good news is Valorant is already giving eyes towards Linux, bad news is you would have to use a custom partial closed source kernel in order to run. (it's not even official, it's just a thought that some dev gave on a Valorant forum about Linux support) and in the case of Easy Anticheat, they are full compatible with Wine/Proton, it's just a matter if the game devs want to opt in or out. now the new EA games like FIFA are using a new anticheat which is not that friendly with Linux nor they care about it at all, and the only thing that can change that is Linux users complain with them (EA).

@@draftofspasiba2 if only that would be true lmfao, considering league the only game i play gets vanguard, im hoping i can somehowi nstall vanguard on unix file system

and on my own custom linux kernel

Do you really want to install a rootkit just to be able to play games? xD

@@TheDZHEX no but what choice do we have when the games we want to play require it

I'm a normal gamer I don't use my PC for much really just gaming and basic tasks What do you use your system for that the freedom is that noticeable? If I want to be real the (windows spys on you) is not something that makes people want to change an os that have been used to and even grew up with so Linux needs to be literally better at normal and daily tasks to make people want to change Of course I don't like giving my data to Microsoft but if I'm going to experience problems on Linux that I never had on windows that wouldn't work

@@thewatcher6933 I'm also a gamer like you and I have Steam and Lutris accounts. I can play most of the games that I used to play with Linux, except for some that are probably made specifically for Windows platform only like the World of Tanks. In my honest opinion though, it's not probably because of any technical issue but an attempt by MS to monopolize the PC operating system by preventing the PC users from migrating to Linux OS. And making some games Windows playable only is one of the most effective ways. Other than that minor inconvenience, I have no issue at all with Linux OS. Linux has software repositories that have more than 60,000 free apps that you can download and install anytime you like. And those apps are 100% compatible, are as good, and some are even better alternatives than those offered by Windows that are not even free. And if you really have to install and use applications that were originally made for Windows, you simply have to use the WINE, WINE Tricks, and PlayOnLinux. You can also customize the Desktop to make it look like MacOS, Classic Windows (Millennium, XP, Win 7), or the modern Windows 11, or make it look like something unique only to Linux but with more functionality. There are so many good reasons why you should use Linux but keeping your data safe alone is a good enough reason. If your data falls into the wrong hands, you can get into trouble.

"It's absolute freedom and bliss" - could you tell us more why? I just need casual and office use and I think windows does it fine enough

@@wongsanggar It does fine enough for now. But in 2025, you're going to have to change operating systems. Probably again in 2028 or so. And as you approach those years, every update to your computer will make it run slower and slower. That isn't just 'what computers do', that's planned obsolescence that utilizes Windows updates as its crux. And as those new versions come out, more and more data is being taken from you. This isn't just something that affects you, it affects everyone, as you're giving all your information, compromising your privacy more and more by the year, to a company that happily sells that data to third parties - including political ones, that will happily use it to manipulate people as consumers and voters. It's all rather dystopian. I don't encourage people to move off of Linux because I think Linux is cool and people should agree with me. I encourage them because we pretty much live in hell, and removing Windows from your computer is probably the biggest and easiest way you can do something about it as one person.

@rexsarus1154 Because we're all telling you: We've never had to use the terminal. Everything can be done through the GUI these days. And, correction: You'll have to spend a few hours solving a problem that you simply couldn't solve on Windows. I've brought Windows users onto Linux and helped them get games going that simply weren't working before.

Lets just be free we dont need the dumb attachment

I mean, if you think about it, Compatability is really all about devices understanding each other. If different people from different countries had different types of skills but could all understand each other's languages, any incompatibilities disappear.

i don't really care about Fortnite the same thing is now with ROBLOX itself.

@@windo7 Yeah, Roblox doesn't work on Linux anymore, Linux loses in this point

@@bruno10505 I just hope in the future, people start porting things to linux, which i doubt will happen neverless

@@bruno10505 Their reasoning was really stupid, as it worked perfectly fine before with wine, but now they made it impossible to run even with wine and virtual machines because of "hackers" whatever the fuck that means. I still have no clue how wine and hackers are related

@@user-ks1oh2wx6o Linux users represents too little amount of players, they just don't care

you realise that you can do both systems, right?

