Linux is now the best gaming system. ｜ fernvenue's Blog
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When it comes to gaming on Linux, many many many people’s understanding stil remains in the Jurassic era. For the past few years, I’ve been using Linux as my main operating system for both work and gaming. From my personal experience, the gaming experience on Linux is far superior to that of macOS and Windows. I know I know…whenever I mention this, there are always some old-school individuals who come out to say that Linux’s driver configuration is complex, its game support is not rich enough, and its compatibility issues are significant, among other problems. In this article, I will directly address these issues and let everyone understand how much the gaming experience on Linux has developed by 2025.
  • IEatDaGoat@lemm.eeEnglish
    10311·
    5 days ago

    Let’s not become delusional now. Linux as an overall operating system feels much better to use but only because we care to become tech savvy and to troubleshoot. There are so many headaches that come with Linux which makes it unattractive to most people.

    We are probably not most people.

    • Alaknár@lemm.eeEnglish
      244·
      5 days ago

      Thank you for being the sane one.

      I’ve recently stumbled upon a lot of people like whoever wrote the article, rampaging all over the place, going “Linux is more user-friendly than Windows”, which is just an insane thing to say.

      Linux is great, I love my Garuda to bits. But games are still optimised for Windows, we still need to use compatibility layers to get them running, and even though it’s gotten MUCH easier these days, there’s still a lot of titles that require tweaking/hacking. And some just refuse to run, period.

      And then you have all the hardware compatibility issues that come with manufacturers just not supporting stuff. I can’t turn my GPU’s RGB off without Windows. I had to distro-hop to get the GPU drivers working correctly (it might be a “skill issue”, but that just proves the point, I think). Even titles that are marked as Gold on ProtonDB sometimes crash or refuse to run randomly.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        4 days ago

        there’s still a lot of titles that require tweaking/hacking. And some just refuse to run, period.

        run into that shit on windows, too. and theres not compatability layers to blame, there.

        Even titles that are marked as Gold on ProtonDB sometimes crash or refuse to run randomly.

        and shit doesnt crash on windows? All protons in the world arent going to fix a games inherent bugs that make it crash.

        • Alaknár@lemm.eeEnglish
          52·
          4 days ago

          run into that shit on windows, too. and theres not compatability layers to blame, there.

          I honestly cannot remember the last time I had trouble running anything on Windows. Probably around early Windows 7? It’s been years.

          and shit doesnt crash on windows? All protons in the world arent going to fix a games inherent bugs that make it crash.

          Mate, come on… If a game crashes on Windows, you know it’s the game’s or the driver’s fault.

          If a game crashes on Linux, it might be the game’s fault, or the driver’s fault, or the virtualiser’s fault, or the virtualised driver’s fault, or maybe a config file somewhere has something commented for no reason, or maybe you just rebooted and forgot to re-mount the secondary drive, or maybe a billion other reasons.

          Gaming on Linux is MUCH better than it used to be, but pretending that it’s anywhere near Windows’ level of “fire and forget” is just being silly.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      4 days ago

      I’m not a techy, or a sys admin, or anything.

      I never wanted ot think about my OS. I just want to click things and go.

      Linux did have headaches when I switched. Some from my lack of knowledge, some from shit in linux just being fuckywucky. but that was many years ago.

      I wouldnt say I’m any smarter today, than i was back then… but I will say Linux is so much better today than it was back then. Its reached the “it just works” stage, even for gaming, in everything I’ve tried with it. I am back to where I was on windows all those years ago, where I dont even think about my OS. I just click things and go.

      I’m not so foolish to say its all sunshine and lollipops, especially with gaming, I’m sure there will always be a problem that crops up that needs a tweak/patch/config change to fix it… but honestly? Windows had that shit too. which is why I’d say, from a usability aspect, Linux is pretty much at parity with windows at this point.

      And thats for gaming and shit.

      if you are just a regular PC user where entertainment/email/bills/etc are all done in the webbrowser? Fuck…Linux has been good and ready for that for over a decade. My grandparents PC has run linux for over 15 years now, without nary an issue.