Re:Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux
by lpcvoid on Saturday September 11, 2021 @12:01PM
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As long as you use a AMD GPU, life is sweet. Nvidia is a lot more pain to get working - AMD is part of the kernel.
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Re:Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux
by KingMachiavelli on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:04PM
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Nvidia just requires installing one extra package... It hasn't been an issue for a while now.
The nvidia driver actually works very well... The amdgpu driver wprks well but still has issues with suspend/hibernate. I'd say they are about the same IMO.
Re:Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux
by fgonzag on Sunday September 12, 2021 @03:01AM
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Except for Wayland, and KDE stuttering. I have an AMD and an Nvidia PC, both running Manjaro. AMD is really much less problematic than Nvidia for Linux.
Re:Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux
by pjmlp on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:37AM
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Only if it is a recent generation AMD card.
Good luck with older cards, ignored by the open source driver.
Re:Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux
by josefx on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:07PM
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A lot harder meaning: knows hot to install a program on Linux if the distro of choice doesn't outright ask to install the correct driver.
Re:Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux
by lpcvoid on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:13PM
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No, I mean specifically things like Optimus on dual GPU laptops. Also, even if the distros do in fact either install automatically or provide a method to install it, there is simply no need to even do this on an AMD system. And then there's the matter of AMDGPU being complete open source, while Nvidia's offering is not. And don't even start on Nvidia's slow pace to properly support Wayland.
Re:Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux
by marcosdumay on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:30PM
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There's the never let your GPU get old too. But since this is about gaming, it isn't very relevant.