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[–] GottaHaveFaith@fedia.io 37 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Happy Linux player. I play mostly single player so I don't have many issues. For anyone thinking about switching

  • if your games are on steam it's really easy to run them and most of the times you just have to install them and press play
  • if a game is new you may need to switch it to a newer version of Proton while the main one gets updated. It takes 2 clicks to open the compatibility settings tab and then you can select the version
  • if a game needs a custom setting to run you'll probably read it on protondb and it takes 2 clicks to add it
  • go on protondb and log with your steam account to check how many of your games are compatible, gold or platinum means it's good
  • compatibility gets better every week
  • mods may be harder to install
  • Linux is easy to use
  • Nvidia cards works well on Linux
  • yes, sometimes you may break it but you can also fix it. The official windows forum is a graveyard full of "you have to reinstall windows"
  • you can try Linux without installing it (but don't use it for gaming or stuff that need reboots because live install lose changes)
  • dual boot works so you don't need to drop windows immediately

This is my protondb compatibility tab for around 1600 games

https://ibb.co/xK2x3nR7

[–] DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 3 points 5 days ago

I would like to add:

If your game isn't on Steam, but is on any other popular (or infamous) launcher, odds are it's also on Lutris with an install script to get it working. Lutris is on Flathub and is officially maintained by the Lutris team so it is available regardless of your Distro.

Lutris is also a good way to install any F2P games that are not on Steam or that you don't want to rely on Steam for.

Happy gaming!

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

dual boot works so you don't need to drop windows immediately

Windows can break GRUB, so be aware.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-update-breaks-linux-dual-boot-but-there-is-a-fix-for-some-users/