Is now the right time to switch to Linux? (midwest.social)

submitted 1 year ago by mouse@midwest.social to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

104 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Experience: I have a bit of experience with Linux. I started around 2008, distro-hopped weekly, decided on Debian until around 2011, when I switched to Windows as I started getting interested in gaming. Tried switching back around 2015, this time using Arch Linux for about a month, but had some bad experiences with gaming and switched back to Windows. I have had a Debian and Arch VM in Virtual Box since then for testing different applications and a more coherent environment to work with servers.

Understanding: Which brings me to now, I am really interested in using Linux for gaming, I know there is Proton from Valve and that they have been really pushing Linux gaming forward with it.

Thoughts: I have been contemplating dual booting by installing Debian to an SSD and simply using the UEFI boot menu to choose instead of having to install to the EFI of Windows.

I guess, I should just do it, as it won't affect my Windows installation, and I could test different games and if all works well, move over. This would also allow me to try different distributions, though my heart is for Debian, I even like Debian Unstable.

Note: I am sorry for the wall of text, I am just kind of anxious I guess.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Nithanim@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

If the game is on steam it is pretty easy. I just install the newest custom proton from glorious eggroll. And before i start a game for the first time is select this instead of the default proton. Then it just works generally. I don't check protondb anymore, only in case of problems. I can't even recall a game that doesn't work currently. Granted, i don't play AAA, only indie games.

[-] 30isthenew29@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Got any recommendations?

[-] Nithanim@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

List of the best:

against the storm
deep rock galctic
astroneer
dyson sphere program
escape simulator
factorio (native linux)
hardspace shipbreaker
outer wilds
timberborn
valheim (native linux)
vampire surviors
talos principle
war for the overworld

Maybe:

monster sanctuary
grow home/up (ubisoft development but without the bullshit what you normally get)
len's island
superliminal
wreckfest
guild wars 2 (not indie and not non-AAA but still good; but you have to tweak a lot for performant gameplay)

Thats a quick list that i got at a glance from steam. It is a collection of a lot of very different genres, so there should be at least something in there for everyone.

Some of them I have not played in years and not sure about their current state but i am sure that they only became better.

[-] 30isthenew29@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much!!

[-] Nithanim@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

No problem! I hope you like some of them :)

[-] 30isthenew29@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I want to upvote you, but my Lemmee app won’t let me get to your comment, but I can react to it. I’m gonna have fun with some of these games for sure. One more thing, could you tell me what the post is where this comment chain finds itself? Then I could upvote you.

[-] Nithanim@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Glad that you might find some games interesting! The comment chains on lemmy are not working too great for me either. In the web UI of programming.dev and the liftoff app your comment in my notifications is fully interactable and therefore I am able to vote or reply. But if I remember correctly, the web UI is fully broken and shows my reply instead of your comment in my notifications if I reply. The context stuff is also interesting. On the web UI the context is not complete and I have no idea how it chooses what it shows. In the liftoff app it shows the context but a lot more than what I personally would call "context" (the complete tree of the root comment that was replied to). AND I am sorry, I missed your notification. The notifications in the liftoff app are so subtle that I basically have to check manually if I have any. And I don't check because I don't expect any.

Addendum: for Guild Wars 2 I have a shitty "guide" if you need one: https://gist.github.com/Nithanim/443362f7b76d9a8d18abea2cb0daa00e

this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023

89 points (93.2% liked)

Linux Gaming

15857 readers

2 users here now

Gaming on the GNU/Linux operating system.