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YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs
(news.ycombinator.com)
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this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2025
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Can you run Battlefield 6?
Valorant?
Apex Legends?
Rainbow Six: Siege?
Fortnite?
GTA V?
RDR2?
The last time I try to run valorant on non standard windows 11 install, the anticheat refused to run. I'm not playing valorant, just helping friend with tehnical issue.
Yes.
on windows, or a console.
I can run any software designed for Linux or Windows. Period.
If a package doesn't function, it's because the developers arbitrarily decided to disable it for capitalist reasons. Not because it won't work.
So the answer to "can Linux run X game made for Windows" is always yes. Always.
So. No then. You either are holding onto a zero day workaround for their anti-cheat OR the answer is no.
It’s neat to try to shift the answer so that you can still say yes but also no.
You asked if they can run. The answer is yes.
You're the one shifting to "may they run, p-pleaze".
Are you upset that I can run any program on Linux? Why?
Yes. That’s exactly what it is. I’m upset you can run any program on Linux. You got me.
You seem to think otherwise, which was embarrassing.
The last 2, you can
You should not install a game requiring kernel level privileges on a personal machine you use for anything other than gaming.
At this point, I recommend to go the console way (or dedicated gaming machine, which is basically the same at this point as you are not owning neither of them)