ONE OF US.
ONE OF US.
ONE OF US.
ONE OF US.
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I started the switch over last night. Installed Kubuntu on a spare external ssd. Got Steam installed, figured out how to select the drivers I needed for my nvidia gpu. Even got remote desktop access to the game server I'm running. Linux has amazing capabilities built in, I'm impressed. Took some work to get Enshrouded running on Steam this afternoon (probably not the best game to start off with, it's problematic) but after a good bit of trying different options it started up. If I can get Orca running for my 3d printer, there really isn't much I'm going to miss from Windows.
I got over 400 hours on Enshrouded on KDE Fedora, it runs very smooth if you have the hardware, and enshrouded has high demands for that hardware.
It's running great now, played a couple hours this afternoon. Only problem I had was a connection loss with the game server once. That could be anything, not unusual. Otherwise runs really smoothly.
Orca slicer has an App image available on their GitHub release page! You're all set!
Have Orca installed, and it started up. Now I either have to figure out copying over all my configuration files, if that's an option, or rebuild everything manually. After tuning my printer settings and filaments over 2 years, would be a lot to redo.
Orca works fine on Linux, just the occasional bug. And no mesh fixing.
I have really high hopes about SteamOS for PC. Not because linux, but because Linux + good support
Imho Valve's crown jewel is proton, which is already available by default on any Linux Steam install. Going for a "boring" Linux like Mint and installing Steam delivers a seamless experience for many gamer profiles already nowadays. The progress has been amazing (ymmv of course)
Still very excited about SteamOS because so many gamers seem to put enough trust in Valve to actually bite the bullet and ditch Windows.
I made the switch in January, and it's been great. The only game I've had trouble with is a fully-kitted Skyrim with a bajillion external apps/runtimes, but I've managed to get even that working fine. Every other game is just Install/Play from Steam with no tweaks.
Are you using steamtinkerlaunch? I just discovered that and absolutely love that I can use vortex again
I haven't been, but am looking at it after your post.
SteamOS already has worse support than Linux distros half it's age.
You mean the old debian based version? True, but the steam machines concept was a major misfire. This is not the case with steam deck and its version of SteamOS
No because that would be like 1/10 it's age. I mean SteamOS 3.
Steam OS is not, and will not be a good desktop OS. At least in the foreseeable future. If you want that kind of experience now, install Bazzite.
I migrated away from Windows to Cachy OS earlier this year and I’ve never been happier. Linux still isn’t perfect for gaming but it’s night and day compared to the last time I tried like 10 years ago.
Light and day???
🤦♂️ How did I miss that…
I only ever boot up Windows for VR stuff. It's never been a barrier to me otherwise. Though I don't often play anti-cheat heavy eSports games.
Monado helped me kick windows for VR stuff.
The fungal infection of AI in everything in Windows 11 finally tipped me back fully into Proton-land, and I run Garuda and couldn't be happier. All my games run, sometimes more smoothly than they even did on Windows, and I am reunited with my love: gnome3. Thank you, Valve. Thank you Linus.
Switched on my daily driver around 2016 and have been doing all but VR gaming on Linux since about 2019. I would totally recommend it to any one as long as they aren't a tripple a, release day kinda gamer.