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I am and always was a casual gamer, I like playing puzzles, strategy and builder games, sometimes I play with friends some 7 days to die or AoE2. I am on Linux Mint for more than a year now and was surprised how easy gaming was. From time to time I had problems with weird DirectX error messages, but all in all everything just worked.

My setup:

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Super
  • 32 GB DDR4 RAM

So last week my girlfriend worked on my computer (we are not living together), she wrote some bills for customers and did some table stuff in calc. When I asked her at the end of the day how it was to work on Linux, she shrugged and said "Oh I didn't notice" lol (using Cinnamon as DE btw).

Today she bought Until Dawn the remake on Steam while she is here and because she really wanted to play she downloaded it to my PC. She just started to play and everything was great. I wondered again if I should say something like "you see how great you can game in Linux", but then it came to my mind - she doesn't care and she didn't even question it! The Linux Desktop got so mature, that non-tech people just don't notice!

I think the biggest "problem" with Linux adoption is that it does not come preinstalled on computers, and this kind of proves my point I guess.

Yeah that's all, I just wanted to share this with you guys.

P.S.: There were some bugs btw. but it turned out they have nothing to do with the OS.

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It was DXVK that really made thinks work, not Proton.

[–] madthumbs@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, first developed by Philip "doitsujin" Rebohle. It's a shame that Linux evangelists constantly praise Valve / Proton when the groundwork was laid out by others over decades.

It's no wonder there's a large history of FOSS developers quitting and selling out.

[–] Graphiar@lemmy.zip 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Tbf Valve definitely plays a part in simplifying the entire process. I’m sorry but without Steam even with Lutris and basic ass Wine the process of getting games to run is a fucking pain in the ass. At least Valve is what convinced people due to the nature of “Just download and run” on the Steam Deck. Plus verified games.

I don’t disagree with you but Valve does deserve some credit.

[–] madthumbs@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

Not nearly what they're getting. Maybe you forget when Steam was considered malware and the vocal minority was shunning it. Or overlook how they're becoming the monopoly that they claimed to be against. Or how they're the original 'you will own nothing and be happy'.

Do they deserve recognition. -What Gabe has done is for himself, just like all the other corporate contributors to Linux. Even if it were charitable; it pales in comparison to decades of Wine development. -The stuff that never gets mentioned. The GNU cult is fragmenting like denominations.