There are still a lot of proton games where I encounter the weirdest bugs and when I report those the game devs don’t do anything about it and say it’s a proton/linux issue what they don’t support. For some games, especially VR, windows is mandatory.
I have a WMR headset, am still on a dual-boot of Pop!_OS and Windows 10 with my gaming pc. I have an Nvidia RTX 3080 and don’t want to worry about compatibility with kernel so Pop!_OS fixes that for me. I also love window tiling, which it does pretty well (not as good as Sway and Hyprland but close enough).
At this point, I can do everything on Linux except for 1 thing: Use my HP Reverb VR headset. It’s a Windows (WMR) headset and doesn’t work on Linux. But it is essential for my gaming, as about 80% of my gaming time is spent flying aircraft and helicopters in DCS: World in VR. I got a whole simpit setup with crazy good stick, pedals and throttle and everything.
I am really hoping to switch the headset out for a SteamVR-native headset and ditch Windows before Windows 10 support ends in 2025. First step is to install DCS on Linux and start flying it outside VR to help find bugs and assess when it is good enough to switch VR headsets.
And yes, I did consider upgrading to an AMD card for the improved Linux performance but the RX 7900 XT didn’t do DCS in VR (on Windows) well, even after the big driver update this Summer that was supposed to fix the stutters.
As a fellow Linux user I entirely agree. I stay off the forums as much as possible. My latest crime was uploading a tutorial on how to update the bios on certain laptop models. Got fucking roasted, even on lemmy.
For some reason Linux forums are like stack exchange; an extremely toxic neckbeard pissing match.
Eh, you’ll get the worse of any userbase if you go to a community specifically for that OS. Go to PC Master race or whatever to see the opposite problem.
I’ve been on Linux exclusively for something like 15 years, but I almost never bring it up. In fact, I don’t even mention my distro of choice unless it’s directly relevant, and if asked I recommend something different (I recommend Mint Debian edition because I’ve heard it’s very user friendly).
I also find many people in communities like this insufferable as well, so I spend my time trying to tone them down a bit with comments like “Linux isn’t for everyone, but it’ll always be there if you decide to give it another try.” I use Linux because it works better for me than Windows, yet many here make it a religion or something. It’s kinda weird.
I’ve been using Linux more and more recently but one thing that annoys me is my EndevourOS thinks the PC is not in when I’m playing games via a gamepad, therefore dims the screen and tries to sleep. How do I fix this? I’m honestly surprised I even need to.
KDE? You tried “Systemsettings > Power Management > Energy Saving > Dim Screen” maybe already? I don’t have what you’re describing either und Arch nor Endeavor.
There used to be an issue with IPV6 being enabled causing steam downloads to be very slow on Linux. I remember people saying that disabling IPV6 resolved the issue.
I’ve been at this since before valve expressed any interest in Linux. Years of spending more time trying to get the game to run rather than gaming. Back when Ubuntu CDs were a thing, and before I stopped liking Ubuntu.
It’s more convenient and I can’t afford a high end office chair for the desktop. The last few used ones got scooped up even in bad condition. I’ve tried the car bucket seat type and even have one from a workplace ‘boomer execs trying to be hip raffle event’, but car seats are generally uncomfortable to begin with.
But yeah the deck is pretty excellent for anything it can maintain a stable frame rate with and I use it even when performance is a bit iffy. I tell anyone considering one that it handles like a wiiu gamepad with better button placements though.
I’ve definitely recommended it to people, especially when they’re just wanting to get into some basic gaming. It’s almost console level easy in a lot of cases, and if they want to get more involved in PC games in the future, their game library and everything carries right over.
the kernel versions for eos were 665, 666 and 667 its been happening on all three, happened on both x11 and wayland as for graphics driver, both the mesa and amdvlk options did the same thing over a few versions.
again the only game that did this was rise. monster hunter world and resident evil run on the same engine as rise and they run fine, lies of p worked fine, valhiem, sonic. literally only rise and it runs fine on tumbleweed.
I’ve finally decided to make a switch to Fedora, after giving up last time due to almost nothing I needed working.
