Windows is active spyware, it’s well documented that services like their Telemetry function as active keyloggers. The main difference is that the vulnerabilities are likely only problematic if someone is actively looking for you.
As for Linux, it has many different types of OS called Distributions/Distros. You’d likely want to start off on a distro that’s beginner friendly, like PopOS. Others work too, this is just my personal preferred flavor of ‘just works’ distribution. A lot of people will overcomplicate the process of selecting what type of Linux-based OS to choose with loads of technical terms, but you dont need most of that if that’s not what you seek to make of it.
My serious answer for running games, as much as I’d like to answer it here, it would likely need a fair sized explanation if you’re completely unfamiliar with Linux, just so you can know what to expect. It’s more than I feel I can reasonably explain, so I’ll recommend you lookup YouTube videos of how to run specific game emulators on Linux, since the video format will likely help a lot.
It’s slightly harder than Windows but not really hard either. I usually use Lutris like this:
Create a folder for the game in ~/Games/
Open that new folder in the terminal and run WINEPREFIX=$PWD winecfg to create a new wine prefix and then close winecfg
Maybe this could be done in Lutris too but I can’t check right now
Put the pirated game into the c_drive folder (Hope I’m remembering the folder name correctly) in that new wine prefix
Manually create a new game entry for the game using the information from the Lutris website (If you enter the exact same name and release year as on that website, you can click the reset button under each image and it will automatically download and select them) and select the installer .exe from the game folder as the game executable
Start the game in Lutris and go through the installer
After the installation is complete, edit the game entry again and select the .exe of the installed game as the executable
Delete the pirated game folder (the one with the installer) from the c_drive folder, since we don’t need it anymore
Now you can run the game from Lutris or right click it and select the option to create an application menu entry
I think the user you responded to misread “piracy” for “privacy”. I did too at first.
Can’t rally add anything helpful, except that if I were to do piracy I would want privacy. The way the wind is blowing it’s a matter of time before windows starts snitching on its users.
Windows is active spyware, it’s well documented that services like their Telemetry function as active keyloggers. The main difference is that the vulnerabilities are likely only problematic if someone is actively looking for you.
As for Linux, it has many different types of OS called Distributions/Distros. You’d likely want to start off on a distro that’s beginner friendly, like PopOS. Others work too, this is just my personal preferred flavor of ‘just works’ distribution. A lot of people will overcomplicate the process of selecting what type of Linux-based OS to choose with loads of technical terms, but you dont need most of that if that’s not what you seek to make of it.
My serious answer for running games, as much as I’d like to answer it here, it would likely need a fair sized explanation if you’re completely unfamiliar with Linux, just so you can know what to expect. It’s more than I feel I can reasonably explain, so I’ll recommend you lookup YouTube videos of how to run specific game emulators on Linux, since the video format will likely help a lot.
i know linux ,i used it before. but i never been able to run pirated games on it so im just checking if its hard or i didnt know how
It’s slightly harder than Windows but not really hard either. I usually use Lutris like this:
~/Games/WINEPREFIX=$PWD winecfgto create a new wine prefix and then close winecfgc_drivefolder (Hope I’m remembering the folder name correctly) in that new wine prefix.exefrom the game folder as the game executable.exeof the installed game as the executablec_drivefolder, since we don’t need it anymoreI think the user you responded to misread “piracy” for “privacy”. I did too at first.
Can’t rally add anything helpful, except that if I were to do piracy I would want privacy. The way the wind is blowing it’s a matter of time before windows starts snitching on its users.