Millions of gamers are facing a critical decision; upgrade their operating system, invest in new hardware or explore alternatives like Linux with the end of ...
  • Konstant@lemmy.world
    3·
    7 hours ago

    They could have talked about how also flatpak gives access to other games and emulators or even steam if you are so inclined

  • theoli@startrek.websiteEnglish
    4·
    9 hours ago

    I have a dual-boot Windows partition just for games and I keep using it less and less. Valve has done incredible work with Proton. It has been months since I have booted into Windows, and that’s with a weekly games night where we are generally trying something new every week.

  • moody@lemmings.world
    151·
    17 hours ago

    Are there distros that are actually unsuitable for gaming, besides ones that are designed to be CLI-only or specific to antediluvian hardware?

    I feel like gaming-specific distros just include stuff that you could otherwise just manually add to any other distro and make it suitable.

    • Mora@pawb.social
      2·
      5 hours ago

      Depends on what you want to play. If you want to play current games with current hardware then current kernel and drivers help a lot. A base Debian would (if it even works) probably less FPS than an current gaming distro.

    • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
      9·
      17 hours ago

      I will say there is something to be said for out of the box experience. Im on zorin mainly because it has a lot out of the box. Granted its not a great gaming one necessarily as it is stability focused over bleeding edge but I could see ones where the gaming elements are ready right after install as being desirable.

      • moody@lemmings.world
        7·
        16 hours ago

        Agreed, I’ve been running gaming-focused distros mostly because of the convenience of everything being ready and set up, but I’ve never had any issues on a non-gaming distro to set it up for gaming either.