I see there's some sort of "how's Linux now" discourse going around Mastodon and so I'll give my brief summary:
To be blunt, Linux is just the least-shit option to run on your PC nowadays lol.
If you want a good start, try Kubuntu kubuntu.org/, I get along great with it. Familiar interface, without all the shovelled shit Microsoft constantly try to force on you. Same KDE Plasma interface Valve use for Steam Deck's Desktop Mode.
Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •Even if you last tried Linux say 2-3 years ago properly, it's quite a different world. Thinking on the rise of Flathub / Flatpak, getting apps is *so much* easier now across nearly any Linux distribution: flathub.org/en
That's one thing I thought we were missing some time ago, that is close to solved now.
Flathub - Apps for Linux
FlathubLiam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •Valve Proton has made gaming close to solved too. Most single-player games work great, but anti-cheat remains problematic.
Almost everything I play is really smooth. Hilariously, my Windows 11 install runs games worse somehow *confused*. And I've done basically no tinkering to my Linux install, I use almost all defaults...
Marek
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •I started an experiment of being Linux-only late last year as a result of how far Proton has come, and I haven't needed to boot up Windows at all since (though I have done to play around with libvirt and such).
The only thing that I miss doing is modding for A Hat in Time, since while I *can* get into its UE3 with protontricks tweaks, the performance was not great the last I tried. Might give it a go again now I'm all AMD.
Guillaume Jacquemin
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •Gary Parker
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •what's *really* confusing is many Windows games run better via Proton on Steamdeck than their native linux ports do
Until you think about how much time/effort/money is invested in optimising the Windows version for the larger customer base 🤷♂️
Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮
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And those 3rd party people will not regularly update. COUGH Aspire COUGH
They'd wait like a month to release their version on the CIV6 update, and it was always buggy. Game ran better through Proton
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •Flathub has indeed changed a lot of things for application installation on Linux, the sandboxing works great.
(sometimes a little too great tho... Flatseal is an essential app to install, some apps have problems with permissions that Flatseal helps a lot to solve)
Ray Of Sunlight
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •Da F*ck ? I just needed to point it to a pair of repertories, added some permissions here & there with Flatseal, copied my character folder...
And it just works. IT WORKS.
I'm flabbergasted (in a good way) 😲
Flaky
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •I'd also throw a recommendation for Linux Mint. Seems to be the general consensus on the best distro for beginners.
Saw Flatpak in your thread and should let you know Linux Mint has Flatpak and Flathub set up by default, no set-up needed on the user's part.
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