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Tinker ☀️

It a simple thing, dont get me wrong. Just your normal search, troubleshoot, search, tweak, trial and error.

But this is the first time I've played Windows game binaries on Linux.

Just makes you feel so powerful.

7 May at 23:04 | Open on infosec.exchange
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Coleen finally gettin her shit together
corq

@tinker Just beware, #Wine is a fickle mistress.

7 May at 23:24 | Open on infosec.exchange
Tinker ☀️

@corq - Tis. I'm using Proton (which I think is based on Wine?) through the official Steam client. So theres a bit more stability. But yeah. definitely can be goofy.

7 May at 23:35 | Open on infosec.exchange
corq

@tinker okay, the steam-distributed stuff is *pretty* stable.

Proceed. 😉

8 May at 0:27 | Open on infosec.exchange
Who even IS Gordo!?

@tinker I know what you mean. Years ago, getting a Windows application to run in Wine was this bittersweet thing where it was like “sick! I did it!” and “shit! now I can never leave this install” because you never knew if you’d be able to pull it off again, but Wine has gotten really good (more likely I just kinda know what I’m doing now and younger me was just swatting blindly in the dark lol). Proton adds a whole other layer of, just… wow, to the mix. It’s amazing what a boat load of money and resources can do… lol

@tinker I know what you mean. Years ago, getting a Windows application to run in Wine was this bittersweet thing where it was like “sick! I did it!” and “shit! now I can never leave this install” because you never knew if you’d be able to pull it off again, but Wine has gotten really good (more likely I just kinda know what I’m doing now and younger me was just swatting blindly in the dark lol). Proton adds a whole other layer of, just… wow, to the mix. It’s amazing what a boat load of money and...

7 May at 23:45 | Open on borkr.one
h2onolan

@tinker there is also a nonzero chance this is the last time a search engine will produce valuable results

8 May at 2:00 | Open on infosec.exchange
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