Then there are games that are hostile not just to Linux but even to Windows 10, like Battlefield 6.
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Unfortunately I tend to like games that are still among the damn 10%, like battlefield 6.
My philosophy is, if it doesn't run on Linux then I should be spending that time touching grass.
I'm afraid that philosophy doesn't quite work when you are part of a friend group that's playing together and you are the only one who even considers using Linux. I actually do play a lot of games on my dual boot Linux install but since we are currently playing a lot of battlefield I usually start Windows instead
Ah, the network effect. The god damn network effect.
Pretty sure it's way higher than 90%. As far as I know the only games that don't really work are games for windows live games and some newer games where the developers set the anticheat to not work on Linux. Not an issue with Linux itself, just that the developers intentionally choose to blacklist Linux. Can possibly get around some of this by using a VM.