I am using Linux for 30 years at this point and it blows my mind that I can play AAA Windows games on Linux now
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2026
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I've been fooling with Linux for nearly as long. I ain't no gamer beyond the intense game of KPatience, but I'm amazed at just how far and versatile Linux has become. From servers to gaming to real-time kernels that can power industrial machinery. It's got something for everyone.
wait, MS cares about their product? then why is it so... gestures vaguely at the OS
Oof. They are about to inject a bunch of vibe code into the only part that functions well.
at this point just port wine to windows
Lmao imagine whatever improvement they try to do end up making wine even more performant
I have Linux on my personal computer and Windows on my work laptop. Best of both worlds. Linux is currently a very nice 0 stress experience for gaming/casual stuff. With Proton, gaming on Linux is nearly as viable as on Windows.
Yeah, as soon as you come to the conclusion that itβs worth not playing league, battlefield, apex legends etc itβs a no brainer now
get ventoy, start trying
Unrelated but the ventoy usb I keep on me really helped me today after a ram stick decided to die and corrupt my system along with it
Add a HIREN boot USB to your toolkit too.
CachyOS for gaming PCs, Debian for browsing laptops
Cachy is great
Everyone should try it once.
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An abstraction layer that reverse-engineers the Windows GPU and kernel syscalls and runs on a completely different operating system does better than the native platform after a decade or so of volunteer labor, and a few years of a couple paid devs.
How embarassed would you be if this happened to something you spent 40 years building?
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I dont even check if a game will work anymore on Linux, it always does. Last one was Planet Crafter which was a really good game. The entire planet is changing as you terraform it which is very fun to see.
Getting it to work is one thing, getting past anticheat bullshit to play MP is different. Luckily I'm really only into single player at the moment, which all work flawlessly on my bazzite.
There are good MP games that works on Linux, but if one really cares about a specific title (and I totally get it, we want to enjoy stuff with our friends and all) dual boot I feel is a good compromise. Sure it is annoying to reboot every time you want to play some X game but nothing is perfect and you can keep your windows install pretty minimal.
Fair enough. I hate the way windows has gone, so I'm perfectly fine with any flavor of Linux.
Planet crafter, steer clear of that game. That's some addictive shit, I 100%'ed that game before I even knew what I was doing. Really hit the subnautica style base building, alongside a progression system that frankly didn't take the piss with my time
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