this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023
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(The "Windows" slices of the pies are entirely made up by Baldur's Gate 3, which also runs well over Linux)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I would have played on Linux a bit more if I had enough space on my partition. Good thing I recently updated to 2 terabytes!

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[–] captainlezbian 5 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Linux wasn’t very good for gaming in 2016 when I first tried it. Then I tried again in 2023 and only switch back because I can’t get foundry to be easy on my arch based system, so like 3 hours every other week and for the least intensive thing I run.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Why are you using Windows for BG3? I've been using Pop!_OS and it runs perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The only game I play on Windows nowadays is Rocksmith 2014. That's because, due to the nature of the hardware, it is a bitch to setup even on Windows. Proton just isn't having any of it.

[–] Nibodhika 5 points 9 months ago

Damn, mine also has a Windows slice this year because one of the games I was playing with my wife didn't run well enough on the Deck so we played it on her desktop. It runs on Linux, it's just that it was a bit on the heavy side for the deck so the fps were bad and her desktop was already plugged to the TV

[–] Yinchie 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] GustavoM 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I wonder if that's why I like FreeBSD so much. I grew up with Windows, but someone in high school (old guy at the local community college I attended at the time) encouraged me to try FreeBSD and I really liked how different it was. I basically only use Linux now, but I still judge Linux by FreeBSD standards and I'd use FreeBSD if it had decent gaming support.

Or maybe it's because FreeBSD rocks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is this from Steam Review? Because mine doesn't have that part.

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