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For all the doubters that Linux gaming is smoother and faster. (video.hardlimit.com)
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A video for any doubters that Linux gaming is better than Windows in which it DESTROYS Windows by 25% in AC Odyssey. To put it in perspective, 25% improvement is like getting a new GPU. You can save $600 and instead use something like OpenSUSE Tumbleweed for free.

DISCLAIMER: I don't really care to make Linux look better but I did a video some days ago and EVERYONE (on Reddit) told me Linux gaming CANNOT be faster or smoother. This is the proof it's both and more videos will be coming.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You really feel like the only reason to use or not use Linux is how much you can game on it, eh?

I'd rather push Linux for its strengths than lie and spread misinfo to lead people to believe Linux is always better than Windows at gaming perf. There's many times it's not, or it's incompatible, or you need to spend possibly hours finding the right community-developed launcher / recompilation to get it to run. Gaming on Linux is a mess, that's the only certainty about it lol

The abject strengths of Linux are its command line, its customisability, its compatibility with various utility softwares, and its productivity. Instead of drinking copium over a fruitless effort, just focus on actual strengths lmao

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linux gaming is definitely not a mess. XD

But beyond that, I don't care how Linux performs in games. I play CP on RT Ultra in Linux while on Windows it has double the performance. Too much of a hassle to reboot while Linux has liek 30 measurable advantages.

I just want to dispel the myth that Windows is better for gaming, cause it's not.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Windows is more easily compatible for gaming, generally, and for 90% of people that's all that matters. Specifically various anti-cheats do not play well with Linux.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree about the anticheat games. Beyond that if you don't play some extremely niche 1995 game, Linux will most probably work fine and better on an AMD system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I'll agree with that at least. Issue is how prolific kernal-based anti-cheat software is in multiplayer games. Hopefully some day they'll become more generally linux compatible. Make that happen and get Playnite^no^ ^not^ ^Lutris^ ported natively to Linux and it'll become my daily driver instead of just my development station and webserver.