How is gaming on linux? I really don’t want to “upgrade” to windows 11 but I also barely have any time to game in the first place let alone fool around with settings and drivers for several hours every time I install a new game or update and existing one.
Comment on Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce
carrion0409@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Can’t wait for windows updates to get even buggier ! Seriously though I’m building an all amd gaming rig in november and never using windows again.
markovs_gun@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Naevermix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Thanks to Valve, Linux compatibility has become industry standard.
aski3252@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The only teal obstacle is some anti cheat software, mostly kernel level anti cheat.
So if you want to play shooters like fortnite, pubg, valorant or rainbow six siege, you are out of luck.
Otherwise, you probably won’t have any issues.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Also mod support is hit or miss
KumaSudosa@feddit.dk 1 month ago
I switched Windows our with Linux Zorin some weeks ago. Everything works perfect as well, I can play all the games I have on Steam
SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Lutris and steam do most of the heavy lifting for you. Driver side should work with no fiddling required for AMD atleast, somebody with Nvidia can chime in if it’s the same for them too.
You may need to add a couple Launch options for certain games on steam here and there or swap proton versions.
Games do sometimes break but then you wait a day or two and it’s usually fixed.
Question is what games are you playing? If it’s CoD and Fortnite I’d say stick with Windows, they won’t work.
carrion0409@lemm.ee 1 month ago
On my 3070 when I tried it was fine. Vulkan and DX11 or lower games were great but DX12 saw a performance hit pretty much across the board. For example ive been playing through the last of us part 1 on steam and it ran ultra no issues under windows but under linux it had to be set to low to maintain 60. Uncharted and spiderman were great on both windows and linux so maybe it was just that game. Anti cheat also wont work most of the time. If you play things like cod, siege, apex, fortnite, gta online or anything like that its a no go but you could also dual boot just for those games. If you have all AMD hardware id say go for it but if youre on nvidia and care about getting the most out of your system I’d hold out personally. Even after I get my AMD system im still gonna keep my nvidia one around to test things on and see how things are progressing.
Zannsolo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I mean if I laid off %25 of my dev team we would see a boat in productivity. They leech time from one of my senior devs and don’t get any better. Def getting rid of 2/4 useless guys and giving 1 of them as much of an opportunity I’ve given any body and one is going to be next to go of he doesn’t shape up.
pineapplepizza@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Attitude like that You sound like you would be a horrible manager. No wonder they don’t have the motivation or support to perform better
Zannsolo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m really laid back and have given them a long time to learn our code base and how to contribute, but when I have to pull multiple all nighters and the end of a long release cycle to fix or finish what they worked on it’s not worth it. I basically can only code at night because I spend my day in meetings or helping people with their stuff.
We work remote so either they are really dumb and won’t ever get it or they slack off all the time and wait till the last min to slap shit together and it isn’t right.
brot@feddit.org 1 month ago
Real life doesn’t work like that
Zannsolo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They are literally useless. even when something is explained to them they still mess it up, or need the same thing explained again the next time. Most of the commits they have was someone wasting their time to explain change by change how to do it. It would have been worth the time investment if they learned and were able to do things on their own at this point but they aren’t and freeing up the people who have to consistently spend their time helping them will be a net positive in productivity.
CptInsane0@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They didn’t do that. They went “Eenie meenie meiney moe” in the general direction of various PMs.
bufalo1973@lemm.ee 1 month ago
And the good ones run away as fast as they can. Good luck with it!
Zannsolo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have a bunch of good developers, and my best guys have been around for years. I have newer people that have been on the project that have been around for the same amount of time as the problem people who get their work done and learn and get better consistently.