The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice
- Thread starter tehpope
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Nothing catches me more off guard than when a game on steam runs under linux without any finagling. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
prollyanotherlurker
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I hate that people listen to these faggots.
I don't know what Elon was replying, the context before that wasn't given. But his statement is correct. And why communism is such a shit idea.
Oh yeah and at the end he lets what it's really about for him slip. "Or just be trolls, no I don't want that"
I don't know what Elon was replying, the context before that wasn't given. But his statement is correct. And why communism is such a shit idea.
Oh yeah and at the end he lets what it's really about for him slip. "Or just be trolls, no I don't want that"
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I don't think any game I've tried to play has given me trouble on Steam the last two years, actually. And before that the one that did give me trouble was one which ran natively on Linux, which I had to manually set to run the Windows version through Proton instead because of a recurring issue with the Steam Linux Runtime. Proton really is very good.
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I've just set Steam to default to the latest version of proton for all games and I've literally never had a game not work.
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I want to switch to Linux full time, but I'm always having issues on my main PC with my graphics always being a pain in the ass to deal with at my max refresh rate 165Hz. I have a 3080, but I always heard that Nvidia is a bitch to deal with when it comes to drivers on Linux. Would it be easier to switch to an AMD card instead, or has Nvidia gotten a bit better? I'm eyeing the 7900XT as a replacement potentially.
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I find AMD to be more problematic, still get audio issues on my AMD systems from time to time. Haven't had an Nvidia problem using the proprietary drivers in a long long time. Just be sure to use a distribution that supports them so you don't have to download from Nvidia.
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It used to be the case that Nvidia was awful on Linux (except for CUDA, which has always worked flawlessly) and AMD worked great out of the box. AMD still works great, but now Nvidia does too, though with a tiny bit of setup required (either installing a handful of packages and setting a kernel boot option if you're on a DIY distro, or toggling "use proprietary drivers" in the system settings if you're on a simpler distro).
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If you have another drive lying around or are comfortable setting up a dedicated Linux partition, the best thing to do is try it out and see if there are any problems, ideally in whatever game you want to be sure works as expected.
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Anecdotal, but I game almost entirely on Linux with an AMD setup and haven't had anything I would consider a major issue over the past two years.
The Big Bad D
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This is probably one of the most annoying issues you can encounter with AMD GPUs: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/2950
Only happens during near idle desktop usage, not gaming, but requires a monitor restart with desktops that can recover from GPU hangs. Without recovery support, say bye to your session.
Only happens during near idle desktop usage, not gaming, but requires a monitor restart with desktops that can recover from GPU hangs. Without recovery support, say bye to your session.
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Really enjoying Mint XFCE configured to look like Windows 95. Don't game much anymore, but most of my library is old and I hate Steam and refuse to use it, so I'm sometimes sol on compatibility.
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has anyone used umu launcher to run windows games? https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher