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Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you want a windows-like experience, Linux Mint is hard to beat. It will feel very familiar.

If you enjoy gaming (which I’m assuming you do, considering the article) then maybe Bazzite would be a good option. It comes with GPU drivers (which have historically been a giant pain in the ass for Linux) ready to go. It’s an immutable distro, which is… Contentious in the Linux community. It means you won’t be able to accidentally break your OS, but it also means it isn’t as customizable. The newer users appreciate the safety net, but the experienced power users see it as overly restrictive coddling.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

It also pisses off new users frequently when they start to try to use any community tools for most games... Bazzite is a fucking nightmare for gaming because of it. It's God damn funny counter productive issue.

The steam deck has the same problem to be fair.

Also historically is right, installing drivers has been trivial on every distro I can possibly think of for the last fuck, almost 20 years.

There have been one click gui installers for fucking ever at this point. Lol