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Gaming on Linux is great! (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know, lame post, but I wanted to say that Linux gaming has gotten soooo much better, to the point that I honestly think my games are running better than on Windows. I've played so many games, but notable ones are Halo: MCC, MS Flight Sim 2020, Satisfactory, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and right now I'm starting a full playthrough of Dragon Age.

Dragon Age is notorious even on Windows for being a pain because it's such an old game. You have to install the 4gb patch, and even then it's a bit rocky. Not on Linux though! I did have to install PhysX but I googled it and saw it was 2 buttons to install on Linux! Now it's been rock solid and stable, with no crashes.

Linux gaming may have a high bar to learn, but that bar is constantly getting lower! Exciting times!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No offense. I know you don't know me or my history so it's okay to assume that I'm a noob. But I'm so tired of hearing that response from Arch fans.

I've been using Linux for 24 years. I used to love tinkering with it in the beginning when I had a lot of free time. Recompiling the kernel with the modules for my hardware and experimenting with the different window managers, running servers and having my own personal self hosted cloud before that was even a thing. But now that I work in IT, tinkering with software and cloud stuff is all I do. After a long day of work, I don't want to tinker with my PC. I just want it to work and be easy to use.

And for everyone else out there that's not a techie, it's important that we can have an alternative free open source OS to Windows and MacOS that's easy to use without any hassle, that's stable and secure. And as far as I know, Arch doesn't provide that. And there's no amount of comments thatay going up change my mind about this.

People don't want to have to learn to use their computer. They just want to use it. And I wish you Arch fans would stop trying to convince people that having a difficult to use OS is part of the Linux experience.

What's fun for you might not be someone else's cup of tea.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dude I literally addressed your concern in my post by saying its not for everyone. You are deliberately choosing to ignore that part in order to fulfill your own agenda, or because you just want to be cranky about something (or maybe both). Have you had your morning coffee yet?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Ok ok. I wasn't trying to be rude. Sorry if I came off too strong.

It's just that I get the same almost cookie cutter response from every Arch fan in this community every time I comment something. Like your have to advertise that you use Arch and explain why.

It's like how vegans have to tell everyone they're vegans. (Not that I have anything against veganism. Or Arch for that matter.)

Again, no offense. This isn't about you personally. Just something I noticed that's becoming annoying.

Ugh. I guess I do sound like a cranky fucker.

Just do whatever you enjoy dude.