4 ms·

> really well on Linux if you put in the work, see proton. That work is exactly the problem though. This is not an ideal solution for the average user. My dad

> really well on Linux if you put in the work, see proton. That work is exactly the problem though. This is not an ideal solution for the average user. My dad plays games and there is no way in hell I would give him a Linux machine to play games. If I end up buying him a steam deck (which I am considering) I will be installing Windows on it for him. Again I will point out the issues with this not being an officially supported release from the developer of a game. Meaning when they push updates they don't test on Linux and could very easily break it. It happened with Halo recently and could just as easily happen with another game. If we really want to argue that "if you put in the work" linux is a viable solution, it has been for years been viable as a desktop solution and many people played games on it. But until we enter a time that on Linux you are running native packages from the developer targeting Linux, we will remain in a situation that Linux Gaming will always be an update away from breaking completely. Not that Windows isnt either, but at least developers test their Windows release. Edit: For the record I would LOVE an alternative to Windows for PC gaming. Wether that is Linux, Mac, or something else. I despise Windows but I relucantly have a Windows PC. BUT I do not believe this is how we will get there.

CJefferson 4y ago
Random advice from personal experience: if you buy a steam deck for a non-techy, don't get them to use windows, the user experience is awful. Just use the default OS, and only install games that a labelled as working well through Proton. Anything else will be a fairly painful experience.
- nerdjon 4y ago
  I disagree, I have Windows on my steam deck and it works just fine. It is the primary way I use mine (Windows 10 though, not 11) because of the issues I have mentioned here. The only real issue I have is it being a small screen. But I just have any games I need on my desktop and its easy enough to tap an icon.
  - CJefferson 4y ago
    Interesting you had more success then me. I just got annoyed with the tiny screen, and lots of minor things that seemed to not work smoothly (although now I can't remember exactly what they were I'll admit).
wankle 4y ago
I detest ageist and ignorant comments like "My dad plays games and there is no way in hell I would give him a Linux machine to play games.". My mom and dad were gaming into their mid-70's around the time they passed away. I'm approaching 60 and have gamed for 4 decades and see no stopping. I've read multiple comments from people in their 80's and even 90's still gaming. Proton enables a lot of great games to play on Linux, I use it every day. Linux lets all users including non-technical, use it every day with ease.
- nerdjon 4y ago
  Great job just ignoring the issues I bring up and trying to wipe them away because of "ageist". I think I can speak on my dads technical understanding better than you can. We have tried to give him an iPhone and he has struggled with that so he continues to use a flip phone. The last thing I want to do is give him a device that due to Valve pushing a bad OS update (I mean the last Update made it so I could no longer boot normally and I had to do a boot from file and then fix that in the terminal) or games won't load because something breaks in the update for that game, which has happened to me. That is not ageist to worry about a device not working as expected (which has happened to me, I just have the technical knowledge to fix it).

CJefferson 4y ago

Random advice from personal experience: if you buy a steam deck for a non-techy, don't get them to use windows, the user experience is awful. Just use the default OS, and only install games that a labelled as working well through Proton. Anything else will be a fairly painful experience.

nerdjon 4y ago
I disagree, I have Windows on my steam deck and it works just fine. It is the primary way I use mine (Windows 10 though, not 11) because of the issues I have mentioned here. The only real issue I have is it being a small screen. But I just have any games I need on my desktop and its easy enough to tap an icon.
- CJefferson 4y ago
  Interesting you had more success then me. I just got annoyed with the tiny screen, and lots of minor things that seemed to not work smoothly (although now I can't remember exactly what they were I'll admit).

wankle 4y ago

I detest ageist and ignorant comments like "My dad plays games and there is no way in hell I would give him a Linux machine to play games.". My mom and dad were gaming into their mid-70's around the time they passed away. I'm approaching 60 and have gamed for 4 decades and see no stopping. I've read multiple comments from people in their 80's and even 90's still gaming. Proton enables a lot of great games to play on Linux, I use it every day. Linux lets all users including non-technical, use it every day with ease.

nerdjon 4y ago
Great job just ignoring the issues I bring up and trying to wipe them away because of "ageist". I think I can speak on my dads technical understanding better than you can. We have tried to give him an iPhone and he has struggled with that so he continues to use a flip phone. The last thing I want to do is give him a device that due to Valve pushing a bad OS update (I mean the last Update made it so I could no longer boot normally and I had to do a boot from file and then fix that in the terminal) or games won't load because something breaks in the update for that game, which has happened to me. That is not ageist to worry about a device not working as expected (which has happened to me, I just have the technical knowledge to fix it).