Exactly. I’ve been Linux exclusive for something like 15 years, and I’m usually the first to tell people to stick with Windows if there’s even one piece of software they say they’ll miss. If they really want to use Linux, they’ll ignore me. If they would’ve bailed when something didn’t work perfectly, they would likely write it off and never try it again, so it’s better to leave that door open IMO.

There are distros for that. Ubuntu and derivatives have a GUI hardware detection tool that finds the right driver for you. Some distros come with Nvidia drivers out of the box. Most have a GUI tool for adding extra package repos for things like Nvidia drivers.

But it’s important to note that this isn’t a Linux problem, it’s an Nvidia problem. AMD drivers are bundled with the kernel because they’re FOSS, and Nvidia could totally do the same thing.

I’m not saying Linux is perfect, I’m saying you don’t need to use the terminal if you’re just trying to play games.

I suppose that’s fair. But you’re unlikely to see much difference with 1k miles.

It would be interesting for that to be the default shell and silently “just work” for installing stuff. They could even handle debs or rpms in the correct container. So you could pull a PPA, AUR package, etc and could just work.

Agreed. There are tons of random papercuts that a lot of us just ignore or workaround without thinking about it.

I absolutely think Linux is the bees knees, but I always list a bunch of caveats whenever I recommend it. If you go in with modest expectations, you’ll be pleasantly surprised, and that’s much better than being disappointed.

I’ve heard about them, but as you say, they don’t show up on searches. I’ll have to look harder then.

At least the climbing gear is FOSS though!

I kid, but I’m guessing Bazzite has something like openSUSE Aeon’s distrobox, which let’s you install anything you want inside of a container and expose it as an app. If not, they should consider adding it.

While I agree, the article mostly explains how Linux is almost caught up to Windows for gaming. For me, Linux > Windows, so if Linux can play enough games to keep me occupied, it’s a better “gaming” system. This was true for me before Steam even came to Linux.

That said, this article completely ignores the fact that many of the most popular games rely on anti-cheat w/o Linux compatibility, so that right there kills Linux as a contender regardless of its many other merits.

I guess my point here is to please don’t oversell Linux. You want someone’s first impression to be positive, and if they run into game compatibility issues at the start, the experience will be far from positive. I would much rather see a section right at the top about how to check game compatibility, since that’s what most people would want to check before looking at the various other things that are awesome about Linux.

Epic Games

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We also don’t have to worry about download speeds, as they’re even better compared to the Windows client.

Is this true? If so, it’s very surprising.

By the way, I always encountered risk control and couldn’t enter the game when playing Rogue Company on Windows. I don’t understand why the anti-cheat component considers me a threat, but after switching to Linux, I no longer faced this issue; it has been much smoother than on Windows.

Anecdotal. I doubt this is a Linux vs Windows thing, but more that they saw different OSes being used by the same account and flagged based on that.

Some of these emulators also have versions for Windows or macOS, but on Linux, we can directly download and install them from the store, without the need to worry about dependencies or version issues, making it a lot easier compared to Windows and macOS.

Good point. Package management is really nice on Linux. However, if you don’t know what you’re looking for, you’re in a similar camp as on Windows.

Games on the Android platform can also run on Linux. In addition to virtualization ways like Windows and macOS, Linux can run without virtualization by using namespaces. If you’re interested, you can check out my previous article on Android Application on Linux without Virtualization.

Huh, neat!

Besides Steam, we can also use cross-platform tools like Flathub: Parsec to control Windows hosts directly on Linux. This means that even games that can’t be run through the aforementioned ways can still be played on Linux, completing the last piece of the puzzle.

So you’d need a second PC? That hardly seems convenient.

Actually, I also wanna introduce some advantages of the Linux graphical interface over Windows in terms of gaming experience. For example, GNOME’s Do Not Disturb botton allows me to toggle all notification alerts with a single click.

Yeah, this is certainly neat. I’m actually surprised Windows doesn’t have something similar, but maybe each app handles notifications itself there?

Additionally, I have never encountered the issue on Linux where I can’t temporarily return to the desktop during fullscreen gaming, which is something I often face on Windows, where the taskbar pops up but returning to the desktop is impossible. On Linux, regardless of which game I’m playing, whether in fullscreen mode or borderless window mode, I can freely switch between windows.

On the flipside, I’ve had a lot of really odd problems switching applications on Linux. I don’t know if it happens on Windows too since I haven’t used Windows in a decade or so, but I’m guessing the Linux experience here is worse.

I also sometimes have games completely lock up Linux, which I’m guessing is probably the Wayland compositor crashing. That used to happen to me on Windows, but again, this is from >10 years ago, so I’m not sure if it applies today.

Yeah, I don’t bet w/ human lives, I’m not an insurance company.

It’s not like it’s going to plug itself in

It could stop at Tesla “dealerships” along the way and have the staff plug them in, or have fancy robotic chargers at just those locations. Surely there are enough “dealerships” that this is feasible for most people.

Yeah, I live like 10 miles from a Tesla dealership, about 1k from a Tesla factory. If having the car drive to me is cheaper than loading it on a truck and taking it to my local dealership, I’m fine with it having 1k miles.

This is all hypothetical though. There’s no way this timeframe is happening.

Eh, I live <1k miles from a Tesla factory, and I wouldn’t be too annoyed at having 1k miles on it when it gets to me. Knock the price down a bit since you no longer need to ship it everywhere and we’re good.

We all know this isn’t happening anytime soon, so I guess it’s only a hypothetical. We can talk once it’s a reality.

Surely it would be Tesla since you don’t actually have possession of it, right? Right??

If you double it, you might actually be somewhat close to hearing a believable date for the actual time frame.

Eh, most of what he has done can be undone with relatively little long-term impact. If we get someone good w/ diplomacy, I think everything would be largely fixed in one term.

Yes, he is, his whole appeal is that he’s an outsider. And Reagan was also an outlier, he was an actor that decided to get into politics.

Trump ending up as President in 2016 was largely an accident. You can see the complete 180 by media orgs and the top brass of the GOP once he got the nomination as evidence of that. They had all geared up for a Jeb Bush nomination, and that obviously never materialized. 2024 was a bit more intentional, because he wanted to run again and nobody in the party really dared stand in his way.

That said, Trump is very much an outsider and got elected mostly on that basis. He’s a result of a decade or two of frustrations w/ the establishment, and now we’re seeing what that actually looks like. His approval rating took a serious hit during the tariff nonsense, and it’s only back now that he’s not doing what he promised to do. I don’t think Americans really want what he has to offer, they just want something different from what they got before. I would be very surprised if he retains a reasonable approval rating through the midterms, so many of his campaign promises are likely to end in disaster, and he needs to show some kind of progress on those promises for his party to have a shot next year.

So yeah, I think in a year or two, most people would agree that he’s an outlier.

😢

Hopefully other nations appreciate that Trump is a bit of an outlier.

Sort of? Text and email mostly work.

Though I’m not the sentimental type and generally just make new friends. I’ve moved to a different state, so it’s not like get-togethers are happening.

Sure. I do run some things on the host, but I do default to containers unless I have a good reason to avoid them. Containers make it really easy to move to a new piece of hardware, and I want my disaster recovery process to be as close to:

1. set up new device
2. restore data
3. copy down container configs
4. start containers

Some UPSs communicate over the network, and if that’s what you have, containers are a fantastic solution. If you have a USB or serial (??) one, then yeah, maybe the host will give less trouble, just make sure to not forget to document the setup and config.