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Linux continues its rise in Steam Survey (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] 10 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

I'm seriously considering switching, but every thread about how 'easy' it is always devolves into a bunch of arcane computer-speak that I'm really not interested in learning at this point. I really just use my PC for web browsing and simracing/gaming these days, and I don't want to need a computer science degree to do that.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I agree. However, I will say, in my experience, if you want to use it exclusively as a gaming PC and exclusively with Steam, and without any sim peripherals, and without some competitive online multiplayer games, it works extremely well, and without any hassle.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

    How is it with Moza products?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I don't know what that is.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    In my case, it's a direct drive steering wheel and pedals. They make cool stuff.

    I also run a Quest2 for VR through Virtual Desktop, and Assetto Corsa modded to the hilt. It can be cranky enough getting it all stable on Windows. If I could be sure that all runs on Linux with minimal fucking around I'd probably switch.

    I've got about 25GB of space on my C: drive. Would a dual boot be viable until I can be sure everything is working?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    it's a direct drive steering wheel

    Yeah, probably none of that is going to work without lots of tinkering.

    I also run a Quest2 for VR through Virtual Desktop

    VR is also notoriously problematic in Linux.

    Would a dual boot be viable until I can be sure everything is working?

    Not really necessary, that's what live boot disks are for (basically booting from a USB drive). To test if things work.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yeah, probably none of that is going to work without lots of tinkering.

    Yeah, pass then. That's what I suspected. Thanks.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    There a couple options for moza/other DD stuff, personally I use https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.lawstorant.boxflat But there is also https://github.com/JacKeTUs/universal-pidff

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