Who would?

An idiot would.

That said, if I can get this gadget, hook it up at home, and look-up the results on WebMD, I might do it.

I’m aware of the WebMD effect, but I’m not immune to it.

Also, Gimli is a Corgi and I love their owners so much for this.

We all love their owners, now. That is delightful.

Hopefully they have people skills.

Yes. For the job interviews they’re doing, to kick this stupid employer out of their lives.

Is there a good way to figure out what games do and don’t work on Linux beyond just playing them?

I finally bought a SteamDeck to address this. Now I just use the “SteamDeck Verified” badge on Steam.

It is worth adding that I have found Valve to be very conservative with giving out “playable” and “verified” bages. (I have had to wait for a Nintendo Switch game to get a required emergency patch more times than I have had any issue with a “SteamDeck Verified” game on SteamDeck.)

With “Playable” your mileage may vary. A large number of “SteamDeck Playable” games would be fine on Linux Desktop, but are awkward on the SteamDeck smaller screen and need a hunch of controller mapping done.

But I happily play many games on my SteamDeck that are only badged as “playable”.

I guess my recommendation is what I did:

1. buy a SteamDeck
2. Try various games I care about on the SteamDeck
3. Satisfied, throw out my last copy of Windows
4. Mostly forget that desktop gaming is a thing, because I’m busy and my SteamDeck let’s me play on the go and from my recliner.
5. …?..
6. Declare this the year of the Linux Desktop Gaming to my friends.

Could it be done in a privacy respecting way? Probably.

Will it be done in a privacy respecting way? There’s no chance.

Haha. But this is funny, but also some ableist bullshit.

Not feeling daily agony can be habit forming, but it doesn’t make someone into a rastafarian. It would be cool if it did. But it doesn’t.

Just doing my part to fight misinfor-meme-tion.

Edit: Interestingly, the vote count of this post became more negative after I added emphasis around my stupid “misinfor-meme-tion” pun.

That is harsh, but fair. Still, I regret nothing.

Thank you! I have been “volunteering” there - two days each week - since the City Council thoughtfully invited me to.

they lack the ability to manufacture and have little to no engineering education.

…so far.

It would explain so much.