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[-] kworpy@lemm.ee -3 points 5 months ago

I like Linux a lot and do want to have it as my OS, but most of the games are either painfully slow or just instantly crash upon loading. No game has ran better on linux than on windows, so I'm stuck unfortunately.

[-] Alatain@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

There is no current game I want to play that doesn't run on Linux. Valve really has done an amazing job with proton and getting games to work as well or better on Linux.

Now, that said, I am not big into competitive multiplayer, so take that into account. Anti cheat is still a problem since most of the current ones need permissions that are not normally given on Linux.

[-] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

When was the last time you tested this? My steam library runs great, not to mention everything else that runs on Lutris.

[-] kworpy@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Nobara was the only distro that could even boot up all of my games without crashing. Some ran at a noticeably slower but playable rate while others ran at like 30 less FPS. Lowering the graphics to PS1 level hardly helped, and I just gave up trying to get my games to run like normal on Linux.

[-] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

That's really unusual. My experience has been the opposite on Linux Mint, most games run the same or better than when I was on windows. I had a little bit of trouble getting world of warcraft to work at first, but I was mostly done playing that anyway. I guess it's all down to what games you play.

[-] prettydarknwild@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

maybe you are running them with regular wine instead of proton

[-] thunderfist@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I just switched my gaming laptop to slowly running Manjaro. So far I've had good luck running most everything in my steam library, including some major titles. All look great at very high end settings. You should give it another go.

[-] hellofriend@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Really? I only ever have trouble with non-Steam games. Make sure you're setting the compatibility to Proton rather than the Linux Runtime since it often works better. I know if I try to play native Linux games I lose my cursor. Can I ask what hardware you're using?

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