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ELI5: What causes a Steam game not to run on an operating system like a Linux distro? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I primarily use my pc for gaming, and want to avoid upgrading to Windows 11. Beginning the journey of looking into alternatives.

I am ignorant, trying to be less so. I have a hard time understanding what exactly makes a game not work just because of OS.

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

there's no way it's a 10-20% performance hit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is it usually more or less than this?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Way less, even better performance than native windows in some cases

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Flightless Mango used to have some good comparisons, but they're about four years out-of-date, now. Even then, you'd expect between 10% worse and 5% better on Linux. https://flightlessmango.com/benchmarks/

Forbes article here is from this year; expect between 5% worse and 25% better when running on Linux. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2024/08/21/linux-scores-a-surprising-gaming-victory-against-windows-11/

General experience is that generally there's no noticeable difference at all; some games that use new features might have bad performance until the new features are implemented. Last game I really had a problem with was Horizon Zero Dawn. Elden Ring had bad performance on launch day, but was fixed the next day I think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

These are solid sources to cite, but for the record I was talking about a Linux native build vs a Windows build running under Proton, not a Windows build running in Windows vs running in Proton. Linux is a more efficient OS and well-optimized builds made for it can really fly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Linux Native builds generally have better performance than Windows builds running on Windows. That's what I was comparing between

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

i don't think that's 10-20% either

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I did say it varies and sometimes the Windows build runs better than the Linux build depending on optimization

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I agree it varies, but even a 10% difference is a lot