I still didn’t manage to get Unity working, which I unfortunately really need, and for some reason it’s also not working in a Boxes VM, but I was really surprised with Steam! Not only every game I tried so far is working great (after solving some initial trouble caused by NVIDIA card), I also managed to just run the games I have pirated directly from the Windows drive, without having to reinstall them, by simply adding the .exw to Steam.
The only issue left is to solve missing cutscenes/videos, being replaced by that “TV color test” image. Has anyone managed to solve it? I’ve tried installing various codeks, but it didn’t help.
The only thing I’m missing is Parsec, since I was pretty used to workong remotely through wake on lab and parsec, but I suppose that’s solvable down the line. Oh, and everything being Electron apps, especially since i unfortunately need O365 stack for work. But its not that bad.
So far i love it, and have already set Fedora as my default boot. Only have to switch for Unity, as of now. I’ll see how long it will last.
If anyones looking for a new year resolution, go give your favorite distro a try! And if you have an NVIDIA card and even after following a random guide you get stuttering or lagging text in Electron apps, as i did, try the other repository for the drivers, thats what solved it for me.
I really can’t, for anyone who considers themselves tech savvy. At this point it isn’t “some specific apps run great and the rest is a hassle”, but the other way around: some specific apps are a hassle but the rest runs great. Sure, you should do a bit of research if your usecases are already ‘solved’, if you want to do an all-or-nothing switch. But you can also do a dual boot, if there really ends up being something that isn’t solved on linux.
I just keep getting surprised with how little people apparently care about their privacy.
I think it’s totally fair that people would want to stick with what they know and would find a new operating system intimidating. But, I think some of this push back is kind of warranted since people act like you can’t play any games on Linux or that the Steam Deck is stupid because it has Linux and isn’t compatible with absolutely every game, and I think that’s sort of misguided. An astonishing amount of stuff just works these days, and while I wouldn’t say a Windows user should switch to Linux unless they have a good reason to, I think some people might be doing themselves a disservice if they’re avoiding the Steam Deck because they think it won’t play their games (with caveats about anti-cheat and multiplayer of course!)
I totally get it, even for me, someone who is pretty tech-savy, it took around three attempts in the last three years to switch to Linux, and I’ve always given up until now.
But the issue is the reputation Linux gaming gets. I was convinced that I probably will have to dual-boot to play games, aside from a very small subset of games that may work. Every time I was trying to switch, I didn’t even get to try any games just because I kind of assumed that it’s going to be even bigger struggle than it was to get some of the tools I need to run, so I gave up.
But this time I gave steam a try, and was really surprised that so far, every game I tried running, including some with Easy Anti Cheat, I had almost zero problems, with the only outlier being the cutscenes.
Also, of course it’s not a lot easier to just use Windows and game on it, but you pay the cost of privacy and Windows stuffing ads into your face, using increasingly darker patterns to push their bullshit. So, I’m not looking for an easier way to game, but doing it to not let anyone use my habits and data out of principle. I’m already used to minor inconveniences attachted to it, such as lack of cookies so you have to relog, VPN breaking default language on sites, or some apps not working properly on my phone (GrapheneOS). It’s totally worth it for me, but it’s not for everyone.
So, my point was not to convince everyone that Linux is better for gaming. But to let people like me, who would like to try switching are afraid that they will still have to dualboot for most of the games, know that’s not really the case novadays, and that Linux is perfectly fine for gaming.
Wrote some scripts that performs the switching like it’s being done on ChimeraOS & the Steam Deck. Want to release them in a repository some time, but they’re awfully hacky right now.
Want to release them in a repository some time, but they’re awfully hacky right now.
No, do it. And don’t forget to put a license on it. I’d rather have “hacky” answers to my question that I can improve on, rather than searching for how to do something and coming up with nothing.
Nah, it’s fine for just gaming, provided the games you want work fine. If you mostly play SP games, you’ll probably be fine, but if you play MP, check first.
That said, I would probably just get a console if I only used my PC for gaming. But I use it for a lot of other stuff, and I find Windows gets in the way. YMMV though, depending on what you need your computer to do.
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