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Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm in a similar boat. There have been some setbacks, but I've been planning a desktop build to replace my gaming laptop from 2015 for a long while now. SteamOS has given me the confidence to commit to an AMD build with a Linux OS. I've been on the fence between a few distro options though. Maybe mint, maybe Nobara, there have been a few others.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is it going to be able to run decent games? I'm curious about support for GPUs. I guess VR won't be a thing for a while.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

VR "works", but as someone who uses it, I can't reccomend it for now.

Compatibility is wildly different between headsets. And no matter which route you take, you will need to tinker and troubleshoot. There is no plug and play solution right now.

If you want to plug in your VR headset, and just play some games, stick to Windows for now. If you're fine tinkering around, there's always SteamVR, but also check out Envision and Monado.

As for desktop games, you can find what works on ProtonDB. Most games work fine, with the exception of games with kernel level anti-cheat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks, that's about what I was expecting (if it worked at all).