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(The "Windows" slices of the pies are entirely made up by Baldur's Gate 3, which also runs well over Linux)

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[–] muhyb@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this from Steam Review? Because mine doesn't have that part.

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[–] 520@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only game I play on Windows nowadays is Rocksmith 2014. That's because, due to the nature of the hardware, it is a bitch to setup even on Windows. Proton just isn't having any of it.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Linux wasn’t very good for gaming in 2016 when I first tried it. Then I tried again in 2023 and only switch back because I can’t get foundry to be easy on my arch based system, so like 3 hours every other week and for the least intensive thing I run.

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[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What video card are you using?

[–] angrymouse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Not the OP but I have a similar graphics on steam. Using X11 with KDE I was using a GTX 1660 super until november last year, this year I'm using a 6700xt both worked perfectly without any tinkering. KDE Wayland tho has a lot of issues with Nvidia (devs say that is the opposite, the Nvidia driver is shit). But apparently gnome implemented workarounds for Nvidia and their Wayland support is better.

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[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been using Linux more and more recently but one thing that annoys me is my EndevourOS thinks the PC is not in when I'm playing games via a gamepad, therefore dims the screen and tries to sleep. How do I fix this? I'm honestly surprised I even need to.

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[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if that's why I like FreeBSD so much. I grew up with Windows, but someone in high school (old guy at the local community college I attended at the time) encouraged me to try FreeBSD and I really liked how different it was. I basically only use Linux now, but I still judge Linux by FreeBSD standards and I'd use FreeBSD if it had decent gaming support.

Or maybe it's because FreeBSD rocks.

[–] neatchee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The issue has never been that games can't run on Linux. It has always been a simple question of "will the games I want to play run?" More than ever, that answer is yes, but if your favorite game doesn't, or if you never want to worry about "will this upcoming (online) game let me play on Linux?" then you use Windows by default.

Like, I love y'all, but the Linux gaming community on Lemmy is kinda insufferable with the straw-man "people think games can't run on Linux" argument. That's just not the issue

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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

This past weekend I installed Ubuntu on an old Dell laptop and Mint on an old Toshiba. I just want to be able to play Open RA with some friends.

It runs on Ubuntu, but not on Mint. I don’t have the specs of either laptop handy, but is this a software or hardware issue?

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[–] pineapplelover@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Where are you guys getting this pie chart data from?

[–] deus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's from Steam's 2023 Year in Review. It shows up at the top of the store page when you open their app.

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