There's really not many reasons left to not use Linux. With windows 11 it's only going to get better as more refugees switch
If Adobe apps worked on Linux, I'd switch in a heartbeat.
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Re: Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux
#42There's really not many reasons left to not use Linux. With windows 11 it's only going to get better as more refugees switch
If Adobe apps worked on Linux, I'd switch in a heartbeat.
If your choice of OS is the one that can run Adobe products better, they work better on macOS anyways
Re: Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux
#43That means 10% of windows games use invasive anti-cheat?
According to ProtonDB[1], about 7-10% of the top 100 and top 1000 games are "borked", but the actual reason why can be nuanced. However, these days it is almost always anti-cheat. [1] https://www.protondb.com/dashboard
Anti-cheat will be basically impossible to overcome until studios specifically cater to linux. I'm not sure to what extent this is even possible given how hackable linux is, and how many variants there are, but it's plausible a blessed distro with a signed kernel (somehow? Not sure if this is a thing) might support it.
Re: Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux
#44I'm never going back. If something changes and the only option is Windows or consoles I'll just stop buying new games or take up another hobby. Being able to use sane scripting to solve problems, ZFS snapshots to undo bad mod installs, using the same system for development, and so on is no longer something I'm willing to give up. I've also started amassing a small collection of Cloud Init configs that set up game ser…
Pop OS! With NVIDIA GPU here.
Shit just works. When it doesn't, changing the proton version usually fixes it.
Way better than Windows.
Re: Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux
#45In case you don't own a Steam Deck and would like to see how much of your library would run on Linux: 1. Go to your library 2. Click the filter button 3. Under "hardware support" you'll see a dropdown "Steam Deck" with 4 options, here's some explanation what they mean: Verified - Means this game 100% works on Linux (and Deck), which is verified by Valve Playable - Means this game works on Linux (and Deck) but it migh…
Or use ProtonDB https://www.protondb.com/explore
Re: Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
If Adobe apps worked on Linux, I'd switch in a heartbeat.
If your choice of OS is the one that can run Adobe products better, they work better on macOS anyways
I generally agree, but it's hard to fault people for either not buying apple hardware or preferring the IBM PC-type OS.
Re: Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux
#48As someone who only has a windows machine to play games, specifically driving sims, I really wish my hardware worked on Linux.
My only limitation to ditch Windows for games is my nvidia card. I wonder if their drivers will become better before I go for an upgrade. I do have a Steam Deck for lower requirement games.
I run an intel CPU and an NVIDIA 4080. Works great on pop os. I do AI shit, too, without issues.
NVIDIA is pretty good on Linux lately. Id always wait a week before updating drivers tho.
Re: Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux
#492003 me thought Wine is a dead end project and a waste of developer time. Granted valve put a lot of effort into Proton but they wouldn't even have considered it without the massive amount of work done before, kudus to all the non cynical wine devs
2003 me was optimistic that wine was a dead-end, with games like Neverwinter Nights, and Quake 3 Arena having native linux releases. The Year of Linux on the Desktop was near, and wine would surely be a temporary stop-gap.
Turns out Linux needed a stable abi for games and Wine provided.
Re: Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux
#50Now look at what percentage of time users spend playing windows game is spent in a game that works on Linux. This raw game count metric is sqeued because everything someone releases a Unity game it will most likely work out of the box. Due to there not being that many game engines actively being used in modern times the scope is not huge. Bigger issues like Linux not having good enough security means that anticheats do not allow it.
See how with mac os, games like LoL and Valorant do not need a kernel anticheat because the operating system provides enough security.