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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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[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I'm fully Linux for two years now, have played ~140 games and had a total of 2 major issues and 2 minor issues with games:

  • Cyberpunk 2077 (at least before the 2.0 update) crashed frequently because of a called function that the nvidia gpu driver couldn’t handle. Since I switched to AMD this has been resolved and I had no issue whatsoever, even modded
  • Minecraft has a memory freeing issue when using an AMD GPU (kinda ironic) which causes the game to crash every 3-5 hours or so. This is resolved by either restarting the game gracefully every few hours or not being an addict
  • I couldn’t get achievements to log for Return to Moria on any proton version I had. Kind of silly problem but I’m an achievement hunter so it still annoys me
  • the windows version of fear and hunger via proton runs better than the native Linux version, especially on steam deck. It’s weird but I don’t make the rules
[–] wildsir@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Damn, that Minecraft issue sucks. Have you tried using launchers, different Java versions, and performance mods? I’m on AMD GPU and I have no issues with Minecraft on Prism launcher. Prob better performance than Windows, but I never had it to compare

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

I only used native Minecraft and the normal Minecraft launcher, idk this issue might’ve been resolved

[–] DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 2 points 5 days ago

A lot of dev companies treat their native Linux versions like an afterthought, if they don't outright outsource the project to a 3rd party. That's why the Proton version typically works better if the title isn't Indie. If an Indie dev makes the port, it's probably alright.

Admittedly, I think this is one thing about Linux gaming that Proton will make worse, now that devs can just test the game in Proton and not even bother with a native Linux version. I don't foresee that changing unless Linux somehow becomes the overwhelming majority OS, and while I think it will take a good chunk of market share in the coming years, I don't foresee it becoming the overwhelming majority for some time.