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> Really? I've had pretty much no issues playing video games on Linux for the past 2 years. Yes, really. This just sounds like the standard Linux Desktop evang
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
> Really? I've had pretty much no issues playing video games on Linux for the past 2 years.
Yes, really. This just sounds like the standard Linux Desktop evangelist "Works for me! (TM)". Take this case [0], where in it is claimed that support requests for Linux were vastly disproportionate to the number of Linux users.
Linux has huge problems as a platform due to its fragmentary and ever-changing nature combined with its near-total disregard (in userland) for backwards compatibility. People have been screaming this at the community for the better part of a decade and a half (including Linus himself!) and mostly falling on deaf ears.
Which is not to say that one should support Epic if you do happen to care about gaming on Linux. Quite the opposite, as Valve has done more than anyone[1] to try and make it work.
[0] https://twitter.com/bgolus/status/1080213166116597760 https://twitter.com/bgolus/status/1080213166116597760
[1] With the exception of the entire WINE project in general
- Kaze404 6y agoI agree. Linux definitely has a long way before it's usable for the majority of the public for gaming. I only wanted to point that out because the myth that Linux can't play games still exists for some reason, while I'm sitting here playing every game that I want (except for those with rootkit anti-cheats. I have a VM for them).
- BoorishBears 6y agoWhere in my comment do I say Linux can't play games? My comment literally doesn't make sense _unless_ linux can play games "Linux definitely has a long way before it's usable for the majority of the public for gaming", is the crux of my comment. Linux users on here just get very defensive when you bring up very obvious shortcomings and immediately go into "it's not that bad"-mode
- pjmlp 6y agoA very loooong way, hence why game studios rather target Android instead, and using the NDK is anything but fun.
- msla 6y agoInsisting that Linux can't do something is a poor way to argue, especially when it's in the face of someone saying Linux can do precisely that.