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    [–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    It is absolutely that easy to use Steam for most games on GNU/Linux now.

    In fact, even easier, because you can use the software center to get Steam, skipping the whole going to their website part.

    [–] knexcar 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Not quite, running 75% of games requires turning on Proton, and while it’s incredible they can run at all, many have minor issues and/or require setup to work well. Plus dealing with graphics card drivers that are extremely laggy by default unless you find and install the correct version of the proprietary ones.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

    That's exclusively an NVidia problem. Because their cards are locked down.

    If you have an AMD or Intel card, or even use a distro that deals with the NVidia drivers, you'll have no issues.

    While some games have minor issues, most aren't deal breaking and some even work better than Windows. Especially impressive because they're Windows executables running on a foreign OS through a compatibility layer.

    [–] BURN 1 points 10 months ago

    Even if it’s an NVIDIA problem, it’s still just a “Linux” problem for a non-experienced user

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