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Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
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Re: Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
#42Linux does not dragged down in performance by the thousands of virus and malware scanners.
Re: Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
#43If you purpose build a Linux gaming PC, would you lean more towards AMD GPUs over Nvidia?
AMD. The final holdout, HDMI 2.1 support being blocked by the HDMI group, has been overcome w/ the HDMI group relenting and support is now landing in the kernel (expected in 7.2). https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/further-expanded-amd-h...
any reason why we are using hdmi over display port?
Re: Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
#44If you purpose build a Linux gaming PC, would you lean more towards AMD GPUs over Nvidia?
AMD does a lot of work to ensure their support for Linux is first-class.
With the kernel now natively supporting their systems, you can expect good support.
It's earned them some good will over Nvidia
which has gotten better recently with the rise of AI, but still requires users to jump through a couple of hoops due to their attempts to protect their IP.
Re: Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
People say you will have less problems with AMD but I am using a Nvidia GPU for years now (on Cachyos and Pop OS) without issues. I'm using Steam and Proton pretty much exclusively though.
Which card and which drivers? I switched from Windows 10 to Xubuntu last year and have had endless issues with my Nvidia card (GTX 970). At the moment, I can't even use the desktop without annoying flickering & hard to diagnose / fix bugs. Its an old card so I have no idea why I'm still struggling to get it to work. Is it perhaps because I'm using Xfce? I heard that Nvidia cards play better with Wayland although I ha…
I can't speak for the parent but I have a 5090 and it works perfectly fine
Re: Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
AMD. The final holdout, HDMI 2.1 support being blocked by the HDMI group, has been overcome w/ the HDMI group relenting and support is now landing in the kernel (expected in 7.2). https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/further-expanded-amd-h...
any reason why we are using hdmi over display port?
The vast majority of the TVs only come with HDMI .. not even good enough analog inputs anymore..
Re: Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
#47I remember when XDA was the home of Android homebrew hackers working on things like CyanogenMod. It's so strange to see it repurposed as the brand for the same quasi-correct tech article slop that gets parroted between all the big blogs. Tom's Hardware is a bit before my time, but I remember it being well regarded. I've seen a lot of similar articles under that name lately. I wonder if they've undergone similar fates…
Same with all the bigger tech blogs from a decade ago. How-To Geek is completely overrun with the same sort of slop. Finally had to remove it from my RSS reader.
Oh look at that, XDA and HTG are both owned by Valnet:
Re: Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
#48I predict that ntsync will eventually evolve into full blown ntoskrnl.ko and there would be virtually no overhead on calling Windows API. You can almost call it a Linux Subsystem for Windows.
It would be fun to call it Windows Subsystem for Linux!
Re: Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
#49If you purpose build a Linux gaming PC, would you lean more towards AMD GPUs over Nvidia?
People say you will have less problems with AMD but I am using a Nvidia GPU for years now (on Cachyos and Pop OS) without issues. I'm using Steam and Proton pretty much exclusively though.
Nvidia on desktop has been mostly fine, if not rock solid, on the happy path they provide.
But their happy path hasn't included proper wayland support for a long time.
Nvidia on laptops? Insert the famous Linus Torvalds meme here
Re: Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
#50If you purpose build a Linux gaming PC, would you lean more towards AMD GPUs over Nvidia?
AMD. The final holdout, HDMI 2.1 support being blocked by the HDMI group, has been overcome w/ the HDMI group relenting and support is now landing in the kernel (expected in 7.2). https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/further-expanded-amd-h...
I sort of figured that HDMI stupidity was strategically a good thing as it sort of brought the dynamic of the HDMI consortium and VESA. specifically how they treat the end users, more to the public eye.
That is, more people being subtly pushed to using display port is not a bad thing.