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Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by 4ggr0 on Monday March 27, 2023 @10:06AM (#35326825)
Unfortunately Gaming on Windows is "basically flawless", compared to Proton being "pretty good". I just got sick of debugging games because I didn't want to do the same thing during my free-time which I'm doing during the day at work.

Now, I love Linux and don't really like Windows that much, but when I want to game I just want the experience to be as smooth and easy as possible. And if I spend thousands of dollars on hardware I want it to be used as effectively as possible.

Maybe the problem with gaming on Linux is my own laziness...

Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by trinsic2 on Monday March 27, 2023 @10:35AM (#35327193)
When's the last time you gamed on Linux?

In the past few years protons come a long way in my humble opinion.

Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by 4ggr0 on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:58AM (#35328327)
Beginning of last year. But then I wanted to 1) game in VR again and 2) play games with friends which contained anti-cheat software which wasn't compatible with Windows, so I spontaneously went back to Windows for these two things.

I'm someone who switches games pretty fast, I'm not one to play the same multiplayer game for a long time. So each time I started a new game, I had to debug in Linux to get it working.

Since January I've played Planet Crafter, Steep, Back 4 Blood, Bioshock Infinite, Atomic Heart, Hogwarts Legacy and now Elden Ring. No idea what percentage of these games "just work" on Linux, but I doubt that the experience would be the same as on Windows.

Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by xxs on Monday March 27, 2023 @10:58AM (#35327531)
Gaming on Windows is quite broken for ultrawide screen, or dual/triple screens. Other than that shader compilation is the bane of many (depends on the CPU) - resulting into 'random' stutters. The latter issues are a poster child of the fact most games are just console ports. So calling 'flawless' is an overstatement.
Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by 4ggr0 on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:53AM (#35328263)
> ultrawide screen, or dual/triple screens

Well, you know, if you have to take an edge-case which doesn't apply to my situation to tell me that windows isn't flawless for gaming...

Does ultrawide/triple screen work better on Linux?

Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by ilyt on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:44AM (#35328162)
I generally go "try with proton" -> "Switch to experimental branch and try again" -> "reboot and play in windows".

Only if game is on Steam, got no patience to fuck with wine/proton manually

Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by 4ggr0 on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:58AM (#35328331)
> I generally go "try with proton" -> "Switch to experimental branch and try again" -> "reboot and play in windows".

Yeah, I think the best tip I got is to try dual booting to make it easier.