@@divinehatred6021 What I realize is you didn't read my comment properly

@@InnerHacking i didnt see anything about you using both of the systems, so i assumed you hard switched to linux and then back? idk lol i didnt sleep for 30h

@@InnerHacking but yeah, as i see it now, the linux is good for games, better than it ever has been, and windows is good for work... even though, if windows 12 will be even worse than windows 11, i bet more of the people just will never update from 10 or just switch to linux, which might have perfect support of everything in a couple of years... just because a lot of entusiasts will be attracted by the Steam Deck alone

@@divinehatred6021 I'm not interested in gaming on linux all that much. I also used many distros over the years (still remember the hassle of connecting my 56k modem at the time and making the drivers work... that's how long ago I tried linux) and I always keep getting the same problems with them when trying my favorite programs. This distribution doesn't cut it for me, maybe there's some other who works well with my DAW but so far I don't have any solid justification to completely ditch Windows just because of the programs I use, which is what I'm looking for. Mac is also not an option.

yeah no one is buying that lol. if that was the you would think linux would be trying to sue for the use of there code and all but that doesn't seem to be the case i wonder way i know it open source and all so i guess that is way but still just because of that it makes mac and windows version actually mac and window and not linux because they changed the code to suit their needs and is no longer linux but something else.

There is no owner for linux. It is free to instal, copy, and to modify to your own liking or to create new os yourself on linux. Ever gas station in the world uses linux. windows is too heavy to run and too buggy so almost everything but our home and office pc's run on linux lol.

@@hornantuutti5157 i guess i would have to choke that up to use error then. because i have never had a problem with windows doing what needs to be done. though i can understand if you only got one or two system that need to be automated you use something else but i wouldn't call it linux though because once you start changing code it is no longer linux it is what ever you made it.

@@userunknown1030 >if that was the you would think linux would be trying to sue for the use of there code and all but that doesn't seem to be the case 1: Linux is open-source. Anyone can modify it (make their own distros). 2: No one owns Linux. There is not a company behind it, thus there is no way of suing someone for using it. 3: The rest of your message is, sadly, almost incomprehensible; I could not decipher anything beyond what was quoted. Please utilise proper punctuation.

@@Ed.07 yeah its the fact their open source that they don't do it. that would be a losing battle. what i was saying is that linux is just basically dos hyped up for no reason. people keep saying oh linux is used here and over their. i said cool but once you change the code it is no longer linux as you just pointed out.

Literally the hardest thing about Linux nowadays is picking the right distro.

@@MrProg-ey3tl you got a point but every distro is for specific things just search what you want exactly and you will find your dream distro

@@MrProg-ey3tl Idk, I still don't understand anything with it. I'm very low IQ, computers have always easily confused me, the more I try to learn the more confused I get. But I do want to try and learn Linux cause windows fucking blows. Idk, maybe I should just stay off computers entirely.

​@@prod7906haha I feel you. but just search for "best Linux for X distro" and roll with it. if you don't like it use another. the fear of failing is our greatest limitation

@@prod7906if you decide to stay unhealthy and on these darn screens use Linux Mint, nearly everything and everyone who uses linux will say this, because it's about as user friendly and easy to use/install as windows

CDs and DVDs and other removable devices are mounted into the file system - so for instance, it will be in /mnt/cd (rather than its own drive). The computer treats it as if it were just another file on your system. Lutris can then install it from setup.exe via wine like normal, and there are often specific installers written by people for the DVDs etc. to ensure all the prerequisites and options are set up properly.

@@ComradeFerret Most people don't have cd's or dvd anymore. If they have games from them they are backed up as iso' which of course can be mounted in linux. Many of these use DRM protection even wine and Lutris doesn't play nice with and you have to use no DRM patches to play them on windows but many wont work on Linux. It's best to keep the games on the platform they were designed to run on. Linux gaming is not grown up yet by a long shot.

@@DivergentDroid No? Cracks work just fine, if you want to use them. Chances are, those cracks were written in Linux.

The learning curve isn't steep. There's a new way of installing things, which is like an app store instead of finding software in your browser. You don't have separate drives and drive letters. One big mistake I think most people make is thinking that the root / is like C:/ and you can just put stuff on it, when everything you are likely to ever muck with is actually in /home/. Other than that, there's not a ton to learn that's crucial. What you can do is try the live iso and play around in there, see how you like the workflow. I'm also happy to answer questions and help you out if you need it in real time.

Unless you absolutely need windows, take the plunge. If you haven't gone into CMD or PowerShell much, then you probably won't touch it much in linux either. CLI is a beast in linux and allows you to do so much changing. M$DOS isn't used anymore but i like to joke M$ Denial of Service. lol. They deny you the services you truly strive for, even in their newer Kernels.

Most games run noticeably slower, in my experience.

@@EvoraGT430 it's 100+-5% generally speaking. some games run better some games run slower. idk how are games running slower for you.

@@EvoraGT430 the thing about running things on wine with good FPS is your card having Vulkan support, other than that i can say that either something is wrong or you should report a bug to WineHQ.

On scale of 1 to anonymous, how hard was it to make a dual boot system?

@@TheZettaze my technical instructor of my class couldn't even get it to work. Windows has made it super hard for itself to be removed without Master Chief and the Doomslayer to kill off the rest.

Test it with the live iso is the best advice I can give.

Same. After all these years, Microsoft was the one to convince me by making their software simply too atrocious to tolerate anymore.

Linux is Linux when it comes to drivers. Boot up the live iso and see. I personally have never had a time when the wifi drivers included don't work for the hardware, but you don't have to commit to test it out.

you've probably already figured out your solution by now. But if not or someone is still reading: WiFi is no problem here, same goes for distros like CachyOS. In the newest version of KDE I'd recommend setting no password for the KDE Wallet because that caused me to have to type in the wifi password on every boot (which is also fixable, but not having a password makes it just seemless). But if you need the extra security, of course do set a password. If you are dual booting with Windows: When you start your PC on windows and switch to Linux (any linux) later, do note that you might not get a wifi connection because Windows doesn't release the IP information for your router. I found a good solution online: Create a textfile on your desktop, enter ipconfig /release and save the file. Then rename the file and file extension to release.bat and double click that file before shutting down windows. Linux does that automatically when shutting down, btw.

Linux uses more VRAM due to proton and other compatibility layers. My GPU has 24Gb of vram and I can see about 1gb+ more usage under Linux vs Windows. So if you have a 8gb GPU and want to play vram heavy AAA games, avoid Linux. Otherwise the difference is not that big of a deal.

it cannot run rdr2 bro linux is not for gaming

@@Gen-ZVerse skill issue

@@djramiofficial or OS issue?

@@antonioytm 3 of them. hardware issue

Skyrim bros know the grit makes it worth it

that's the issue with linux. and usually with the linux "philosophy." you're spending so much time messing around with configurations that messing around with configurations becomes the main use case for linux. lol.

@@androth1502 That is what it feels like. No doubting it's easier now than 20 years ago when I first tried it. Much easier. For gamers the popularity of Steam Deck means more games are now built with Linux in mind (Arch Linux) from the ground up. But with 8 hours a week free time, spending so much of that messing about with configs and looking for home brew drivers that may or may not work. Reading long forum posts about how to get around this or that issue. None of that appeals to me. I do something very similar in my actual job - so doing it in my leisure time is not something I'm happy to do.

​@@androth1502lol exactly 😂

That's this issue with Linux in general. It's not supported, so you can't just install and play. You have to be well versed in command line changes, config files, and the awkward Linux filesystem layout to even BEGIN to make a game work. The fact that things just DON'T work when installed is a problem. This is why NOBODY in my family uses Linux. Even a Mac for that matter. Those systems are not supported by 98% of the programs out there. And for good reason.

Worse in what fashion? It may be the shaders, especially if you're running Nvidia. Do you have vulkan/mesa installed?

@@ComradeFerret I mean it looks much worse in graphics, as if I'm looking at an og game then going to windows and playing the remaster. I don't know what's that, I'm using an AMD GPU rx 5600 xt

@@justjk2452 It's graphical software. Without seeing your problem I couldn't say for sure, but you may want to have a look into it. I've never used Fedora, and don't know anyone who uses anything based on Red Hat, so I couldn't tell you how to set it up or what to look into. If you're intent on giving Garuda a shot, though, let me know how it works out.

@@ComradeFerret well uhh I'm trying to download grauda kde but everytime it says isohybrid something and when I try to boot into it nothing happen, and it has too partitions can u help me with that please?

@@justjk2452 What are you using to create the bootable drive? Rufus is Windows-only, grab Balena Etcher.

You can, but make sure you follow a guide. Windows likes to mess with Linux's boot loader.

You can dual boot, this would be ideal for you if you need both systems. However, if you mess up the installation you could lose everything. So like the dude said, back up everything important and DISCONNECT THE BACKUP. But please research dual booting first or get someone to help, it's not hard, but does carry risk

No, you use the same clouds (Steam, etc.) that you do in Windows.

I've heard drawing tablets do have problems on Linux. Can't really say much about it but I do have a drawing tablet that works out of the box. Huion tablet. I think some DEs also give you settings for some tablets in the settings app.

Yes, but except for new cards I'd recommend installing with open source drivers, and then letting the initial update install your Nvidia drivers for you. garuda-nvidia-config does everything for you though, yes.

Sounds like it's booting from the ISO. I've never used Oracle VM, but if there's a way to eject the ISO, do that after it's installed.

I know this is a bit of a late comment, but the garuda site says they don’t officially support virtualizing, and that it may not work

Thank you!!

Mods aren't an issue, nor are cracks. Modding platforms (like MO2) and cracks, in my experience, work in wine without any fuss. For specific games, look for them on ProtonDB - ie www.protondb.com/app/107410 . It will tell you how well the game works, and what tweaks different people have needed to get it working the way they want to on their build. Platinum means it works unanimously out of the box, gold means it may have troubles on some systems that can be solved, and silver means it generally needs some tweaking to work at all - though tweaks are never more complicated than installing certain winetricks (which Lutris can handle for you) or pasting in a command line argument. Looks like someone made a replacement for Nvidia Shadowplay specifically, if what you're looking for is a screen recorder that runs off your GPU: git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder-gtk/about/ I believe Arma 3 just uses Steam Workshop for its mods? If that's the case, then while I don't play that game in specific, my Workshop mods for Workers & Resources (which is thusfar my shakiest game; the music gets funny unless you run the Windows 7 version) all work perfectly fine. Performance varies game to game, person to person. I personally found a huge performance increase when I switched in most of my titles. Perhaps more importantly, your performance will never decrease on account of planned obsolescence in the form of Windows updates.

Let me know how it goes. I have tried to switch to linux 3 times over the last 12 years, and each time people will yell how easy and seamless it has become. But each time I encountered a very steep learning curve I just couldn't be bothered with. I just don't want to see a terminal, ever.

@@msct6080 You are unlikely to have to use one. Honestly the #1 help for getting onto Linux, getting over that curve of "this is a new system and I feel like my grandma opening up Internet Explorer" is having someone to answer your questions and make sure you don't make a couple basic mistakes, like trying to copy or install things to root. I'm happy to do that.

@@msct6080 Good news: You don't have to. Even as someone who now enjoys using the terminal (after saying the same thing you are now, for years lol) I still don't actually use it for anything game-related. It just isn't a thing. Lutris, wine, and Steam are all GUI stuff.

Your mileage may vary depending on the game you're running, and what you're running it on. For slower systems, many people report being able to suddenly play games that they weren't able to run before, when they make the transition from Windows to Linux. For me, games like Elder Scrolls Online are measurably faster and more stable on Linux. For some other games, folks report having a slightly slower framerate. I've also heard sometimes of some input lag on some games under certain settings. There do remain a number of popular games that need tweaking to run at their full capability (nothing more in-depth than running under a certain version of Proton, or installing a winetrick, which is simple enough to teach if you need a hand with it.)

@@ComradeFerret thank you!

A lot of them have linux alternatives

idk about battleeye but valorant's anti-cheat I believe wasn't working as many other windows-only kernel-level anti-cheats. Honestly, playing modern corpo stuff games (blizzard's, riot's, etc.) is always going to be hard on linux. There's always a trade. Sometimes it's for the better tho (?.

Easy Anti-Cheat works as of earlier this year. I think BattleEye still has issues.

EAC usually works just fine. BattleEye is often problematic. If a game has kernel-level anti-cheat it's probably not going to work. but to fair, I would recommend you stay the hell away from those games on Windows as well.

steam has EAC and BattlEye runtimes for Proton, although for rainbow six siege and probably a few other games, you just cant play multiplayer cause of a simple fix on Ubi's end.

I haven't had a laptop for a long time, so I can't speak from experience, but my understanding is that it's a lot easier on battery life, primarily because it doesn't drain it while your laptop is closed.

Should, yup. I personally paste that backed up directory into the default wine prefix, and run it from there.

You might be able to back up your Steam apps/common folder and paste it into the new one when you're through switching. Your mileage may vary though, I haven't tested it myself.

That's how I run my games, steam might not be super happy about it depending on your distro, for instance on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed I had to tell steam where my games were every time I rebooted, but it can still play the games just fine once it figures out where they are. I can't speak about other game launchers though, as I only ever used steam until very recently when I decided free games was a good enough reason to download the epic games store

You want to learn using the Terminal its the best tool for every case. If you make a mistake with config or anything else and the system is crash at boot you can revert changes by using terminal. Like my case when i watend mount another m2ssd i made a bad mistake and my linux is crashed at start but with terminal i can just revert my changes and the system is good again. (Does matter what u do once the lifetime u need to touch the terminal on Linux so dont be afraid from it.)

@@DeteCT0R when I first installed Linux, it was Linux Mint btw, I used Terminal for installing some stuff, personally I'm used to installing everything from the internet and later on I started using built-in tool that does that for me, but for more complex stuff I never really used Terminal just yet, but yeah, nowadays Linux is very easy to understand OS and I think that's really nice because more people can use it, especially people like me that are coming from Windows, I will probably try learning Terminal once I will fully move to Linux, for now I'm gonna just keep experimenting with it, and I'm not sure what distro would be the best for me yet, but I'm interested to try Debian 11 because it has same UI as Steam Deck and it looks kinda like Windows

bro what? he is leaving out so much stuff. lack of linux drivers, lack of software support, formatting issues, ironically wine rarely just works. the mentality of the os is different aswell, windows is made for morons that need to be guided with every step. linux expects you to know what you are doing (depending on the distro). troubleshooting also gets significantly harder.

@@permanentlybored195 Morons? Or people who dont have all day spend on troubleshooting to run program or game.. Bigger moron is one who is whiling to go on path where you need more troubleshooting when there are better and easier opinions

So gaming is still hit or miss. Disappointing to hear. I'd be all in if I could play all the latest, and past, AAA games. Been a few years now since I've used Linux and gaming always turns out to be the dealbreaker. Was really hoping they had caught up.

@@morganpike7612 it's improving a lot every day, but there are some companies that just don't want it to happen, which is absurd, but it is what it is. Even anticheat are supported, but the approach is ridiculous. They *gave the choice of allowing it on Linux to the developer*. This is bullshit. There should be no choice in that. Blocking users from a specific OS should be a crime. That goes against freedom and is completely non-sense.

​@@morganpike7612gaming is usually great unless the game has a crazy anti-cheat (which you probably don't want running on your computer anyways, e.g. riot vanguard), or the developers explicitly decided to prevent the game from running on Linux.

@@inconnn I'm sure that's all true. But unfortunately, that's all true.

@@morganpike7612 yeah, just pointing it out. but there really are very little games that don't work on linux at all, and a lot of games run fine, at least in my experience. it depends on what ur playing tho. pretty much everything on steam works great. stuff off steam u prob can get working but might not be as easy or seamless.

KDE options. There's tons in there.

I'm on Garuda Linux, with KDE Plasma as my desktop environment. Lutris does come in Garuda Linux's "gaming edition" install. Otherwise, it will be in your repository.

​@@ComradeFerretthere are so many versions of linux idk what to use i want to install a copy for gaming on ny cheapo dell i3 with 16gb ddr4 then once i figure it out put a copy on my wifes asus gaming laptop that windows 10 is toally choking out... Its a ryzen 7 woth 8gb DDR5 and a 1080 i believe

@@lionnotsheep6048 There's really only three different distros, every other distro is just sort of a 'flavour' of those three distros. And which distro doesn't matter to your experience as much as your desktop environment. For low-end computers like that, I can recommend xfce. It's pretty simple, Windows-like, and easy to get the hang of. Garuda has a version on its site that comes with xfce.

Make sure you're using the latest proprietary driver (after install). And I'm looking at nvidia-settings right now, it definitely has fan control.

Oh, that's fine. I was running three very large programs at once: Elder Scrolls Online, OBS, and Blender. Blender in particular likes to take up as much RAM as it can.

Yes. Install with open source drivers and it will install the proprietary driver when you update after first boot. Make sure to restart again after.

A couple weeks ago, I would have said no, but I understand there has been massive support for VR in the last little while, by both the community and by Valve. I plan on grabbing a set at some point. Racing wheel and pedals should work, but double-check your specific make. Some peripherals require proprietary drivers that don't support Linux at all.

I've got success making my CV1 work on linux with OpenHMD. About the steering wheel, if you got a thrustmaster you should go with tmdrv and Logitech with new-lg4ff.

