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1173 points davikr | 5 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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thadt ◴[12 Nov 25 18:29 UTC] No.45903896[source]▶
Pretty much the only reason I boot to Windows anymore is to play games with my kids and family. The direction of this thing is dangerously close to being all I'd care about from a desktop computer.

If Valve pivoted into making a well-supported laptop with good hardware that ran Linux and played games...

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ugurcant ◴[12 Nov 25 18:46 UTC] No.45904165[source]▶
I was in the same shoes, then one day I decided to give a shot to Bazzite. To my surprise the installation was extremely smooth, and everything worked right away. Now I’m playing almost everything on it (Arc Raiders, EU V, HLL and Horizon FW recently). If you want to _try_ all you need is 15 minutes, some HDD space and an empty USB. You don’t have to give up Windows at all, dual booting is also pretty smooth.
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1. barbazoo ◴[12 Nov 25 19:43 UTC] No.45905284[source]▶
Loved the concept, tried it out, didn't work, at least not for RDR2 which I was trying to play. But how would it work, there is Linux, Bazzite, then there is Steam, RDR2 needs the Rockstar launcher, it's such an intricate web of dependencies, I'm not surprised something isn't working.
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2. computerex ◴[12 Nov 25 20:04 UTC] No.45905650[source]▶
RDR2 has a gold rating: https://www.protondb.com/app/1174180

It should work with some tinkering.

3. lbschenkel ◴[12 Nov 25 20:10 UTC] No.45905762[source]▶
I have finished RDR2 on Bazzite (story mode), zero issues.
4. amlib ◴[12 Nov 25 20:48 UTC] No.45906432[source]▶
When silly DRM or a game launcher is all that is keeping you from enjoying a game, that is when you get the pirated version without any of this bs and enjoy it without remorse.
5. Wojtkie ◴[12 Nov 25 21:25 UTC] No.45906948[source]▶
RDR2 works great on my AMD Linux machine.