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Why do game devs keep making horrible Linux Ports? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by daggermoon@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I'm asking because I just bought Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam because it has a native Linux port. To be fair, I would have bought it at some point anyway but I got excited when I saw it had a Linux port. The game is missing features that the Windows version has, It runs horribly at any setting other than very low. I think they only bothered testing for the SteamDeck. But if that's the case, why does it support FSR 4.0? To be fair, the Windows version doesn't run amazing either if you enable ray tracing but it still performs way better than the Linux port. Why do devs keep doing this? I've bought many Linux games that have problems that the Windows versions don't have. Why even make a port if you're not going to bother testing or optimizing it?

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

does feel like Linux desktop environments like GNOME and Cinnamon got stuck in 2009 and never evolved past that

If you think desktops are way not shiny enough, you should see this hammer I have. I've had it for decades. It's old. It's still got the dumb wooden/metal layout that's been common for a century or 5. It has no clock, no Ai, no Bluetooth. It's a fucking relic.

Piece of stale shit, if you ask me.

And don't get me started on this staedler pencil I have.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure what you mean. Removing title bars may look modern, but it's also completely functional. I'm not even advocating for a material theme or whatever, it's literally freeing up space.