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Very positively surprised by how seamless the switch from Windows was (feddit.org)
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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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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well, first I install it. Then I launch it. Then I try to do literally anything with it and it takes like 90 seconds to actually respond to every command. I do have a Raspberry pi around somewhere. Maybe I'll try that.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you provide machine specs? Maybe you're using an Nvidia card without drivers or something? Or maybe it's a laptop and it's using the wrong GPU?

Again, I agree with the first responder, make your own post so it gets more visibility and provide as many details as you can.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 3 hours ago

So oddly enough when I went to get the specs on the laptop I had it on and installed it just for funsies while I was at it and it seems to be working better now... At least in the 10 minutes or so I played around with it. Not sure what the problem was before, maybe some update was made since then or something. Gonna mess with it more this weekend.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How are you installing it? Are you somehow using a Windows version or something?

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

I've installed it via Flatpak and using the appimage, both were the same. I also tried the appimage on my windows desktop and had the exact same performance.