It's only going uphill from here, hopefully in the future it'll keep improving :)

That would surprise me. Check them on ProtonDB, there aren't many games these days that don't run on Linux.

Gaming edition comes pre-loaded with gaming stuff: Steam, I think Lutris, and some optimization software. You can install this through the Garuda Gamer part of the Welcome screen through any Garuda installation, though, so don't worry too much about it; there's no other differences. If you want something you really can just install and start gaming on instantly and don't care about what Linux users call "bloat" - software on your PC that you may not necessarily need - then Gaming edition might be good for you.

VR is one of the more problematic parts. It depends on the equipment you have.

@@ComradeFerret Quest 2

@@bobbywrld999 Not wonderful, unfortunately. The HTC Vive and Valve Index are the only ones I believe that support Linux fully.

​@@bobbywrld999 yeah, if one could sell it and buy one of those two mentioned by @ComradeFerret, i'm pretty sure you would have a smooth experience.

​@@ComradeFerretballs.

Long as they work (ie they aren't games that use kernel-level anticheat), there shouldn't be any difference in latency. Vsync used to be kind of a requirement to avoid tearing, but that went away quite some time ago.

On Linux, drivers are usually in the kernel, with just a few exceptions. So it already exists, you just need some software for it. Garuda comes with fancontrol, and it looks like there's a GUI for it called fancontrol-gui. You can install it with your package manager (ie pamac, aka Add/Remove Software) via the AUR, or just type paru -S fancontrol-gui into the terminal.

I love it when companies say, It's for security reasons. 🤣 Same company later crying that next Office 365 Zero day leaked customer information.

if you mess around with themes and icons you cam make your linux distro look almost identical to windows 10.

It is admittedly weird that they say you have to use Windows for security reasons, when I've never met anyone who suggests that Linux isn't immensely more secure. Cysec folks generally run Linux themselves for their jobs. Most vulnerability concerns are in Windows, from attackers running Linux. Not a criticism or saying you're lying or anything, just something that's lived rent free in my head since I read your comment and I felt the urge to bring up lol I wonder if it's because of the potential for user error in an improperly configured Linux environment, and they can't be bothered configuring it.

@@ComradeFerret I think it's either that or something else. Either way it's only really a problem for me and the ten other people who requested in, so it's not really a burning issue for them lol.

@@ComradeFerret Its probably more simple than that. Some boss that isn't tech savvy sees he cant install the regular antivirus software he usually uses, OR he just saw a video on facebook about how hackers USE linux and took that to mean that they "hack" other linux users or something dumb like that.

X11 or Wayland? Wayland has given folks tearing issues especially with Nvidia.

@ComradeFerret tried both with the same result, tested garuda today with the same res, so im pretty sure it's the nvidia drivers, gonna try again later when i have the time (already sat up my dev env on windows again ;=;)

@@KanaanGM It must be, I've had troubles with Arch-based stuff and an older Nvidia card before. (750 Ti). Manjaro oddly didn't present an issue, nor did Ubuntu-based distros, so you may have better luck with that if updating the proprietary drivers (make sure you've got those) doesn't work.

@@ComradeFerret interesting, my card is relatively new (2080), i've noticed that it only happens when i Install the drivers. so maybe installing an older version of the driver may solve it, but will do it later. thanks for the advice :D

@@KanaanGM Wayland issues should actually be mostly resolved these days, even on Nvidia. I have a laptop on the side with an RTX 2060 with the latest stable driver (535.86.05) on latest stable GNOME (44.2) and kernel 6.5.7 and I have zero tearing issues, ever (including on previous versions obviously). What desktop environment are you on? You're sure you're using the proprietary driver, right? Nouveau unfortunately isn't adequate anymore for newer generation Nvidia cards (although hopefully we'll see some change to this in the coming years thanks to work being done making NVK usable).

Nah. If you're using something Arch-based, anything for Arch will work for you. As I said to others, I'm happy to be anyone's personal tech support. The Linux community being toxic is largely just a stereotype. I've had developers shell into my computer and fix my problem for me for nothing.

U dont deserve to be a part of it ;)

No. Different distributions doesn't have different technology and core packages, you just have to know what you are trying to troubleshoot, Is it the DE or Display server or anything else. A distribution just packages multiple different packages and Runtime.

U r right... Linux users r just toxic... And "Linux just works" is just as fake as the linux nerds have girlfriends

Get out of the mindset that you deserve to be spoon fed. Almost everyone who uses Linux has spent some time learning basics so no one appreciates someone who asks questions without knowing the basics especially when all the knowledge is out there clear and easy to understand and find. A small investment of time to learn the basics will reward you with eternal satisfaction from not having to use windows (garbage). Think of how much work the Linux contributors and maintainers put in for free. Learning the basics is the least you can do.

Well, I was running Blended, OBS, and ESO all at the same time without a problem.

Depends what you want to run, and how flexible your company is with what software you use. For instance, if you use cad software, there's a ton of very good cad software that runs natively on Linux, including that which the US military uses, but some companies dig their heels in and refuse to let you use anything but their own paid, generally inferior software.

Even EAC works as of a month or two ago.

@rexsarus1154 Yes, there's a Linux version of MO2 on GitHub that I use. If it isn't in the repo (I can't remember) I can help you with installing it. One of the only times you still need the terminal is when working with GitHub, but it's two lines to copy and paste.

The issue with Linux still is that you can't play specific standalone games like Project Reality (Arma 2 for potato PC lol) and Warno, and in addition, they run terribly on Wine or Win10/11 VMs. Can't use certain proprietary software like Adobe photoshop (and no, Gimp sucks, just admit it). But truth be said, Linux has come a looooooong way. I wish I could soon switch to it and say goodbye to Windows for once and for all.

If you're running an out-of-the-box distro like Garuda, they will be installed for you automatically. You don't tend to install things via looking for them on the internet, it's all in your package manager. On Garuda, the easiest way to manually install Nvidia drivers (ie if you installed the system with proprietary drivers and it gave you the wrong one, so you have to reinstall them), you're installing the package called "nvidia-config"

No, but it's also likely there are alternatives on Linux, if not something built right in.

Steam OS is really not a very good example. Ironically, it's the "idiot proof" system you're looking for, along with Android, both of which are locked down pretty badly. Changing language in KDE Plasma is as easy as two clicks. And I promise it won't brick your system. The only times you're likely to brick your system are: 1. You don't know what you're doing and try to like, chroot your root directory or something. 2. Install just whatever from the AUR without checking what people are saying about it, and whether it requires weird dependency versions. In both these cases, snapper un-bricks your system in seconds, with, again, two clicks. Linux is very much for the average joe, and indeed, as long as you can get over the hump of "/ is not C:\", then the more you let it be for the average joe, the more reliable it is.

Yeah, and complementing what he said here, Steam OS is an immutable-distro, meaning it can't be broken by system packages, instead you use Flatpak for installing an app/package you want. If you don't know what I just said here, just know that immutable Linux systems are the exact perfect solution for "idiot proof" you are seeking.

exactly bruh 😭the only games u will be able to play is old poopy fart games dawg

I have a few things to say about this. First is a question, have you ever used a steam deck or steam os. Second is the fact that Linux isnt just about gaming, so to have an entire community working together to do something it was never intended to is straight up incredible. It's the whiners that can't appreciate all the work. No one likes whiners. If all you do is wine (haha funny joke) then stick with your baby toy (very slow, much like crawling) known as windows which just works and let the people who enjoy it do just that.

@@appsaucetech i think the one whining here is you mate, i'm using linux for work, macOS (because why not) and windows (just to play games) and i'm spitting the fact that it can't run most of the games, that's just a fact , and no, i dont use steam deck or anything related to steam or any other platform , i hate that.

@@theawesomerb2807I use Linux (Ubuntu) for work, Windows for work and games too and I agree he's the one whining

I completely agree with you on the fact that it can't run all games, I was just mentioning that its pretty incredible it can run any at all. But you are wrong in the sense that it can't run most games, I'd say its more like a few. There are some that can't run but thats due to the anticheats running a kernel level of windows, something that simply can't be emulated or translated using the current version of wine/proton. I also understand why you see me as whining (I kinda was lol) it just sounded like you were a little misinformed on how many games it can run I guess no offense. @@theawesomerb2807

There's lots of videos that show that Linux does outperform Windows these days for gaming, mainly on account of Windows being horribly bloated. I wasn't able to have those settings I have on ESO until I made the jump, for example - much less have them maxed out and running OBS at the same time.

Yes, in my experience performance isn't QUITE on par with Windows, but it's often relatively close. However, I think the fact that you can just use Linux and enjoy all of the upsides of doing that far outweigh having to deal with Windows for slightly enhanced performance. Just my two cents ofc.

