I see so many people who switch to Linux just because of what Microsoft doing with Windows 11. I'm kinda happy because of this, but in the same time, it's sad
@MKKomputing because the more popular linux gets the more desktop linux users are going to be targeted. Linux servers are targeted a lot more than desktop users for the moment.
Microsoft has always been doing this crap with their telemetry stuff. It's just people hate AI and well MS is doing AI now under Windows and thus monkey brains respond as such. But they don't really understand why they shouldn't be using Windows, not really.
Gaming on Linux was a lot better than I was expecting. I have had zero failures, I've tried a good 10 games, they all perform well, G-Sync is very good, compared to Windows, Windows seems to get a few more FPS but it's nothing I would ever notice
@@garrettrinquest1605 Honestly I get better performance in Linux on some games too. I'm using KDE fedora 40. The performance is so good, I would have to physically launch the game in windows and note the performance to know if Windows is better or not. I don't feel hindered at all, and the Digital Vibrance setting in the Nvidia panel (in Linux) is system wide so I don't have to turn it on for every game like I do in windows
@@kyledupont7711 I'm also running Fedora 40 with KDE desktop. IIRC it's using a lower-latency tweaked kernel as standard now so performance is much snappier compared with previous releases such as Fedora 38. Fedora 40 is working out well.
Tip: If you are trying to get a game to work on Linux, run Steam in terminal and the study the output. Sometimes they need a specific DX version to be passed to it. I have got a lot of bugs sorted using that method. Steam Tinker Launch allows you to do loads of things like install extra EXEs and Mods.
True, but it also helped that there were tons of pre-existing open source projects that they were able to help fund and take to the next level. It was probably not even that much of an expenditure compared to what they got out of it.
Oh, nice! That actually makes a lot of sense. I don’t know how long it took to develop the Steam Deck, but it seemed pretty quick to just only be an effort from Valve.
@@MKKomputing The Steam Deck has been a long time coming. It is actually the result of roughly a decade of work, starting with the original Steam Machines. Basically, Valve looked at the Microsoft Store introduced in Windows 8, and realized if they started to lock people into it, their entire business model was gonna fail. So they've been bullish on Linux for the past decade, with Gabe Newell even calling it the future of gaming, The Steam Controller laid the foundation for the controls on the sting deck, complete with having track pads and four back buttons as standard. There's a company that makes a software called CrossOver, and they have an open source version called Wine that they develop frequently. In 2018, Valve threw a bunch of money at it and created their own version of it called Proton, which is what allows Steam games to just work on Linux. They combined this with everything they learned about hardware manufacturing over the past decade and used it to create the steam deck.
Technically a .deb file on Debian (or some fork of it) is not the equivalent to an .exe file on Windows. It's more like compressed archive (like a .zip file) which is specifically intended to install software to your system via dpkg. So dpkg will extract this file and move its contents where they are needed that the software works properly. It also keeps information around what has been installed like this and where to remove it in case you want to uninstall the software. So best equivalent on Windows is probably a .msi file or some installer setup executable with just the difference that .deb files are not executables by themselves. Executables or binaries on Linux will most likely not have any extension at all because extensions are not required on Linux to specify what a file is used for (that's very different to Windows).
Thank you for calling this to my attention! Sorry, that I got it wrong in the video. I am actually in the process of correcting myself on it right now. : D
VRR in KDE and NTsync in Wine dropping soon. Itll increase the porting and speed of games. Proton is just a modified version of Wine. Everything is Wine, they are the real OGs.
@@MKKomputing Fun fact is that windows is also benefiting from project DXVK, mainly setups with intel gpus. Older directx APIs runs better when they are translated to lower level API like vulkan.
To further clarify on the "magic" I believe he was talking about proton-GE when saying this. That's an community port of proton by a dev name Glorious Eggroll. He's able to pull fixes from newer proton versions and also ship things that Valve can't with regular proton. His proton version is how I got Skyrim working initially because Valve couldn't include "faudio" due to licensing issues. But just because Valve couldn't doesn't mean someone couldn't take proton, bundle faudio with it, and release it independently. Which is exactly what Glorious Eggroll did.
@@MKKomputing That would be nice. Just remember Nobara must be updated in a specific way so read the update notes. I have not installed it myself yet but am almost ready.
