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Cake day: August 14th, 2023

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  • You can use virustotal for any game/file under 650MBs; This meme was created as a joke, good security practices should always be followed.

    No anti virus will be 100% accurate, viruses get missed all the time, while legitimate software can acquire false flags.

    I would never recommend just running a random .exe you find on the internet with wine as any non-root protected files could potentially be damaged; With Bottles (the application) all files outside of the created bottle are not visible to programs ran/installed inside the bottle.

    If you really want to try something, throwing caution to the wind, running it in a wine BOTTLE that’s created just for that program, has a low chance of damaging your computer. (This does not mean “safe”)




  • I second this, I also use arch (btw) on all of my personal computers, gaming rig, media machines; But when it comes to my work machine, it also runs Windows because it needs to.

    I love Linux and want it to prosper. Hopefully one day windows specific software like that won’t be such a hurdle, but unfortunately it is; If your livelihood depends on it, you cannot afford to risk hard breaks in compatibility. There will be days where as a less experienced user, issues could take hours to fix.

    If you get a secondary computer in the future that you only use for personal activities, that is when I would reconsider installing and learning Linux. It’s rewarding to learn, you have more control over your system and better privacy, but it takes time and effort.