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Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux (www.tweaktown.com)

submitted 2 days ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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[–] Roopappy@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I've been running Bazzite OS on my living room big screen gaming PC since May. It's a really slick fedora-based distro that installs out of the box with Steam, proton, and graphics drivers ready-to-launch for gaming. It was really easy to use, and my games worked perfectly.

My high school age son got a new AMD proc/mb for his birthday, and I was surprised when he said he wanted to try dual booting Bazzite and Windows when we set it up. 2 weeks later, and he decided to kill the Windows boot and just use Bazzite full time. He has no linux experience and just figures it out.

Windows 11 is shit and Linux alternatives are prettier, easier to use, don't shove AI down your throat, and don't steal your data for profit. The time has come.

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Your son is a badass.

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Linux really is in a good place I've been on it for some months now. It feels like win 7, it doesn't get in your way, it does what you want it to do when you want it to. And if you fuck something up its because you fucked it up... go fix it...

[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Good on your son! Glad he sees the light. Windows is shittier and shittier all the time. I migrated away from it years ago. It’s absolute poison now.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I'm too old to tinker anymore. Bazzite has been a blessing. Rock solid.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I can’t wait for nvidia to fix the last few graphical glitches in steam big picture and game scope.

I have windows 11 and bazzite as dual boot. I haven’t moved over full time yet though. Mainly due to VR support and sailing…