I’m a long time Linux user going back to the linux 1 kernel days. The only reason I still use Windows on my home PC is for gaming. I know Linux has come a long way thanks to many contributors like Valve, but how stable are the AMD video drivers and how well does it work for playing AAA PC games? The last time I built a new PC (2023) I tried running Linux w/ Windows in a KVM virtual machine and direct GPU passthrough, but that was such a nightmare to get set up and working, I just wiped it and installed Windows 11. I game on it and run Hyper-V VMs for Linux, which feels like a sin.
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LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Hi another recent Linux adopter jumping in on a “fuck windows” thread.
Seriously, it’s not hard to shift. If you’re use to macOS, get Elementary. If you’re used to Windows, try Mint. Your machine will probably be fine for either. Setup/testing it out is trivial.
arkanoid@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
HereIAm@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I have a very extensive steam, gog, and battle.net library with all kinda of games from wolfenstein 3D to Baulders Gate 3. The only game I haven’t been able to run is Ground Control 2, but that doesn’t work on windows 10 (possible a USB device issue). Unless you play a game with an anti cheat that explicitly deny Linux (the only one I know off the top of my head that does that is Fortnite) you are most likely good to go. I’m quite a performance/fps snobb, and I haven’t found any game that runs worse on Linux either.
arkanoid@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
I play the DMZ mode of Call of Duty a lot. Heard of any issues there?
HereIAm@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Looks like Warzone is one of the unfortunate ones, the kernel level anti cheat currently stops it from working on Linux.
Reka (added to my wishlist 😄) seems to run well. If it will run straight out the box or not seems to be a little hit and miss. You can check any troubleshooting steps on protondb. This shows Linux isn’t quite at the “it just works” stage. But for this title if you do run into an issue it seems like an easy fix.
Cyberpunk runs really well. I haven’t had to tweak anything for my install.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I’m team red with a Linux distro for my new computer I’m building so I’ll report back ha
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 days ago
What about Manjaro?
Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
What about EndeavourOS?
What about Arch?
Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 5 days ago
Does the dualboot of Mint cause any issues for Windows? I only tested it very briefly on somebody elses machines where I needed to wipe windows and install Linux
Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 days ago
I tell people to make a live usb to test it first.
IceFoxX@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Can recommend ventoy. Then simply put the iso’s from the main distributions with different DE’s on the stick