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Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux
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lol no
I never had a single issue so far. Actually, performamce is better on Linux every single time for me. I finally got rid of Windows since I have zero use for it. The only problem could be games with anti cheats.
I'm always surprised when I hear people claiming they work in IT and find Linux to be complicated. I just installed Fedora on two of my friends' machines. Both are cluless about computers and they are doing perfectly fine. Now for basic tasks including gaming, a granny could use it without much issues if any.
When was the last time you tried Linux? If it has been a while, you might be surprised how it has changed recently. Proton made everything so much easier.
I'm not a technical person by the way; just a normal dude who uses Linux now.
The things that keeps me coming back to Windows in my gaming rig is mostly VR, which I haven't been able to get working on Bazzite.
Though I steam my games with Apollo/Moonlight to Mac's and handhelds, so I rarely need to look at Windows at all.
Yeah, that is fair. I personally don't know much about VR so I wound't know.
I admit it might be a a bit more complicated when it comes to make VR or things like a racing wheel work without having to dig around.
I had to move back to windows on my son's computer because of VR... But we now have the quest 3 and most things I want to run just work on that now anyway. It's for the kids really, it's gives me a headache
But year vr on Linux doesn't really work from what I can tell.