Quoting: F.UltraNew releases of WINE/Proton breaks games that worked with the older version from time to time so yes they are wrong in that WIN32 is the only stable ABI on Linux since it clearly isn't stable.

It's not a either/or, binary reality discussed here. It's not a question if this or that ever breaks at all, ever.

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Quoting: EikeWe didn't say it's wrong. But they are biased. It's hard to take an absolute neutral standpoint about something that feeds your family. This doesn't automatically mean there's something wrong with what they said. Just have your salt ready.

In real life absolute objectivity/neutrality doesn't exist. If you have insight into something, you'll always have some sort of alignment. You come from somewhere who has some sort of connection to the topic.

But what's said here really folds neatly into what's been said by multiple sources basically since the beginning of Linux. There's simply no reason to doubt (or take with a pinch of salt) what's here said. Even if you work as a developer for a given firm, doesn't mean you *always* will talk like a marketeer.

Some even use it as an argument *for* Linux, as the backward compatibility of Windows really is a nightmare for them - it adds overhead and/or complexity to the platform. Getting rid of obsolete calls is also a luxury.
A *lot* of the security breaches over the years has been rooted in the chaos of backward compatibility.

That's another fun factor here: Everything has their pros and cons. :)

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Quoting: 1xokThis whole criticism from CodeWeavers developers should be taken with a pinch of salt...

... Why?

Because WINE is where their money comes from?
It's not like they're a neutral party in this question...

I see nothing wrong or biased in what they said.

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Quoting: 1xokWin32 Is NOT The Only Stable ABI on Linux. The kernel ABI itself is also stable.

They clearly and consequently state userspace.

Quoting: GuestThis whole criticism from CodeWeavers developers should be taken with a pinch of salt...

... Why?

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Quoting: AppelsinIf you love Spider-Man you’ll love the game. It’s an absolute blast, hands down :) takes the best from the Arkham style combat and makes it even better and more fluid. Slinging is so nice and enjoyable that you’ll rarely use fast travel, I shit you not.

Music to my ears. This'll be great. :)

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Quoting: PhlebiacI loved it on Playstation 4. Gameplay is *very* similar to Batman Arkham games.

Sounds great! Spiderman was my childhood hero so as long as they've made a fairly good implementation of being him in a fairly living and breathing city I think I'll have a jolly good time. :)

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Supposedly this is a really good Spiderman game (according to both reviewers and user reviews alike), so this is great news indeed.

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Quoting: PenglingDon't forget the polarity, too, which is also stated on the power-supply;

Yeah true, it should be mentioned. Thanks.
Gotta say though that it is my impression it seems there is an established practise/standard to keep polarity like your illustration there, with positive in centre.
I have come across some exceptions to this on guitar pedals though.

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualI realise this example is incidental to the point you're making, but Microsoft's support department is terrible.

Indeed you are right. So my example were highly, highly hypothetical. :D

Quoting: pleasereadthemanualAs someone with...not much knowledge about electronics, I personally have no idea what to do here. Where do I even find a charger like this? How do I get the right output?

You find the specs on the old power supply! V (voltage) and A (ampere). Every supply has this stated. Then just get the same specs (or, in the case of ampere, the same or higher).

But I do understand that for those who really don't want to look into this and play it 100% safe, your mentioned service regime do hold a most definite value.

They could however offer the same without going down the forced proprietary route.

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualOn the flip side, Dell has always been the best option if you want to keep your laptop for a long time. You can get up to 5 years of next-day business repair, anywhere in the world.

For me, this is like arguing against criticism of Microsoft's practises with "on the flip side, they got a really good support department!".

Quoting: pleasereadthemanualI spent several hours looking for a replacement charger for my ASUS laptop, but no one sells one.

See, this is the point: You don't NEED a ASUS charger unless ASUS are jerks. You can use any multi-charger with the right output, make sure it's the right voltage and ampere and off you go. That's the whole point.

I have several multi-chargers at home (due to a unhealthy obsession with guitar pedals :D) and the charger connectors on laptops today are largely standard (inner and outer ring). Also on the Dell laptops. So you CAN use a non-Dell charger on that laptop, it will boot and run, the motherboard will just not allow the battery to be charged due to a tiny controller on the motherboard that checks this.

And no support department in the world justifies this, imo. It's bad practise.

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