I went full Linux a few months ago and haven’t looked back. Steam has superb support for basically everything I could want to play – in some cases I feel like Linux actually performs better than Windows on the same hardware. I really appreciate the huge investment Valve made into making Linux gaming work.
Only thing so far is other game launchers, and VR. I’m still dual booting, especially for VR.
For other game launchers use bottles
I’m not well versed with bottles, is there a good resource for that?
I honestly just watched a youtube tutorial
You probably can look into the arch wiki although if you don’t use arch there may be some differences.
If i find the youtube video i will edit this comment and link it [here]
Alternatively here is how i did it:
•Install the bottles application (from the aur) •install proton ge runner •Create a new bottle •select proton ge as runner for said bottle •Download launcher installer (battle.net in my case) •run application > battlenetinstaller.exe (or however it’s named)
in some cases I feel like Linux actually performs better than Windows on the same hardware
What are those cases?
@Llewellyn
File system operations are often faster. This is in part due to Windows doing more; it has a more complex and more flexible permissions system.Spawning threads and processes is also normally faster. Linux apps thinks nothing of spawning lots of processes with abandon, then have them opening and closing files all over the place. If you move it straight over to a Windows machine it will tend to run very badly as a result.
I’m in the process of swapping over now. Certainly some speed bumps after many years of Windows, but it’s been kind of fun.
There are a few games I’ve hit that I can’t play, but that why I’m dual booting for the near future. Linux as the daily driver and then back to windows when I have to.
Yeah a lot of games with really strong anti-piracy just don’t work at all. I was shocked that Roblox was one of the few ones that just wouldn’t make the jump, for example, Grapejuice notwithstanding.
Pro tip: You don’t have to deal with anti piracy if you pirate it.
Oh the beautiful irony
I took the steam deck on my last trip out of country to use on the flight.
There was a monitor, mouse and keyboard at my destination. I worked for several weeks and used the steam deck in desktop mode for me, and used remote desktop on it for work.
So I didn’t have to bring my laptop anymore.
Awesome little device.
The fact that Valve decided to not lock it down and let you use it as a PC is hands down one of the best things about it.
The Steam Machine lives!
@yogthos I just got a Mac but I would love to have a laptop that has Linux and play triple AAA games.
I picked up a Steam Deck and find it’s pretty good for all my gaming needs.
