I thought this was a hilarious post until I realized the title was truncated.
I thought it was going to be "I love my new Linux machine, but I've effectively lost access to the box and have to start over."
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@dingus I had seen a video of a musician who ran manjaro but killed his system, so that scared me off manjaro haha wanted to try it originally but Ubuntu studio seemed safer
Timeshift is your friend. I always make a snapshot when I start mucking about with kernel configs or modules
@vettnerk I have an external HDD with a lot of shit on it and can't configure for timeshift backups ATM , but I realize the urgency of putting a backup up sooner than later
Manjaro is not your friend. Too bad you did not land on EndeavourOS. Good luck with Ubuntu.
I love Linux, but it taught me to make backups
Valorant uses the Vanguard anti-cheat, which is technically a rootkit. Riot had the freedom to do what they wanted to do with your PC if they wanted to.
Good thing you lost access to that nightmare.
I wanted to try it once and it did not run. Probably takes issue with software used to configure peripherals or smth. Even just the fact you have to reboot to install a game is ridiculous.
I love the place the title was truncated - often how Linux seems to be when the new start to tinker
sadly, lemmy neutered this post
I lost access to my audio interface, Keyscape VST and Valorant
If those are Windows things you've got Wine that might work, or running full blown Windows in a virtual machine. You have all the options now.
Valorant uses a kernel-level anti-cheat, so most likely will never work with Linux
Wine almost certainly won't work for an audio interface. A lot of them use kernel drivers. When I got an M2 Mac, my audio interface didn't work. The driver was apparently written in x86 assembly. It actually has tons of issues on ryzen CPUs as well.
After getting my M2 Mac, I upgraded to a more modern interface that doesn't use those types of drivers, so it's far more portable.
I don't have a lot of experience with wine, and the experience that I have is a few years old at this point. But doesn't it have limited compatibility with USB devices? Some audio interface are PCIe cards, but I think the vast majority are USB interfaces. That might make it complicated.
In that case I'd go for a VM, it's chunkier but more complete than Wine will ever be.
@db2 keyscape does not run in wine, install window does not show, I wish it did though.
Just curious, how are you trying to install it?
@db2 keyscape? There is an installer online I downloaded, I have USB sticks as well, but have not tried them, wine is installed, runs well for everything else
I mean how are you trying to install it with wine? Like just double clicking the exe, doing it via commandline, using the wine settings installer gui, etc?
you might be able to run Keyscape via yabridge
@chayleaf the problem is the install doesn't run in wine, window doesn't show, it seems no one has figured that out yet