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A linux gamer asks, "How do I install windows for just one game?" (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by sem@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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There is a game I am considering getting; it has been out for a few months now, and the devs are specifically blocking it from running under proton with a Kernel Level Anticheat which specifically blocks linux.

Folks on the discussion boards made the point tht it is technically possible to install windows for just one steam game, so I am looking for a guide on how to do that?

I've heard that if you don't activate windows, you can still use it, and if you get the LSTC (?) Version of windows, it is not so annoying.

Does anyone have a guide for how to install windows alongside linux for one game?

If we have a discussion in the comments about whether it is tactically appropriate to give money to a game corporation that requires windows, i guess we can, but i would rather learn how to install windows in the least annoying way possible.

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[–] Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I physically disconnected all drives to force the EFI partition on the actual Windows drive. It still shat all over boot settings after the first major update.

Someone recommended I try rEFInd and it's been great. No update has forced me back into the UEFI to set boot order since.

Might be an ASUS MB thing, I never figured it out or bothered afterwards.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There are interfaces that allow a sufficiently privileged process to change EFI settings from the OS. Those settings are stored in the UEFI chipset, independent from the bootloader.

[–] Klajan@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I really hope Windows doesn't alter that. My Gigabyte motherboard forced me to boot into windows after a hios update, because the Linux bootloader was not registered...

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Don't even get me started on fucking Gigabyte. With all my heart,

FUCK GIGABYTE.

It is the single worst manufacturer I've ever had to deal with in both a personal and professional capacity. We've had to RMA half a classroom over the last two years because of busted motherboards. In separate incidents, two power supplies violently self-destructed and took the motherboards and CPUs with them. My own Gigabyte 2060 Super's fans had to be replaced within two years because the bearings were crap.

Worse, even the motherboards that didn't mercifully explode are a fucking chore because Gigabyte's UEFI implementation is the worst on the fucking planet. No two versions work alike. Some options are in completely different menus. Sometimes CSM or SecureBoot are busted out of the box. If PXE is enabled (which we have to use frequently), it will ALWAYS put PXE at the start of the boot order. And if it can't connect to a PXE server, it doesn't fall back to the next boot option. It gracefully shits itself and sits on an error message until someone manually restarts it and interrupts the process.

Fuck Gigabyte.