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[–] [email protected] 233 points 1 year ago (43 children)

This might just be the push I need to switch to Linux desktop.

[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Do it. With proton the last argument for me to use windows is gone (gaming).

[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Well, it's not GONE. There are still plenty of games that won't run well on Linux, or they won't allow online multiplayer because their anti-cheat software is restricted to Windows. But that number is getting smaller every day.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago

But there are so very many games that do work. That those that do not, i can easily ignore.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thats why I specified that, for me, that was enough to switch. I agree that proton isnt there yet and 100% compatibility, and we will probably never get to that. But there are enough games on the market for me to do 90% of my gaming on Linux these days.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah and it's getting closer all the time. I don't think we're that far from a "tipping point" where Windows gets so shitty, and simultaneously Linux gets so good (for gaming specifically) that it would be silly not to switch.

Any day now....

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

I'm really not convinced that even if linux, at some point, does become a better platform for gaming than windows, that windows users will swap over. Mainstream gamers probably have never installed an OS before, it's intimidating for people.

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

Ubuntu 23.10 is the first mainstream Linux desktop distro that I think could be good enough for many windows users. Windows really needs to fumble for this to happen though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In its current state I would stick with Windows. But if they make it shittier and shittier.... theoretically there is a point where gamers would start switching en masse. Whether or not it will get that bad is debatable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

INCOMING (artillery barrage with different distros). Unfortunately I have a bad feeling that chrome OS will win the Linux wars

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Meh. I don't play multiplayer games at all other than FFXIV and that I haven't played in over a year. The only thing that would deter me is some visual novels I play are windows only but I could probably just run them in a virtual machine as they're not demanding.

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

Games like that just reinforce that a large segment of the gaming population will prioritize Windows, and developers go where the players are. I used to dual boot windows but now run windows as a VM with a VFIO gpu. Works great but it’s annoying to need that for just a few applications.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I doubt VNs have anti-cheat, so you can just run them in Proton or WINE.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm still on windows because I multibox my main game and the tools to do it don't work, alt tab is a goddamn mess, minimize window on focus loss is a fucking nightmare, and multiple instances of proton just chew up system resources until the game starts lagging so hard I need to quit every client and try again.

it's an edge case but that's quite a lot to deal with when windows just works.

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

Can you run Adobe software via proton? As soon as that works I'll be on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Look at your usecase, if it really requires adobe suite, you are out of luck i'm afraid. Perhaps you could research running a VM or wine, but I havent tried any of that myself.

If you conclude that you dont need features exclusive to adobe you might be able to find a foss alternative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I need Lightroom and I've tried Darktable but it just doesn't cut it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Perhaps you could research running a VM

It works very well, especially if you pass through your GPU and storage. I can even use this setup for Gaming, no significant performance loss compared to Windows. It's awesome.

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

No, but there are better alternatives to adobe that don’t hog your ram harder then triple a games

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Depends one what you need to do, there are some areas in which adobe still has a monopoly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’m just waiting for full real parity (HDR, and some RT stuff), and I’m gone.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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