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YotLD jokes aside, one of the big historical lock-ins for Windows has been gaming, but the work done on Proton for the Steam Deck has made Linux a viable option
by mjr00 3y ago
YotLD jokes aside, one of the big historical lock-ins for Windows has been gaming, but the work done on Proton for the Steam Deck has made Linux a viable option if the only thing keeping you on Windows is games. It's still not for your grandma, but I know a few gamers who have made the switch, largely due to how awful Windows 11 is, and they haven't regretted it.
- jszymborski 3y agoMy Windows partition, which ostensibly exists for gaming, sees little action these days. Proton truly has made 90% of games I play awesome on Linux, not to mention that games are increasingly targetting it natively.
- Geisterde 3y agoDid the same, after a year I decided I wanted the extra space and havent looked back. If a game doesnt run, well, I didnt need that game, personally.
- Silhouette 3y agoThe biggest problem with games not running well on Linux now seems to be the invasive anti-cheat malware that some of the big online titles demand. It says a lot about Windows and Linux as "secure" platforms that this concept exists at all on one of them but effectively doesn't on the other.
- Geisterde 3y agoSometimes games dont run, and im not tech savvy enough to press the issue, but it is well worth my piece of mind to be off windows.