I would say it’s better just there is less dev support because windows literally payed devs and companies back in the day for more market share

Your mileage will vary. Some games, and some systems, will get a small boost. Some might see a small decrease. More and more I see people saying there's a boost than not, as things become better and the compatibility gap closes.

thnx for answer m8@@ComradeFerret

On lower end systems you can see a benefit as your computer isn't using 70% of your CPU in the background

"Linux isn't built with gaming in mind," they say, while closing an ad for the Steam Deck on their Android phone. Compatibility layers are fine and good and used by Windows all the time, too. In fact, the whole operating system is basically one big compatibility layer since it moved off DOS.

@@ComradeFerret Test, let say, 10 game you selected on Windows and your preferred Linux distro, compare their FPSs ?

@@ComradeFerret That's not because i think playing games on desktop operating systems is logical, i don't care i just have PlayStation. The true game power house, don't care desktop PCs i just use Linux for programming.

@@-Engineering01- My monitor runs at 60fps so that's unfortunately not a comparison I can personally make. There are other KZfaqrs who have done so, though, in the last year. Anytime before that is going to be outdated. Out of my favourite games, though, they all ran better than Windows in general, except for Age of Wonders titles.

@@-Engineering01- Consoles generally run on inferior hardware actually. It needs to be cost effective - for the time that the console is being developed. I'm not actually sure why people use them, except for exclusive titles.

Depends on what you're doing. If you absolutely require Adobe software to do what you do, you're out of luck. But there are always very solid alternatives to what you've been using on Windows, or just Linux versions of that software.

Sure can.

Riot Vanguard is a new one I haven't heard of. I know you're joking, but, give it a little and it'll probably go the way of Easy Anticheat, which is now Linux-compatible as of earlier this year.

For anticheat and online games, it may be worth considering running windows through a virtual machine. You’ll have to hijack your gpu to pass it through for performance, but it’s a solid alternative to dual booting

@@Fiftyblessings Have you actually done this? I have and its a pain in the ass, works better with AMD - Again Nvidia is not FUN here , with just one GPU, better to have 2 , and then this is some serious undertaking , its not for the average gamer, and this statement also completely negates the LINUX is good for gaming statement. If it is really good, then this step is not necessary. Unfortunetly we are not there yet for LINUX, however its massively improved, and really leaped forward thanks to Steamdeck and increase interest and progress. I think one day, it could be a REAL viable solution

Gotta make the boot drive.

yes sir...@@ComradeFerret

@@Dtone_ 'Sure' will do :)

It does not, no.

I know Premier doesn't have a Linux version, though it may work with wine. Not sure about Vegas. I hear people recommending Kdenlive, and for proprietary, Da Vinci Resolve and Lightworks. I personally just use Blender because it's just what I know and I don't wanna learn new things.

@@ComradeFerret Didn't answer the first question

@@XandeR1800 Ask ProtonDB, it's not my job to look up every single CoD game for you.

If you're uncertain about a game, look it up on ProtonDB.

AMD Raytracing works very well on linux, your 4090 would probably be hit hard by nvidia driver bullshit though

I don't know what you feel about raytracing, personally I never used it because of the performance hit, but on my 2070 super using the nvidia-open package ( nvidia's own semi open source drivers, much of the proprietary code has just been put into the firmware of the Turing and newer cards ) I have had no performance loss compared to windows. Some game will run better thanks to DXVK and VKD3D translating things to vulkan. I just checked and it seems the 4090 has been supported for a while.

There's been a lot of advances in gaming even in just the last two years (and Nvidia's proprietary drivers are supported seamlessly and out of the box). I personally find my performance to be much better than I did on Windows 10.

no one cares about the 14 games with rayttracing enough to shill for nvidia son, so grow up

@@ZombieFartDev Yikes, what's wrong with you? So aggressive about defending your niche OS

Firedragon.

Just search on KZfaq, honestly. There's lots. Look for videos made in the last year or so, though, as a lot has changed.

same here

windows 12 will switch its kernel for a linux one, my prophecy.

no need to be jealous man. linux is free, just make the switch.

Easy, stop installing kernel level malware on your systems, simple

Considering i avoid playing such games i fail to see a downside... Not everyone is addicted to toxic cesspool of "competitive" gaming

Real bro I just want to play destiny 2 and MC😭😭

Yeah, cant play Dragon Ball fighterz online, just offline