Great video. Welcome to Linux Gaming! :D Been gaming on linux since 2007. It was pain back in the days, only very few games worked and with quite a big performance cost. Luckily back theni was World of Warcraft addict and that game worked without a hitch. Fast forward to current timeline.... Pretty much 99% of games work out of box and with very minor performance cost if at all. So many games to play that you cant possibly play them all. Been uploading some simple gameplay videos on my youtube channel since 2012 on Linux also.. The progress has been very rapid with improvements and all kinds of sofware to record, edit etc.
Thank you! Oof! Hats off to you for sticking out in times when gaming was much less stable than it is now! Happy to hear that my videos are good enough for veterans such as yourself! Hope you stick around, more to come!
@@MKKomputing Always good to see new user perspective. Things i take for granted/obvious doesn't really show the full picture of how things are for new users that make the switch. Subscribed and waiting for new content :)
Older D3D8 and D3D9 games typically now run better on Linux due to Microsoft not really maintaining their older APIs. I've had old stuff that would just not run at all on windows 11 run flawlessly on Linux.
@@atomicskull6405 also because Vulkan drivers are modern. A lot of D3D8/9 drivers are way out of date or don't take full advantage of modern hardware features
You should never install an application through a package file. Always use the repos, flatpak, snap, and appimage before considering using the package file distributed by the developer. This ensures automatic updates and removes the chance of incorrect dependency versions.
Gotcha! That is usually what I look for first. But I’m still somewhat new to Linux so I’m not always able to find the current repository or know where to look to add it. But I will do better in the future! I promise!
As someone who fully switched to Linux just a few months before the steam deck releases this Series really shows how much the deck actually contribute to how much easier it is to switch to Linux for new users. Of course it's not just the deck that makes it easier but it is a major part when it comes to gaming. I'm Very interested to see where this series goes. Subbed.
Right??? After it was released, and after its success, I think that got more companies to realize “Hey, maybe there actually IS some money in the Linux market!” Which, I’m all for. Love using Linux and I don’t think I’m going back to Windows after this challenge. Thank you!! I hope to keep you entertained in the future!
Don't get me wrong, VR gaming on linux does need _a lot more work_ and it's the one, singular reason I still dual boot windows since I tend to just drop anticheat games that don't work for other games in my wishlist that do nowadays, but the specific issue you're probably having is that PopOS uses a modified version of a desktop environment called GNOME, which does not have a thing necessary for VR called "DRM Leasing". If you wanna play VR, you'll need to use something like KDE Plasma, which you can download on PopOS but will clutter your applications menu and cause a few theming issues on Pop Desktop, so I'd make something called a Timeshift (Linux equivalent of Windows System Restore) before you install it and test it out. Still, this comes with issues of it's own. Last time I tried VR with my valve index, it was like 2 years ago, and it "worked" but the framepacing was terrible (because I was using X11 not Wayland, which hates multi monitor setups of differing refresh rates) and they didn't have Motion Smoothing, which is pretty mandatory for VRChat. Don't try wayland on pop desktop if you're using an Nvidia card by the way, it's straight up busted.
Gotcha! Thanks for the information! I’m still pretty new to trying to get VR on Linux working so this is actually very helpful. 😁 I wonder if the upcoming Cosmic desktop for Pop will fix the issue. 🤔
@@MKKomputing I'm hoping for that too. I _loved_ using the meta key on Pop Desktop, it was so incredibly useful and ludicrously snappy to navigate my system and find open windows with that button when I was still using PopOS. But like, I mainly stay on CachyOS KDE and Nobara Project KDE these days so the closest thing to that I can get is rofi/wofi which isn't as good of an out of the box experience as cosmic launcher on the meta key was IMO. Hopefully I can install Cosmic Desktop alongside KDE Plasma with no issues under the same /home directory when it's complete and out of alpha/beta.
That’s honestly one of the things I love so much about it. I use Mint on pretty much all my other computers and I’m constantly hitting that button to switch between apps or find windows that are open. And I have to keep reminding myself that I can’t do that in Cinnamon. 😅
Gaming on Linux went from being virtually a no-go except for a few indie games with native Linux ports, to hit or miss with a very strong chance of a hit (with maybe some bugs or unexpected behavior) with the introduction of Proton. It's still not perfect but it is far better than I would have ever imagined a decade or two ago. I play my PC games on my Steam deck docked to my TV, classic consoles on my Raspberry Pi, and generally don't play too many games on my laptop or desktop. I'm mostly a console gamer. Honestly, if I had the money, a separate PC running Windows dedicated to playing games, running proprietary two-way radio programming software and controller firmware updates would make the most sense, but it's not necessary. As little as I play games, it would probably never get any use--but it would provide the best compatibility with the least tweaking or other bullshit. Plus, I could keep my "real" work machine free of pointless games, while having a "toy" machine on Windows just for fun. Still, consoles have pretty much everything I need, and those few games that remain PC exclusive are playable on my Steam Deck, so a Windows PC is really not at all needed these days for gaming.
