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Gaming on Linux is great! (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know, lame post, but I wanted to say that Linux gaming has gotten soooo much better, to the point that I honestly think my games are running better than on Windows. I've played so many games, but notable ones are Halo: MCC, MS Flight Sim 2020, Satisfactory, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and right now I'm starting a full playthrough of Dragon Age.

Dragon Age is notorious even on Windows for being a pain because it's such an old game. You have to install the 4gb patch, and even then it's a bit rocky. Not on Linux though! I did have to install PhysX but I googled it and saw it was 2 buttons to install on Linux! Now it's been rock solid and stable, with no crashes.

Linux gaming may have a high bar to learn, but that bar is constantly getting lower! Exciting times!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are different usecases for different people. For the people who like Arch, installing everything yourself is a value-add, to us it means the system gets out of our way. You set it up one time and it just works.

It feels very odd to describe it as "getting out of the way" when it's actually getting in the way with its lack of features.

I'm not trying to say people shouldn't be using or enjoying distros like Arch or Gentoo, I just find the way people talk about them peculiar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

People who talk about it like this are people who probably value a few things:

learning (in general)
self-improvement
deep understanding over their system
control over their belongings
trust/safety in their system

DIY distros naturally provide these things by forcing you to go through their manual install process.

Think about it like how Goku always finds ways to get stronger and better at what he does by sheer effort.