• hperrin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s easier than ever to switch to Linux, especially if the thing holding you back was gaming.

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        1 year ago

        Haven’t encountered a single game that doesn’t work since being on Linux for over a year, though they surely exist, and I’ve played at least 30. The only things annoying me is that I have to reconnect my steering wheel after I start Dirt Rally 2.0 to have Force Feedback, and that I can’t tab out of League of Legends and instead have to minimize it with win+down.

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          1 year ago

          My point is not that you can’t, it’s just that it’s not ideal. I’m not willing to lose performances when it comes to gaming.

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            1 year ago

            Most games I’ve tried run either the same on Linux or sometimes better. One has been worse on Linux, and it wasn’t performance, it just always disconnected from multiplayer after about ten minutes. That was Halo: Master Chief Collection, and there is a fix, I just don’t play it enough to bother.

            Playing on Linux is absolutely ideal for me because I work on Linux. I also watch media on Linux. Switching to Windows just to play games would be super annoying. I’m glad that Linux runs games just as well as Windows now. For ten years after I switched, I just didn’t play PC games, because it was too much of a hassle. Since 2018 when Proton came out, it’s not a hassle anymore. Just install Steam, install game, click play.

            I dual boot now, because I started making cross platform desktop apps, so I have to have Win/Mac/Lin, and I’ve tried all my games on the same hardware with Windows. There’s no advantage to Windows anymore. If you’re a fanboy, that’s fine. There’s nothing wrong with that. But you seem to have preconceived notions about Linux which just aren’t true.

            (Also, in case you’re wondering, it’s the older games, like DX9 and lower, that tend to work a lot better on Linux. Sometimes Windows won’t even run them.)

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, no. You still can’t play as many games on Linux. Linux is wonderful for network related tasks, though! And it is certainly getting much better at supporting games.