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Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward

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310 points speckx | 4 comments | 27 Aug 25 10:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.018s | source
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127 ◴[27 Aug 25 11:57 UTC] No.45038436[source]▶
Just recently moved onto Linux. Most likely not coming back when these kind of things just keep happening. I'm really surprised how well everything works. 120Hz HDR 4k Nvidia no issues on Wayland. Kubuntu 25.04/Plasma 6.3 is very nice. EasyEffects/PipeWire makes audio better compared to Windows. Steam/Proton/Wine works very well for games outside ones that have kernel level rootkits. Outside DualSense controller having issues connecting to bluetooth I can't think of anything that's worse than Windows while many things are better.
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crinkly ◴[27 Aug 25 12:29 UTC] No.45038739[source]▶
Only thing that keeps me off Linux is Lightroom and Photoshop. Nothing even remotely comparable. So it's Mac for me, but I get you.
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1. doublerabbit ◴[27 Aug 25 14:11 UTC] No.45039992[source]▶
Use moonlight and stream it locally.

I use FreeBSD for my daily driver. I now stream games/Windows apps from a dedicated windows VM. It's impressive technology.

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2. 4b11b4 ◴[27 Aug 25 15:21 UTC] No.45040944[source]▶
That's a great use case for game streaming tech
3. crinkly ◴[27 Aug 25 17:51 UTC] No.45042747[source]▶
I have a colour cal 5k display. That’s not streamable in any sensible way. Nor do I want the latency or interface disparity.
4. bpye ◴[27 Aug 25 23:47 UTC] No.45046685[source]▶
Looking glass is another option, which uses shared memory [0].

I just have my two monitors hooked up to both my iGPU and dedicated GPU, and switch inputs if I want to use my Windows VM. It means things like colour profiles and VRR work as expected too.

[0] - https://looking-glass.io/