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1725 points taubek | 1 comments | 27 Mar 23 05:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.228s | source
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kstenerud ◴[27 Mar 23 06:10 UTC] No.35323424[source]▶
I finally made the switch to Ubuntu Mate on Friday and WOW, color me impressed!

The only reason I stuck with Windows on my desktop machine for so long was gaming, and the last time I tried switching over was 10 years ago. Spoiler: it was a shitshow.

This time, things are MUCH better! The Mate desktop environment is simple, stable, clean, does the job and gets out of your way (kinda reminds me of Windows 2000). Steam's Proton makes running games a breeze. All of my favorites just work. I could even run battle.net as a non-steam game, USING Steam's Proton!

And the kicker? Blizzard's recently opened beta of Diablo 4 just worked. As in, I clicked install, clicked play, and it just worked. Perfectly. As if I were still running under Windows. I've never before seen such sorcery.

So bye bye Windows, except when I'm running one as a VM.

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birracerveza ◴[27 Mar 23 07:40 UTC] No.35323948[source]▶
Sadly there's still a few very heavy hitters that make Linux a no-go for some.

Genshin Impact and Fortnite are unusable.

Unreal Editor requires Windows too.

And I don't know how usable VR is on Windows.

Plus the random assortment of windows programs for which there could be a Linux equivalent but you really need that one that only works on Windows for some reason.

But at this point it's just a matter of time, I guess.

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1. eloisant ◴[27 Mar 23 09:11 UTC] No.35324517[source]▶
I know it's not the same, but both of these games can be played on cloud gaming (Geforce Now).

I have a subscription to GFN, not to play games not supported on Linux but to play on max specs without needing an expensive rig, and both Genshin Impact and Fortnite are supported there.

Anyway, it's never going to be a full drop-in replacement. Like you can't just replace your XBOX with a Playstation and play the same games. But still, Linux is a very valid option even for gaming.