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Very positively surprised by how seamless the switch from Windows was (feddit.org)

submitted 2 days ago by truthfultemporarily@feddit.org to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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Today, I switched the last of my Windows machines to Linux: my gaming PC. I've been using Linux on servers for many years but was a bit apprehensive for gaming.

Turns out it just... works. Just installed steam and turned proton on, have zero performance or other issues. I'm using Ubuntu 25.04 for the 6.14 kernels NT emulation performance tweaks. Aside from there not being a catalyst driver for it and so I can't undervolt my card everything is great.

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[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To its credit (of which there is little), Windows can handle most things these days just fine without externally obtained drivers. Gradually improving since 7 onwards. The only sore spots really are proper gfx drivers and printers. 10 and beyond will also gracefully handle being drive-swapped into completely different hardware.

If it's a reinstall, activation is automatic for OEM licences.

Step 4, yes, what a shitshow. Way too many hoops and hurdles to go through just to get a functional OS without the bloat and guff.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

"just fine" is not what gamers want, besides sometimes new drivers offer sizeable boosts to stability and framerates.