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Re:Why Linux is now my primary OS going into 2022 by lloydgrossman on Saturday January 01, 2022 @12:36AM (#29755824)
> Why would I artificially limit myself, both for existing and future releases? > But unless you are willing to be limited in what you can play, a PC gamer will continue to pick Windows.

A lot more people are willing to be limited in what they can play. 10 years ago, it wasn't anywhere near 6/10 -- and in my case, all of the major titles I play (20k~ steam hours) except for one have worked perfectly fine on Arch; no longer a Windows user after 20+ years.

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Re:Why Linux is now my primary OS going into 2022 by toastal on Saturday January 01, 2022 @01:52AM (#29756201)
Not to mention a lot of indie games are released native to Linux and there's so many choices compared to 20 years ago, that I would just skip the game for something else if it's not at least Proton compatible.
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Re:Why Linux is now my primary OS going into 2022 by rgoulter on Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:32AM (#29756359)
> 10 years ago, it wasn't anywhere near 6/10

Right.

If your starting assumption is "games meant for Windows just don't work on Linux", then you'll be surprised by just how much Proton supports.

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