▲ 931 ▼ Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux (www.tweaktown.com) submitted 1 year ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev 245 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ulterno@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (3 children) I just had to change my expectations a bit (which might be a lot for some), but the end result is pretty good. Always having bad Ping times in multiplayer games, helped out a lot with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ulterno@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) No. The internet in my country has high ping all over the place. So I never had a good enough experience with Online Multiplayer games for them to keep me on Windows. I wasn't playing online games most of the time anyway, before switching to Linux. I do play Elite: Dangerous, but that works pretty fine even with bad pings and it works very well on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ulterno@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (3 children) I just had to change my expectations a bit (which might be a lot for some), but the end result is pretty good. Always having bad Ping times in multiplayer games, helped out a lot with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ulterno@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) No. The internet in my country has high ping all over the place. So I never had a good enough experience with Online Multiplayer games for them to keep me on Windows. I wasn't playing online games most of the time anyway, before switching to Linux. I do play Elite: Dangerous, but that works pretty fine even with bad pings and it works very well on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ulterno@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) No. The internet in my country has high ping all over the place. So I never had a good enough experience with Online Multiplayer games for them to keep me on Windows. I wasn't playing online games most of the time anyway, before switching to Linux. I do play Elite: Dangerous, but that works pretty fine even with bad pings and it works very well on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ulterno@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) No. The internet in my country has high ping all over the place. So I never had a good enough experience with Online Multiplayer games for them to keep me on Windows. I wasn't playing online games most of the time anyway, before switching to Linux. I do play Elite: Dangerous, but that works pretty fine even with bad pings and it works very well on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent