Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
by archseer on Sunday November 15, 2020 @08:43PM
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Proton makes almost everything playable on linux. Sometimes with worse performance, sometimes with a lot better performance so it balances out.
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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
by cjbconnor on Sunday November 15, 2020 @09:16PM
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Many of the multiplayer games I play won't work on linux, typically due to the anticheat software they use. Also, there's typically a few hoops to jump through for popular games.
Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
by sergeykish on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:26AM
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Anticheat is a rootkit, right? That's almost complaining Windows viruses does not run in Wine.
Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
by eindiran on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:27AM
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Viruses and other malware can sometimes run under Wine: https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2007-January/053...
Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
by the_only_law on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:53AM
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Yeah well thats just modern software I guess. Malware as a feature.
Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
by fartcannon on Sunday November 15, 2020 @09:21PM
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With proton, the hoops are rare, not typical.
Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
by leetrout on Sunday November 15, 2020 @10:54PM
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I have to use golden egg roll fork but it has been very impressive what it will run.
Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
by jay_kyburz on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:36AM
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Just for balance, I use KDE Plasma with an AMD graphics card but almost no games work, even those with a "gold" rating on ProtonDB.
I haven't had time to Google how to debug the problem, but only about 1 in 10 games "just work"
Update: OK, instead of surfing HN I googled the problem. I think it may be that my games are installed on an NTFS drive. I will try moving the installs to a new drive and see if I have more success!