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Valve's monthly survey reveals that almost 45% of Steam users on PC are still using Windows 10 even with the sword of Damocles hanging over them (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pry it from my cold dead hands. I have linux on multiple computers, but it still can’t play all the games and give me my 5.1 surround. Despite all the claims, it’s still not ready for primetime to do all the things windows does.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What's the issue with sound? I thought that was solved since... 15 years or so.

Can't help with the games though, must anti cheat games won't work without developer support. Do what you gotta do, but I'm interested in any issues that should be solvable with some config or swapping out a cheap card or something.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can’t get the surround on my A50s. Yeah, normal stereo is fine out of the box.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Have you tried messing with either pulsesudio or alsamixer? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1304002/how-to-enable-5-1-sound-on-ubuntu-20-04#1304054

I personally just use stereo on my PC, but I've seen home theater setups w/ surround sound, so I know it's possible.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I did try alsamixer. It just didn’t like something about the headset. I use an optical connection and a 3rd party surround card, so I don’t know if that’s the issue. It’s pretty much moot because the game I use surround on the most won’t run because of anti-cheat.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

That's too bad. If Linux becomes an option, please hop on a chat or something and I'm sure someone can get you sorted.