• mister_newbie@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Dude, with the exception of Gamepass, Linux gaming is really easy.

    If you’re okay with Redhat/Fedora, using Nobara Linux (it’s a spin-off, unofficial, but by the guy who does a lot of the Proton [magic compatibility sauce] stuff, GloriousEggroll, who AFAIK is a dev at RedHat) literally installs everything you need.

    Steam → Steam
    GoG/Epic → Heroic Launcher
    Amazon/Blizzard → Lutris
    Gamepass → You have to use the cloud version with Edge browser

    Click, install, game.

    There’s only a few Anticheat PITA titles still (I believe Valorant is one) that won’t work.

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      1 year ago

      Notable to the list of titles that won’t work is Destiny 2.

      Having said that, I’ve been using Linux as my daily driver for everything, including gaming, since June, and I haven’t run into many issues. It’s certainly worth the minor hassle entailed to get some titles to work, if only to get away from Windows 100%. You can always dual boot.

      If you aren’t very technical, I would also consider Linux Mint. You won’t always have access to the latest and greatest, but it’s simple and very easy to learn if you’re coming from Windows.

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      That’s really great if you don’t play online games, but 90% of what my gaming pc is used for is online, competitive gaming that doesn’t work on Linux.

      Pretty much any game with an anti-cheat is a non-starter since anti-cheats being Linux compatible tends to mean they’re less effective. (Yes EAC is a config switch, but it runs at a less effective level on all platforms if enabled)