Yes, anecdotes are poor sources. ‘works on my machine’ ignores that same model motherboards can have different WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, and sound chips. -Plain old common sense for people that can actually discuss tech instead of parrot OS propaganda.
And where are your “not anecdotes” when claiming that people do more tinkering than playing on linux machines?
Using Steam, i click “Install” and “Play” after downloading, same as on any Windows machine. The amount of titles that act up is miniscule and it’s mainly older niche titles nowadays. The only time it gets a little bit more involved is when running pirated copies (if you don’t know what you are doing, and that’s my own problem) or manually modding games (again, a very low barrier that becomes nonexistant when using modding clients, either steam workshop or others), and that’s not the common experience.
I have tested around 15k PC titles on my 5950x with either a 3070ti or an 5070 (many more are waiting, but i am only one guy and don’t have unlimited time), and issues are a rare occurrence - i’d say it’s a little bit more when comparing unpatched cutting edge titles than under windows, but for everything older than 2 months there simply is no difference in compability nowadays (unless noone cares about the game at all, which is rare and often a sign that it isn’t worth playing).
The only title i really had no chance of getting to run when pirated was Omori - because of the very nonstandard way of doing things this game uses. But it works fine when buying it and playing legally, so that’s fine by me.
Edit: I forgot to mention that your “fragmentation” argument completely falls flat when taking into account things like flatpak (har har). I like native more for my gaming environment, but the steam deck i use in parallel shows that flatpak is just as able to do the same things as my desktop. And the times where standard chipsets had grave issues with compatibility under linux are gone, unless you are going out of your way to search for the most obscure laptops.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 22 hours ago
Sources, please.
madthumbs@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Yes, anecdotes are poor sources. ‘works on my machine’ ignores that same model motherboards can have different WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, and sound chips. -Plain old common sense for people that can actually discuss tech instead of parrot OS propaganda.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 19 hours ago
And where are your “not anecdotes” when claiming that people do more tinkering than playing on linux machines?
Using Steam, i click “Install” and “Play” after downloading, same as on any Windows machine. The amount of titles that act up is miniscule and it’s mainly older niche titles nowadays. The only time it gets a little bit more involved is when running pirated copies (if you don’t know what you are doing, and that’s my own problem) or manually modding games (again, a very low barrier that becomes nonexistant when using modding clients, either steam workshop or others), and that’s not the common experience.
I have tested around 15k PC titles on my 5950x with either a 3070ti or an 5070 (many more are waiting, but i am only one guy and don’t have unlimited time), and issues are a rare occurrence - i’d say it’s a little bit more when comparing unpatched cutting edge titles than under windows, but for everything older than 2 months there simply is no difference in compability nowadays (unless noone cares about the game at all, which is rare and often a sign that it isn’t worth playing).
The only title i really had no chance of getting to run when pirated was Omori - because of the very nonstandard way of doing things this game uses. But it works fine when buying it and playing legally, so that’s fine by me.
Edit: I forgot to mention that your “fragmentation” argument completely falls flat when taking into account things like flatpak (har har). I like native more for my gaming environment, but the steam deck i use in parallel shows that flatpak is just as able to do the same things as my desktop. And the times where standard chipsets had grave issues with compatibility under linux are gone, unless you are going out of your way to search for the most obscure laptops.
madthumbs@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
"And where are your “not anecdotes” when claiming that people do more tinkering than playing on linux machines? "
Ever heard of a search engine or professional reviews? -Sorry forgot LiGNUts are allergic to modern tech or common sense.
Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 21 hours ago
Don’t bother engaging, mad thumbs is delusionally anti-linux. Their comm is… Interesting to look at.