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Linux Gaming with Steam is actually quite nice these days. I spent about 3 years using an Ubuntu desktop for all my gaming at home. Most of the games I played i
by mabbo 7y ago
Linux Gaming with Steam is actually quite nice these days. I spent about 3 years using an Ubuntu desktop for all my gaming at home. Most of the games I played installed via steam and worked great on Linux.
The only reason I switched back to a Windows Desktop was that there were just one or two games I specifically wanted to try, but couldn't install to Linux. And once I had switched back (and paid the price for Windows) there were no games that needed Linux, so no motivation to go back.
- Scaevolus 7y agoThe article is discussing optimizing Proton, a version of Wine embedded in Steam, meaning you can (try to) play Windows-only games on Linux with minimal effort. It works quite well, though graphically intensive games are more likely to experience glitches or slowdown from the translation.
- washadjeffmad 7y agoI don't have the nerves to bear a native Windows install in my environment, so I turned their LTSC into a "Windows Gaming Container" with VFIO. Alright, it's a headless VM, but it's pared down with 'unfuck' and other telemetry- and uselessness- neutering projects into something safer. Lookingglass peers into one of my GPU's framebuffers, so it lives inside a window on my Linux host. It's also been at least a year since I've needed it, though, since Steam and wine cover everything else I'd want to play or run, so it might be time to cut it loose for good.
- Shorel 7y ago> there were no games that needed Linux That will never happen. You game in Linux because you need Linux first and games second.