• hyorvenn@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Gave up my windows boot and only use Linux since recently. I kept using Windows for gaming (although it means I used it 99% of the time as a result). But retried linux gaming with Proton and everything runs smoothly enough for me. From big games like SF6 to native games like POE, it’s such a pleasure to see that everything “just works” most of the time. I kept my W10 dual boot in case some specific game just cannot be handled by Linux.

    With the switch to Lemmy and now a full switch to Linux, I’m glad I threw away all these adwares :-)

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      1 year ago

      For games in Linux there is wine. same for some programs. I nuked windows from my PCs long ago, its secluded on a VM just in case.

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      1 year ago

      I stopped checking protondb or winehq when buying a game. Games just work on Linux these days, and I assume by default that they will.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly what I have done too.

      Switched to Lemmy and to Linux Desktop.

      Dual booting Windows 10 probably until it stops receiving security updates, then all in on Linux.

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        1 year ago

        It sounds to me like a little excuse not going in all the way now. Hey, no offense here.

        I also have a Windows partition, I exclusively use it for the AntiCheat games I already own. I now check in advance if it’s supported and otherwise just skip that game.

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          1 year ago

          I’m still in the Early days of Linux and I had trouble twice with other distros before.

          I think third time is the charm. Still I have been bitten before so I’m holding on to Windows for a while just to play it safe.

          I am daily driving Linux though, I hardly use windows. But I need a working computer so I can always fall back to Windows if all else fails.