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Curious about making the switch from Windows (lemm.ee)
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With all that’s going on. I’ve been really considering setting up a dual boot and testing Linux Mint properly. (i hate virtual desktops, but I have Mint running on one now) I know I have to make some changes to my productivity workload, as I’m an Adobe Lightroom user. I’ll keep that on Windows for now.

But my question is regarding gaming.

I play a lot of varying games, from new singleplayer and multiplayer stuff to old games back up to about 1999. I know I have to do a bunch of research setting things up, but right off the bat I have a question.

What games will not be possible to use on Linux?

For example, will something like Escape from Tarkov work? That’s a game I do not want to even install of there’s a chance it will lead to a ban.

And is comparability with older games better or worse than W11?

Edit: I just wanna extend a huge thanks to the community already! There’s some great info here so I’m gonna set up a dual boot soon!

Edit 2: Dual boot is now setup! Even though Mint makes sense from a long time Windows user. There's a bit of a learning curve. But I'll try it as a daily driver for a few days. Right now my disk setup prioritize Windows, obviously. But if I end up loving Mint, I'll make a full switch and keep a small partition for Windows to run whatever Mint can't.

Edit3: Spent hours trying to get anything to work. Games just would not launch and I exhausted everything I found online. Trying a reinstall and Pop Os this time. Learned a bunch of lessons my first try

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[–] applemao@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do the dual boot and test it. For now, it's mint when I want to tinker and be happy 1 game out of 300 works, and windows when I want to actually play any games.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For me, it's 1 game out of 300 that doesn't work. Not sure when last you have tried. Reliable Linux gaming via Proton has grown by leaps and bounds since the Steam Deck.

Haven't needed Windows for 3+ years. Gaming every day.

[–] applemao@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

I must play different games than most on linux, because so far I've had issues with

-Assetto corsa -iRacing -Automobilista 2 -Lego racers -(Obviously pubg and gtav are a no go, as well as lethal company) -Diabolical

More than I'm forgetting. Agreed proton helps but it's still way too glitchy to be daily used by me. Its fine to tinker but trying to get any games working while your friends wait on you is just a pain. Especially in any game with mods.

I wish it was as easy as people say! It is fun once something gets working though, feels like a huge accomplishment on linux if a game even starts up for me. I'd love to leave windows behind but I don't see it happening soon.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

For me lethal company worked fine before.
I last played it with my friends in around December 2024 and had no issues

[–] applemao@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ill have to try again! I thought anti cheat borked it

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Oh alright

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

GTA V works fine... Played it yesterday.

Yeah it just does not mesh with my experience at all.

Driver issues?

[–] applemao@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Amd fx 8 core cpu and rx580... really shouldnt be any issues. Never had Nvidia.

I should have specified, gtav online doesn't work.

You're lucky! I'll keep tinkering. Still going to have to upgrade to 11 soon to keep using my wheel and playing any vr or pubg though. Someday!

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

Ah yes, GTA Online now has kernel-level anti-cheat -- but only got it recently. It used to work.

I'm also on all AMD. I do play almost exclusively single player, so maybe that's the main difference.

There shouldn't really be anything about Mint to cause such different results -- even though they're both derived from Ubuntu, I'd be curious if your experience changed with something like PopOS (more designed with gaming in mind, so could eliminate some possibility of setup issues or similar).

[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I can personally attest that assetto corsa works, and according to protondb iracing is the only sim that doesn't work. Automobilista 2 not only has a native port but also works under proton, and Lego racers (I'm assuming you're talking about Lego 2k drive?) works and has a platinum rating

[–] applemao@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How did you get AC to run?? I've tried every proton instance and proton ge, it will not launch at all. And I haven't even started trying to get content manager working which seems pretty hard.

[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Idk proton ge just worked for me and I followed this guide to get content manager and all the other goodies working properly