unity games have cross platform mods.
I don’t know, but one time I tried some of my mods didn’t work, and it runs fine on proton anyway so I don’t mind.