Gentle reminder to everyone that support for #windows10 ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can’t upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options:

  1. Continue on Win 10 but with higher security risks.
  2. Buy new and expensive hardware that supports Win11.
  3. Try a beginner friendly #Linux distro like #linuxmint. It only takes about two months to acclimate.

@nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot

  • evranch
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    10 months ago

    In the last couple years Linux gaming has pretty much become equivalent to Windows. Depends on lowness of spec, your graphics card, and some specific games. Thanks to Valve’s hard work on Steam Deck support, most games on Steam either run just as well on Proton, or have a native port that runs better.

    I would say give it a try if you haven’t in a couple years.

    I had an old Pitcairn era Radeon with endless Linux performance issues. Now I have a 6800XT and the drivers are top notch. My Windows partition hasn’t been booted since tax time last year (stupid non-wine friendly financial software…)

    • joyvio@lemmy.wtf
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      10 months ago

      I’m using a 6500xt. It’s low to mid tier and I depend a lot on FSR as well as AMD Adrenalin Software. I don’t think I’m able to reliably make them work on Linux

      • evranch
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        10 months ago

        FSR works, but if you rely on Adrenalin then that does not. You’re mostly counting on graphics configuration built into the games.

        Though Gamescope can do a lot of what Adrenalin does (FSR, forcing resolutions both virtual and actual) but is less intuitive.

        Native Vulkan games obviously run better than D3D translation but DXVK is pretty damn good now to the point where I forget it exists.

        If your current setup works no need to mess with it, mostly I do a lot of dev stuff that works better on Linux and don’t want the hassle of dual boot. But at least know that it’s feasible if MS breaks Windows for good some day!