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Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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[–] 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

Gaming on Linux is like gaming on Windows 20 years ago when you spent more time just trying to get the fucking game to run than actually playing the game.

I got an error trying to launch a BF2 expansion that told me to contact the nearest rendering developer.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I think you've gotten some good replies here.

    My comment isn't meant to scare away people, but to keep our feet on the ground. Linux gaming has made amazing progress. If you play recent, mainstream games, it'll be very well documented, and most things will work, unless they're explicitly made to not work (such as certain anti cheat systems).

    If you play lesser known indie games, really old games, or more specific things (not sure how good VR support is?), you'll quickly encounter issues that may or may not be well documented. Also, in another reply thread to my post, someone commented a game not working because he has multiple monitors on linux. Stuff like that is also still happening.

    So it can be really decent, but know that you might encounter issues. Give it a try and see if it works for the games that are the most important for you :).

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