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Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark

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Re: Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark

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Post by drnick1 »

yoz-y wrote: post #36
snowram wrote: post #16

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You over estimate the will/knowledge of everyday people to do anything else than buy a branded PC, install Steam and be done with it.

When I decided to get back into PC gaming during covid, I built a PC put Windows on it and installed GOG, Steam and Epic to turn it into a glorified console. It has been like that ever since. For anything other than gaming I use a Macbook. If you got the means and space, I think it's the easiest solution. I do play some games on the Mac, but the experience has been rather poor outside of indie games which usually wor…

> I built a PC put Windows on it and installed GOG, Steam and Epic to turn it into a glorified console.

It's fine, if you are willing to put up with the forced logins, spyware, ads, unwanted cloud/AI integrations, requests to update/reboot when you don't want to, and dozens of other anti-features that suck up resources and actively work against the user.

Re: Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark

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Post by tommica »

Novosell wrote: post #264
shevy-java wrote: post #235

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When I was younger I also was like that. As I got older, my interests in games decreased. That and also because I am too dumb to make wine work with games nowadays; it was easier in the 32bit era. :\ But the real problem is lack of time. There are so many things to do and so little time. Today's games are also not as interesting IMO. Most of them are just "who has the better 3D engine".

Games these days, just as before, are fantastic. Outer Wilds, Disco Elysium, Expedition 33, Baldur's Gate 3, Elden Ring(Nightreign), etc. And I've not even listed quite a few of my favorites cause they're not popular enough for most people to have heard of them. Weird to say you don't game these days but also make blanket statements about games these days :p

> And I've not even listed quite a few of my favorites cause they're not popular enough for most people to have heard of them.

And you choose then to NOT give those games you love more exposure and share them with the rest of the world?!

I'll start: windows version of Uplink game works great in proton, and if you install uplinkos mod on it, it's a super fun Hollywood-style hacking game: https://www.moddb.com/mods/uplink-os

Re: Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

echelon wrote: post #244
jjcm wrote: post #227

IMO the biggest barrier to linux is disappearing - the requirement to know how to use the command line. You still have to use it, but you don't have to know how to use it anymore with the introduction of LLMs. I also have switched my primary desktop from Windows to Linux, and now when I have an issue, I just ask an LLM. I play pretty fast and loose with just chucking commands it gives me into the command line. I'm pr…

Windows coasted on decades of entrenched users from two sources: games and Microsoft Office. Google docs demolished one of those.

If someone's needs are so basic that the crappy Google docs apps can meet them, then they could've been just as happy with LibreOffice. Google docs is not remotely competitive with MS office.

Re: Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark

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Post by abustamam »

I finally got around to switching to Ubuntu, keeping my windows partition open just in case. Other than a few configs I needed to copy from windows, I haven't felt the need to go back to windows. I control my work computers from my gaming machine using Synergy and a customizable keyboard (Zsa moonlander), and though it took some time to get things to work properly, it works without a hitch. I play games on my Ubuntu machine and also do some imagen work with comfy ui and it works a treat. Other than the keyboard shortcuts for deleting a word Vs deleting a line differing (cmd delete deletes a line, whereas ctrl delete deletes a word, but in 99% of other case, ctrl/cmd are interchangeable in shortcuts), the experience is great.

Re: Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark

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Post by groundzeros2015 »

flanked-evergl wrote: post #287
groundzeros2015 wrote: post #268

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You might like XFCE which to me is basically windows XP. It’s available in Debian install or as Xubuntu.

I used XFCE for years and liked it but it was so buggy and unmaintained. I recently switched to KDE and I am very satisfied with it.

Interesting. I haven’t ran into bugs but I also haven’t tried KDE.

Re: Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark

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Post by realusername »

strix_varius wrote: post #381
chrneu wrote: post #261

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disagree. it depends heavily on what the user is doing. that's like saying if you daily drive windows it's a near certainty you'll have to edit the registry or use powershell/cmd. It's useful if you know what you're doing but it isn't required anymore at all for most people. Most people just use their machines for the browser or office software. No reason to use command line for them, ever.

> No reason to use command line for them, ever. That hasn't been my experience. I suspect that most others who also daily drive linux would find it remarkable if someone used Linux every day for a year and never needed to open a terminal to install anything, fix anything, reset anything, update anything, follow any instructions given by any software they found and wanted to use, etc.

My parents have been using Ubuntu for 15 years continously and never used the command line a single time, I even had to retire the computer first as it was too old.

Re: Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark

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Post by Yiin »

bigstrat2003 wrote: post #423
echelon wrote: post #244

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Windows coasted on decades of entrenched users from two sources: games and Microsoft Office. Google docs demolished one of those.

If someone's needs are so basic that the crappy Google docs apps can meet them, then they could've been just as happy with LibreOffice. Google docs is not remotely competitive with MS office.

you'd be surprised how many users are covered by basic needs.

Re: Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark

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Post by bullen »

I recommend everyone to switch not only to linux but TWM (thin X11 desktop) and ARM (3588 to be specific).

That way you are saving 10x electricity AND moving away from M$ in one blow.

Then stop using closed source software, and start releasing your software as open or source-available.

And I promise the world will become a more peaceful place, slowly then all at once.

Re: Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark

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Post by wtcactus »

chrneu wrote: post #273
wtcactus wrote: post #143

About every 3 months or so, I install some gaming Linux distro (or, if I'm in the mood, install Linux Mint from scratch and try to configure it for gaming) and get solely disappointed and return to windows. Most of the Linux hurdles in day to day work can be overcome (mostly is the lack of the apps I normally use that cause some attrition, but with some compromises and some work I can get around it). But for gaming (…

nvidia 4080 here. I dont have any issues on Pop OS!. Drivers install and update just fine. Games just work. Bazzite is another popular gaming OS. My steam library is like 120 games with several pretty popular ones. Again, no issues outside of anti-cheat but I'll uninstall those games so i dont care. nvidia's drivers have gotten a lot better and their support docs are pretty decent. i had a mild issue a few months ago…

Well, before the 5060 Ti I have now, about 6 months ago I had an 1080 Ti and games absolutely didn't just work. In fact, the all thing was a very big mess because there isn't/wasn't proper support for 1000 series NVIDIA GPUs with Wayland and there was a big list of issues: VSync being an obvious one (but many others).

I had to configure (the few distros that still support it) to use X11 and live with another set of issues.

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