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Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever (www.tomshardware.com)
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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Tech-idiot, here, but Linux-curious and running Windows 10 with an ardent refusal to change it to 11.

I know there are a ton of different versions of Linux, 'Ubuntu' and such, but I don't know jack about any of them... which would you recommend that's best suited to someone who's only ever used Windows? Looking for the most idiot-proof option. Gaming and office style work are primary use.

Emphasis on the idiot proof. I am really anxious about switching from fear of jacking up my computer, but am so sick of Window's bullshit... probably as good a time to dive in now than any point going forward.

[-] Nutteman@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

As someone who went through something similar, Linux Mint is a really great option. Based off Ubuntu so lots of software, cinnamon desktop environment for a windows familiar feel and layout, and stable releases.

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

If you want a windows-like experience, Linux Mint is hard to beat. It will feel very familiar.

If you enjoy gaming (which I’m assuming you do, considering the article) then maybe Bazzite would be a good option. It comes with GPU drivers (which have historically been a giant pain in the ass for Linux) ready to go. It’s an immutable distro, which is… Contentious in the Linux community. It means you won’t be able to accidentally break your OS, but it also means it isn’t as customizable. The newer users appreciate the safety net, but the experienced power users see it as overly restrictive coddling.

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[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've converted all my gaming to linux including vr and couldn't be happier! Even hardware works flawlessly these days with the exception of VR at times. I'm still struggling to get No Man's Sky to work on my quest 3 and linux VR and thats really the only thing I'm missing but it seems close to working just needs more fiddling.

Highly recommend Bazzite for people looking for a linux gaming distribution. It's immutable which can complicate some things but it's mostly plug and play and impossible to ruin due to immutable nature.

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[-] spirinolas@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

There are still lots of reasons that stop people from jumping 100% into Linux. Gaming is less and less one of them.

[-] addie@feddit.uk 11 points 2 weeks ago

True, but network effects are important to that.

There were huge numbers of people that wouldn't move to Linux because it didn't support all of their games. Now it does, and lots of people are moving.

There are lots of people that won't move to Linux because they have a random bit of hardware that's not supported, or a highly-specific bit of software they need to do their job that only runs on Windows. The manufacturers wouldn't support Linux because not enough people used it. Ah, but now we have all the gamers, so there are quite a lot of people using it.

Each domino that falls encourages the rest. Steam Linux users are more than 3x Steam macOS users, and we're not that far from overtaking it for general desktop usage. In some regions, that's already the case, and while the Windows 10 exodus can move to Linux easily, they'd need to buy new hardware fo use the Mac operating system. Not many companies would question providing Apple support; once Linux has a comparable share, it would be foolish to leave that out of consideration as well.

[-] Echo5@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Had no major issues with Steam games so far on Linux mint, but I like owning my games, so I buy as much as I can from GOG, and Lutris and Heroic both have not given me exactly easy experiences :L

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Heroic has gone pretty well for me. I've found a few exceptions that are solved by the same trick though. If you're running a game like The Thaumaturge, and it doesn't boot on the GOG version, take a look at SteamDB. SteamDB's entry for the game has a "depot" for VC 2019, VC 2022, and DirectX 2010. If you run winetricks on The Thaumaturge via Heroic and install those three dependencies, it works.

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[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Tried switching to Mint yesterday, it's a struggle as the guide kinda failed to mention some detail that i have to google a bit, and the result is it fail to boot(not a bootable drive error). Might try again tonight or this weekend. Honestly i can't see mass adoption if it's this PITA to get it working(not plug and play like windows), unless it's provided by the manufacturer.

Edit: so one of a few struggle i have is the guide failed to mention i need to create an efi partition, i have to google that for the recommended size.

Another is the "primary" and "logical" partition. I have no idea which to chose so i put everything on primary, not sure if this cause the issue.

Then another one is what should i mount my "rest of the partition" with, i googled it and all the answer given is "you should probably read on what is all this about to get a sense what you should do" when i just want some simple answer to what should i do with that, like in Windows, C is for the OS, and you put everything on D or something like that. It's akin to asking me to read the whole physics chapter when i just wanna know what speed a horse could run.

Then the final nail in the coffin for the session is "not a bootable drive". Then i just plug in my windows ssd and go on with my day.

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[-] PurpleClouds@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

A bit sceptical of this number. Most popular games have some form of anti cheat which the game not run on Linux. Some other games sometimes have weird bugs that do not occur on windows. - source: I am on Linux 😩

[-] Nephalis@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

When you are talking about "popular" games, you mean service games that are often some kind of multiplayer games. Each of them binds a lot of players and is big and popular, indeed. But these are only a few compared to the amount of games that have been released in the past decade. Let alone released games from 2024 that are listed on imdb.com are 1551 Imdb.com

So yes, I can imagine 90% is right since the most games are no service games and do not require some shitty kernel level anti cheat.

For bugs: I have no idea since I only use linux for non-gaming tasks.

[-] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 7 points 2 weeks ago

This is by amount of games, not by player count. Most games (including non-popular ones) are not live service multiplayer games but small indie titles that do not try to break Linux compatibility on purpose. So yes, 90% sounds plausible.

[-] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

Rip Microsoft

[-] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Good, gaming was the last thing keeping me on windows, once I find a distro that's compatible with my laptop hardware I'll move to Linux completely

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