@dhfir

Great minds think alike :)

@Bradley_JF

@freemo @dhfir I use that PC for gaming so that's not really an option.

@Bradley_JF

Why not? My linux box can easily play more games than windows can. It plays almost all windows games without bugs, and on top of that whatever linux-only games. I can max out all the graphics settings also on most games.

@dhfir

@Bradley_JF @freemo I use my linux for dwarf fortress. That's pretty much all I play these days. Maybe one day I'll play something else.

@dhfir

I am not a huge gamer either. But I do have 4 of the most powerful water cooled graphics card they make which I use for Data crunching (OpenCL). So with such powerful graphics cards I feel obligated to abuse them on games from time to time just see see it push 120 GPS at maxed out graphics settings :)

@Bradley_JF

@dhfir @Bradley_JF

@freemo @dhfir I tried gaming on Linux a few months ago. I found that I was spending more time figuring out which games would install and how to get them to work correctly than I was playing them.

I don't really have a lot of time for video games anymore so I don't want to waste the time I do have on troubleshooting. I'm sure that eventually everything will just work but we're not quite there yet.

@Bradley_JF

Strange, every single game i tried Just Worked (tm).. I just installed it (already had proton and everything needed for games configured and installed)... then when i ran it it worked. Never had to tinker to get any games working before.

@dhfir

@freemo @Bradley_JF same.
Steam put a lot of work into making it work.
Tho again, I mostly stick to df now.

@dhfir

indeed

@Bradley_JF

@freemo @Bradley_JF @dhfir

For single player popular games, it almost always works. For popular multiplayer games, they have anti-cheat that never works with it. For single player niche games, it usually takes a little while to tweak.

@ahhhhhhoniichan

I have used a few major online games like EVE, and Final Fantasy MMO and a few others. They all worked for me so far.

@dhfir @Bradley_JF

@freemo @dhfir @Bradley_JF Those games do not have intrusive DRM and anti-cheat from what I heard.

@ahhhhhhoniichan @Bradley_JF @freemo good games then.

@freemo @ahhhhhhoniichan @dhfir @Bradley_JF I play runescape mostly joined that game around 2007 like most people

@ahhhhhhoniichan @dhfir @freemo EAC was the issue I had. I mostly play MMOs. I think I was trying to play Destiny 2 at the time.

@freemo @dhfir that's cool. doesn't change the fact that my results varied, though. what version of Linux do you just?

@Bradley_JF

Indeed it doesnt. But my point is, its doable with minimal effort if done right. Steam, as was pointed out, usually makes it effortless.

I use ArchLinux

@dhfir

@freemo @dhfir @Bradley_JF i only play few games on my rig not must but i donate boinc some work units