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[–] Woozythebear@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What are the tons of upsides? Does my computer get 20% better performance in games? Do games never crash on Linux? I'm curious what these "tons of upsides" are. I game just fine on windows so I'm not sure what another OS can do to improve my gaming experience past what it already is.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I dont know your computer. As I said, statistically its going to be better since the vast majority of computers are not racehorses and will benefit from less bloat. There are a ton of things you can do on linux that you either cant do at all or with significantly more effort on windows. You're also not at the mercy of microsoft and whatever freeware runs on windows to make it fit your taste better because in linux you write or download a config to change things, no special programs needed.

Games usually dont crash more often on linux than on windows these days, linux also keeps you from installing anti cheat rootkits as well (by being incompatible with it) which might be a downer if you're really into an enshittified game.

I can go on about this all day but in case your question was rhetoric and you just want to veil your undying love for windows, thats up to you.

As always in life: If your concern is being right, you will always find arguments for it. If you want to learn stuff, there is plenty of opportunity.

[–] Woozythebear@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is some cringe shit right here.... you need to touch grass homie.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 7 months ago

So it was rhetorical. Good to know. Blocked.

[–] nestor@mastorol.es -1 points 7 months ago

@Woozythebear @haui_lemmy If you are happy with your windows gaming box and already on windows 11 or with modern hardware which is not going to get their performance crippled with win11 and you are not annoyed by the telemetry and the commercials inside your desktop nor by the fact that Microsoft is really pushing for using their online accounts in your local machine, then you don't need to switch anywhere.