• flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
    661·
    8 days ago

    Thanks to the likes of Proton, gaming on Linux is a hell of a lot better than it was ~5 years ago. You can actually do it now for the most part without to much fuss in my experience as long as you stick to Steam.

    But once you leave Steam or get something brand new made by an EA type and have to lean on third party implementations of Proton or raw Wine to get things working it gets a lot worse.

    • YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      181·
      8 days ago

      Agreed, but I think it’s important to note that that isn’t because of a shortcoming of Linux, it’s because those companies are incentivized to support platforms that are more suitable for enabling massive profits, that’s what it seems like to me anyways.

          • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
            17·
            8 days ago

            It’s not important to note something that is speculative.

            “It’s important to note that YarHarSuperstar probably doesn’t even run Linux.”

            See?

            • YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              8 days ago

              That’s your opinion and you have the right to express it. I disagree obviously, that’s why if you’ll pay very close attention to the words I used, it says “I think” before I said that.

              • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
                13·
                8 days ago

                You start by presenting it as a fact “keep in mind that it’s not because of X, but because of Y” then specify that’s it’s what “it seems like” but don’t provide any proof of, therefore there’s nothing important to note about what you said because you can’t back it with a source.

      • Natanox@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        10·
        8 days ago

        Lutris is also a great option, actively contributing to it. Got a slightly different focus than Heroic, but a lot more features as well. Basically a one-stop shop once you got familiar with it. Really needs more people that can contribute though given the huge amount of platforms and launchers it attempts to cover (literally all of them).

    • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
      222·
      8 days ago

      Also, for folks out of the loop, let me explain what this entails. I installed Steam. I clicked install on a game. I clicked play in Steam. That was it. Proton isn’t some sort of thing you need to install or launch separately. It really does “just work”.

      I’m able to play Deep Rock Galactic, Helldivers 2, and even Marvel Rivals online just fine. All of these are online multiplayer games, the types that generally seem to have the most trouble on Linux.

      • snowe@programming.dev
        102·
        8 days ago

        that is most definitely not the process. You have to explicitly go into Steam’s settings > Compatibility > “Enable Steam Play for all other titles” (what in the world, it’s called Steam Play, not Proton?) and then additionally select which Proton version you want. If you don’t know this, or don’t google it with the right keywords, you won’t understand why literally 90% of your library isn’t available (in my case it was 99% of my library, I think I only had 3 games available on linux natively). Also if you select the wrong Proton version some games won’t run, so you have to know that and switch it for those games only.

        • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
          91·
          8 days ago

          They’re likely using a gaming distro that has those settings enabled by default.

          It isn’t perfectly seamless but enabling Steam Play or changing proton versions isn’t any more of an advanced task than verifying game files (something that Windows users are asked to do the moment that they have a problem).

          It has come a long way from the days of manually creating wine environments and writing custom launch files.

          If you can install Skyrim or Minecraft mods (not using Steam Workshop) then you’re sophisticated enough to game on gaming distros like Pop and Bazzite.

          If you can use cheat engine without a guide and write your own mods then you’re ready for Arch.

      • valkyre09@lemmy.world
        5·
        8 days ago

        Can confirm, bought my son a FIFA game on pc that caused so much trouble and confusion on windows with their activation bullshit that I ended up buying him an xbox

  • Aeri@lemmy.world
    95·
    8 days ago

    Requirement: let me play the video games I want to play that have anticheat

    A stiff requirement

  • skibidi@lemmy.world
    228·
    7 days ago

    Linux isn’t ready.

    While many things will work ‘out of the box’, many won’t. Hell, for like 3 months HDR was causing system-wide crashes on Plasma for Nvidia cards, so the devs just disabled the HDR options until there was an upstream fix.

    There are still a host of resume-from-sleep issues, Wayland support is still spotty, and most importantly - not every piece of software will run.

    Linux is my daily driver, I have learned to live and love the jank. My wife uses windows and does not want to be confronted with a debugging challenge 5% of the time when she turns on her computer, and I think that is fair.

    These kinds of posts paper over lots of real issues and can be counterproductive. If someone jumps into the ecosystem without understanding, these kinds of posts only set them up for frustration and disappointment.

  • dink@lemmy.world
    12·
    8 days ago

    Is fractional scaling a standard feature in GNOME now? Last time I needed it, it was still an experimental feature I had to enable.

    • PlexSheep@infosec.pub
      6·
      8 days ago

      And electron is shit, so you have to enable that experimental ozone thing, which kills off ibus somehow, meaning I have to decide between blurry chromium/electron apps and being able to write in Japanese.

      Don’t even get me started on VST plugins for music production (definitely far from ready)

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      42·
      8 days ago

      How many people actually need or use fractional scaling? Don’t most people have displays that are around 1080p?

      • WereCat@lemmy.world
        51·
        8 days ago

        I’ve never used fractional scaling but it’s obvious you don’t understand that it’s not about resolution but about screen size+resolution. On small displays with big resulutions like modern laptops a fractional scaling is absolutely essential unless you want to squint your eyes even with 20/20 vision.

      • flavonol@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 days ago

        Unlike with fractional scaling, fortunately, it seems to just work™, at least on my machine. I’m honestly not sure what’s left to do with it before putting it in the Settings app by default.

  • m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    8 days ago

    all wife needs is Mahjong and shopping. not like I need to run Mine Sweeper. just a browser with Internet. Most could not install any operating system so charge for the install labor. lan-splaining is a waste of time. bring a book if Mom needs her windows fixed. thinking about putting her on linux when her machine finally pukes.

  • Hyrulian@lemmy.world
    5·
    8 days ago

    The thing that’s fucking me up in the last month since I switched is the fact that when I press Windows Key + P to switch Displays to just my second monitor (when I want to use my consoles), switching it back causes KDE to count the monitors as separated for some reason. Like they are virtually spaced apart, so I’m stuck in one monitor instead of being able to use both. It also resets my second monitor to the primary one for some reason. Very strange, never an issue on Windows.

  • jaschen@lemm.ee
    411·
    7 days ago

    Install Mint. After the updates I tried to install Tailscale. Then proceed to uninstall Linux because I have install using terminal.

    The second I am forced to use terminal, I’m uninstalling.