Linux is slowly taking over my life as a PC gamer [xda-developers]

a year ago by alessandro to c/pcgaming

snoons 49 points a year ago

ONE OF US.

ONE OF US.

ONE OF US.

ONE OF US.

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EchoCranium 25 points a year ago

I started the switch over last night. Installed Kubuntu on a spare external ssd. Got Steam installed, figured out how to select the drivers I needed for my nvidia gpu. Even got remote desktop access to the game server I'm running. Linux has amazing capabilities built in, I'm impressed. Took some work to get Enshrouded running on Steam this afternoon (probably not the best game to start off with, it's problematic) but after a good bit of trying different options it started up. If I can get Orca running for my 3d printer, there really isn't much I'm going to miss from Windows.

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TunaLobster 3 points a year ago

Orca slicer has an App image available on their GitHub release page! You're all set!

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EchoCranium 2 points a year ago

Have Orca installed, and it started up. Now I either have to figure out copying over all my configuration files, if that's an option, or rebuild everything manually. After tuning my printer settings and filaments over 2 years, would be a lot to redo.

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mx_smith 3 points a year ago

I got over 400 hours on Enshrouded on KDE Fedora, it runs very smooth if you have the hardware, and enshrouded has high demands for that hardware.

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EchoCranium 2 points a year ago

It's running great now, played a couple hours this afternoon. Only problem I had was a connection loss with the game server once. That could be anything, not unusual. Otherwise runs really smoothly.

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Damage 1 point a year ago

Orca works fine on Linux, just the occasional bug. And no mesh fixing.

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BlackLaZoR 19 points a year ago

I have really high hopes about SteamOS for PC. Not because linux, but because Linux + good support

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Ulrich 7 points a year ago

SteamOS already has worse support than Linux distros half it's age.

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BlackLaZoR 0 points a year ago

You mean the old debian based version? True, but the steam machines concept was a major misfire. This is not the case with steam deck and its version of SteamOS

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Ulrich 1 point a year ago

No because that would be like 1/10 it's age. I mean SteamOS 3.

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chunkystyles 3 points a year ago

Steam OS is not, and will not be a good desktop OS. At least in the foreseeable future. If you want that kind of experience now, install Bazzite.

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Harrk 12 points a year ago

I migrated away from Windows to Cachy OS earlier this year and I’ve never been happier. Linux still isn’t perfect for gaming but it’s night and day compared to the last time I tried like 10 years ago.

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LastYearsIrritant 7 points a year ago

Light and day???

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Harrk 8 points a year ago

🤦‍♂️ How did I miss that…

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augustus 11 points a year ago

The fungal infection of AI in everything in Windows 11 finally tipped me back fully into Proton-land, and I run Garuda and couldn't be happier. All my games run, sometimes more smoothly than they even did on Windows, and I am reunited with my love: gnome3. Thank you, Valve. Thank you Linus.

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bdonvr 10 points a year ago

I only ever boot up Windows for VR stuff. It's never been a barrier to me otherwise. Though I don't often play anti-cheat heavy eSports games.

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gray 10 points a year ago

Monado helped me kick windows for VR stuff.

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nik282000 4 points a year ago

Switched on my daily driver around 2016 and have been doing all but VR gaming on Linux since about 2019. I would totally recommend it to any one as long as they aren't a tripple a, release day kinda gamer.

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RejZoR 4 points a year ago

I want to go Linux on my main gaming system coz I like KDE and GNOME more than ugly ass Windows 11, but I just don't want to deal with compatibility crap.

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yournamehere 11 points a year ago

i think those times are over. so i put some mint linux on any pc, install steam and then add non steam game .exe file. only setting needed is run with proton10. i have not yet found a thing that doesnt run. and it so far every time outruns windows.

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Railcar8095 12 points a year ago

As a primary Linux user, there are many cases that don't work. Many kernel level anti cheat (which I would refuse to install on windows anyway), some games have noticeable worse performance (obscure expedition 33 has low average fps and terrible dips on linux, but it's "OK" on windows for my specific hardware ).

On average, I think Linux is still better, but YMMV depending and what games your want and what HW you have.

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Coelacanth 4 points a year ago

Kernel level anti cheat is the final obstacle for Linux gaming, I think. Its really the only thing that categorically does not work, so if those are the games you want to play you really are fucked.

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statler_waldorf 1 point a year ago

I'm an old fart, so I don't want to play any games with kernel level anti-cheat. I've yet to encounter a game that doesn't work in Linux.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle had some AMD driver issues early on, but I was able to tinker a short term fix until they fixed it. MachineGames' engine has always been wonky on release.

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Kekzkrieger 3 points a year ago

So what games do you play?

Most just work out of the box for me without having to deal with anything

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RejZoR 1 point a year ago

I don't think Overwatch 2 and Marvel Rivals work. Mostly coz they are online multiplayers. I also play games ranging from really old from circa late 90's to brand new games like Doom The Dark Ages. I'm sure there will be a lot of problematic ones in between as some are already problematic with Windows, let alone anything else.

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voytrekk 11 points a year ago

Both Overwatch 2 and Marvel Rivals work out of the box. I have had no issues playing either game. Are we anti cheat yet can help you see what multiplayer games work.

The older games you play may actually work better. Many people have found that Wine fixes several of issues when running older games.

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RejZoR -1 points a year ago

Yeah, I've seen how you have to manually install EasyAntiCheat garbage on Linux. It looked like absolute horseshit stupidity. Wouldn't want to deal with that.

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MonkderVierte 2 points a year ago

Older ones work usually better in Wine/Proton than on Windows.

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Bakkoda 1 point a year ago

I'm using an old 2080ti still and Bazzite has given me zero issues. PoE 2 was unplayable at first but that was more of a positive for me.

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