• sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    Maybe I’m steeped in the past, but if your PC is for gaming, what do you gain by running Linux over Windows?

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      5 days ago

      what do you gain by running Linux over Windows?

      Not using Windows.

      But more seriously, you’d be astonished at the progress over the last ~3 years. I don’t play that many games but have yet to run into one that doesn’t work.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      Preference? What do I gain by running Windows over Linux? My games work just fine on Linux…

      Yeah, gaming is the primary use right now, but I use my computer for other stuff as well, and I prefer Linux for all that other stuff.

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 days ago

      You’d be surprised how many Windows-only games run better on Linux+Proton than on Windows itself. There is far less system overhead on Linux.

      Coupled with the standards too: Linux tends to be more secure, it’s free, you have more choices, etc etc. I switched both of my gaming rigs to Linux a few years ago and never looked back.

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      5 days ago

      Not having an update happen in the middle of a competitive game.

      That happened to me and is actually why I installed Linux fully and stopped dual booting