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I don't mean this to be a judgement of Proton but rather a reiteration of the fragmentation problem with Linux. Most of the issues users have with Starfield ar
by sosodev 3y ago
I don't mean this to be a judgement of Proton but rather a reiteration of the fragmentation problem with Linux.
Most of the issues users have with Starfield are the product of having a set incompatible software. Nvidia users often fail to run the game when their driver is too new. AMD users often fail to run the game when their driver is too old.
There's a broad range of issues like this in Linux land that are very difficult to track and understand. Users seem to understand that its a package management issue but have no clue how to fix it. So they end up reiterating pointless "rolling release bad" or "stable release bad" rhetoric.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoWell, people shouldn't be gaming on stock Ubuntu LTS. It would be like gaming on out of date version of Windows with ancient drivers, and expecting a brand new game to just work. And DIY maintenance on Arch Linux is part of the pitch (especially when running Nvidia drivers). Distros that pitch themselves as gaming distros (like Fedora Nobara, Garuda, CachyOS) tend to offer a far superior out-of-the-box experience. Windows is in that category too, as Microsoft rather explicitly targets gaming more than, say, base Ubuntu or Fedora.
- sosodev 3y agoYou do realize you're repeating the same "distro bad" rhetoric, right? It's not all helpful or even representative of the underlying problems. Every single distro has major issues. Whether or not they affect you is a crapshoot.
- mananaysiempre 3y agoThere are issues and there are out-of-scope uses, and cutting-edge software on Ubuntu LTS is definitely in the latter category. If you need to run new things, you are not the target audience for LTS releases and shouldn’t be using them. Don’t expect time-travel compatibility from the backported bugfixes that an LTS calls “updates”. That doesn’t make Ubuntu LTS bad. If you have a box that you intend to set up in a closet and forget for three years, but still don’t want to turn into a glaring security hole in six months, Ubuntu LTS with updates applied automatically or over SSH is a good choice. (Granted, I happen to think Debian is a better choice, but reasonable people can disagree here.) Just don’t expect the latest shinies from it.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoYes, this is a better way to say it. Some tasks or features are just out-of-scope for some distros, as they should be.