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If you're using Windows for PC gaming, there are often no real alternatives. It's not always about workflows and compiling.

Nacraile 6y ago
There are lots of games that run on linux these days. Personally, my wishlist has a deep enough backlog of linux-supporting games that there's very little risk I'll ever be "forced" to dip into the windows-only portion of the list. For those times when I really just want to play a specific game that's Windows-only, dual-boot works great. I couldn't care less if telemetry tells Microsoft I start my PC every few months to play a few games ;) I'm pretty skeptical that there are many real cases where eliminating Windows as a primary OS is a matter of "can't" and not "don't care enough to tolerate an occasional minor inconvenience". The latter case gets little sympathy when they complain about Microsoft's bad behavior.
- bzb3 6y ago
  People don't want to play whatever is on Linux, they want to play what they want to play.
  - sergeykish 6y ago
    Out of curiosity I've installed Steam and checked featured game. Linux version has not started (not Ubuntu here) but Proton version worked. Now if Steam had productivity applications [1] and they had Proton version (not yet). [1] https://store.steampowered.com/software/ https://store.steampowered.com/software/ [2] https://www.protondb.com/ https://www.protondb.com/
  - Shared404 6y ago
    Pretty much every Steam game except multiplayer focused games works in Linux now. It's a high enough percentage that I don't really consider what OS it was built for before buying almost any game.
  - welterde 6y ago
    We are not talking about just a few games as in the pre-steam days, but ~30% of all games on steam have native ports for linux now and over 70% can be played with proton by now. And in the end you will always have to make a choice what games to play, since not everyone owns every console ever (which have exclusive titles) or the latest and greatest hardware to play the very latest AAA titles (quite a few of which have native linux ports by now)
- t-writescode 6y ago
  Unfortunately, many modern shooters use anti-cheat software that stops you from running them in Linux. They're my biggest barrier to being full Linux all the time.

Nacraile 6y ago

There are lots of games that run on linux these days. Personally, my wishlist has a deep enough backlog of linux-supporting games that there's very little risk I'll ever be "forced" to dip into the windows-only portion of the list. For those times when I really just want to play a specific game that's Windows-only, dual-boot works great. I couldn't care less if telemetry tells Microsoft I start my PC every few months to play a few games ;) I'm pretty skeptical that there are many real cases where eliminating Windows as a primary OS is a matter of "can't" and not "don't care enough to tolerate an occasional minor inconvenience". The latter case gets little sympathy when they complain about Microsoft's bad behavior.

bzb3 6y ago
People don't want to play whatever is on Linux, they want to play what they want to play.
- sergeykish 6y ago
  Out of curiosity I've installed Steam and checked featured game. Linux version has not started (not Ubuntu here) but Proton version worked. Now if Steam had productivity applications [1] and they had Proton version (not yet). [1] https://store.steampowered.com/software/ https://store.steampowered.com/software/ [2] https://www.protondb.com/ https://www.protondb.com/
- Shared404 6y ago
  Pretty much every Steam game except multiplayer focused games works in Linux now. It's a high enough percentage that I don't really consider what OS it was built for before buying almost any game.
- welterde 6y ago
  We are not talking about just a few games as in the pre-steam days, but ~30% of all games on steam have native ports for linux now and over 70% can be played with proton by now. And in the end you will always have to make a choice what games to play, since not everyone owns every console ever (which have exclusive titles) or the latest and greatest hardware to play the very latest AAA titles (quite a few of which have native linux ports by now)
t-writescode 6y ago
Unfortunately, many modern shooters use anti-cheat software that stops you from running them in Linux. They're my biggest barrier to being full Linux all the time.