Bazzite is awesome 😎

Mfing world of goo 2 offers an appimage file instead of a flatpack, so I have to monkey around with the console or lutris to get it to work on steamdeck.

I just want to play my puzzle game, not puzzle how to play my game. Ah well

The sheer power of instantly switching desktops in Linux makes the windows user afraid.

But I have seen a lot of old windows heads look at Linux for gaming performance where Microsoft is failing them with bloatware such as copilot.

I don't think the rootkit anti cheats would ever work to a level windows games developers want it to on Linux though.

What e-sports have kernel level anti-cheat? Isn't it just the crap published by Riot? I know both CS and Dota 2 work on Linux, I'm pretty sure you can get Overwatch 2 running. You can't exactly play Smash on a Windows PC either, but I think the other major fighting games like Tekken and Street Fighter work. Are there any other serious contenders for a major esport I'm just forgetting?

I'm just waiting for better VR support (formerly WMR, now Quest 3), and my system (Thinkpad T15G) is Intel/Nvidia, occasionally with an Nvidia eGPU, and I've heard good support for that just isn't ready yet. Linux would be great if I had a budget to build something entirely optimized for Linux, but right now it's just not right for my system and budget.

I plan on trying it out again soon, but I just don't have time for a new learning curve right now, even if I'm fairly tech savvy.

There are a few dozen esport and AAA games tthat will never work because of their anti-cheat engines.

I see this as an absolute win.

VR though :(

I like linux but this is stoopid.

I'm quite sad as a VR and HDR gamer because I really do want to switch. I have a steam deck, it works great for flatscreen gaming, but general HDR support across the linux ecosystem is apparently lacking and my headset manufacturer told me that they don't support linux and couldn't until the VR ecosystem they rely on supports it

I remember seeing someone in a comments section say why bother use linux for gaming bro got destroyed by the replies lol ‎ he also called linux users ekittens 💀

I play with Mods, unfortunately. It's the one thing keeping me back atm.

I don't think anybody ever told someone else not to use Linux when they are already using and enjoying it. This argument is often used as a defense against switching to Linux. And of course, if you just want to play your games without messing with all the bottles and Proton versions, Windows is still the way to go, especially for older games.
As a challenge I tried getting several older games to work on Steam Deck, and while it was fun for me, I like tinkering, I can totally see how it can be a huge hassle for others.

Man i wish, to this day, no matter the distro its like russian roulette with a revovler loaded with 5 bullets

And when it even starts im lucky it even runs reasonably well

Solus was the only one that worked a little better

And than enadeavouros AFTER several hours of stupid searching and installing some random crap i never found again

Well it’s not wrong.

I switched over my steam and epic games to my Linux install and there’s plenty of games I can’t play because of the anti-cheat or other issues. Can’t install my EA games at all.

Still made the switch and hoping things will catch up as time goes on.

There are still good options for mainstream competitive gaming. CSGO, Rocket League, Apex Legends to name a few.

I'm missing PUBG though.

Elden Ring works. Crashed on me for the first time yesterday. I went to bed immediately. Thanks Elden Ring.

Good work is being done and I hope more and more games start to get native support as well.

I can get some old ass terminal based JRPG and Sims 3 which can barely run on windows working using bottles but I can't get the linux version of Hearts of Iron IV to recognize dlc wtf is this

FreeDoom and KPatience forever!

Made the switch this weekend :) From Win 11 to Mint 22. Haven't run into any real issues really. I have the occasional screen tear on some videos in firefox though. Haven't searched around enough yet to figure that out, but otherwise all good.