I actually do have Linux installed on a spare drive. I haven’t booted it up for a bit, but I’ve started getting used to how stuff works. I should boot it up again.
I recommend you to do the switch now. Linux is more accessible than ever and there is no reason to give them any more of your data. Also it helps you to transition step by step where it might take a bit longer to get used to a different way of doing things.
eatCasserole@lemmy.world 5 days ago
MBech@feddit.dk 6 days ago
I’ve been considering Linux for a while now, but I play games between 4 and 8 hours pr day. Is Linux and gaming still a problem or?
Darxium@lemm.ee 6 days ago
It depends on the game, although the overall situation has improved recently. Multiplayer games tend to have more issues due to their anti cheat software, which often doesn’t support Linux.
I recommend you check these pages for compatibility in your preferred games in case you want to try:
TerHu@lemm.ee 6 days ago
honestly, most of the games i wanna play are totally fine and might run even better on linux. what is something to keep in mind is anti linux anti cheat: areweanticheatyet.com besides, you can check www.protondb.com to get a rough overview of what you can play. out of all the games i’m playing only one isn’t working rn, cuz the screen ratio is messed up (it’s a small rather unknown game) but really many games are fine. i use steam and heroic games launcher, and they’re great. f nvidia tho. they can be a true pain in the butt (on windows too though…)
chrash0@lemmy.world 6 days ago
ngl, sometimes it is. it depends on the game. usually the problem is anti-cheat, but Valve has been working on improving that with many games working out of the box today. i’d say if you’re playing single player games, once you get Proton installed it’s virtually the same experience.
check out www.protondb.com
if your games are gold or above on there, i’d go ahead and pull the trigger.
fieryhamster@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Use SteamOS. Your use case requires it.
jayb151@piefed.social 6 days ago
Does steam os have a regular desktop mode? I saw ETA prime install steamos on a mini gaming pc yesterday, but never mentioned using it with a mouse and keyboard.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Nope, look into Bazzite for an easy Linux distro to set up
taladar@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Most Indie games work fine. It is just the AAA crap that somehow can’t be bothered to make their stuff work on anything but Windows.
timewarp@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Depends on the game really but sometimes you have to spend a lot of time & research on things to figure it out. Great that it is open source but companies like Microsoft also work to sabotage efforts at times. If it has multiplayer with anticheat, you’ll prob find a lot more instances where things don’t work or require more effort.
uranibaba@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Depends on the game and your hardware. Most games runs just fine under proton. Valve have done a great job there.
Hardware has never been an issue for me but I read here somewhere that they had 10-15% less performance on Linux. ymmw.