That sounds like the dream! Ohhh, the PCs I would build if I only just had the money! But yeah, it’s insane how far Linux gaming has come! Huge props to Valve helping making things work!
I actually have a video out after this where I look further into EAC and it’s apparently only that easy for a certain fork of EAC. The other version, which most games that don’t run on Linux use, is much more difficult. At least, according to what one dev said about it.
Yeah i mean once you add ProtonGE to steam most games should/will work. The games that won't work are going to be the ones that developers did not enable support and no real workaround is going to work, especially if it is a game with anti cheat. Like Apex works perfectly fine on linux with EAC on it but other EAC games like battlefield 2042 are a battle as every other update they enable and disable support
My experience with VR on linux has been mixed, I got the ALVR + Quest 2 + SteamVR setup working just fine, though it doesn't really work all that well on desktop environments other than KDE Plasma, so you might have to switch from GNOME to Plasma if you want to get VR up and running. Other than that, the majority of issues with VR that I've been experiencing are coming from proton not being able to handle properly OpenXR which is a fairly new universal VR library, so games that use it have a tendency to not pick up the headset even though SteamVR sees it just fine, though games that use OpenVR (which is the SteamVR specific library) work just fine, that's why for example the newest version of Beat Saber doesn't work, but te legacy version available in the beta tab does. I believe this is mostly an issue with the Unity version of OpenXR, so any newer VR game made with Unity probably won't work, though I haven't really tested if the same applies to OpenXR games made with Unreal (didn't really test it)
So... I have a Valve Index. When it was new, it worked well enough. I had some trouble with it not initialising properly just about every single time, but the ritual of closing SteamVR, unplugging and replugging the power, then starting SteamVR almost always fixed it. If not, doing it again did. Never had to do it more than twice. Another issue that popped up sometimes was the steam button not working. You could either ignore it and just play the games, not being able to close them from within VR, or you could do the ritual to fix it. The games themselves ran flawlessly. Then, maybe two years ago, it completely broke. Doesn't detect the headset, nothing. I haven't really tried it again since then, so it might well be fixed, but my point it, it can be a bit flakey, even with the Index. For what it's worth, some of the extra features have never worked. The cameras work as a webcam just fine, but SteamVR can't use them. The virtual desktop thing, where you can control your PC from within VR, has worked exactly once. So... it can work, I guess, it just decides not to.
11:33 For VR games, I recommend that you DO NOT use the GNOME environment and distributions that are based on it, such as "PopOS!". Since the GNOME developers have not yet implemented a protocol for VR games to work. Therefore, I recommend using the KDE Plasma environment, everything is implemented there and there is support for VR
Just a couple of small technical clarifications: Opting in to Steam beta gives you a preview of new Steam client features, with the downside being the chance that there may be some outstanding bugs that haven't been fixed. It will generally not have any effect on Linux compatibility of games. That's pretty much entirely about the Proton version. So it's using Proton Experimental that will give you a preview of compatibility features. Of course, you're generally best off changing the version of Proton just for games that you have issues with and leaving it at the default otherwise. In Debian, .deb files are the equivalent of .msi files in Windows since these are both package formats. Most of the time executable files in Linux don't have any extension, unlike in Windows where they generally end in .exe. They could end in .bin in Linux.
Yeah, a few people have called this to my attention. Thank you for doing so as well! I need people fact checking me to make sure my information is as accurate as it can be. I’m currently working on correcting myself and I promise to be more accurate in the future! 😁
FYI: Get Bottles, and just install the native Windows EXE installers for your launchers, complete with Proton support. Bottles is a containerizer for Windows applications, which creates a Windows installation environment for you to simply add EXEs much like Eddy does for DEB (which stands for Debian Executable Binary btw). PSA: If you want to switch over to Linux for gaming, then _Stay away from Debian-based distros._ Instead, get anything that's either Fedora- or Arch-based. Learn to love Wayland.
Gotcha. Will have to try that out! Thanks! 😁Curious, why do you say stay away from Debian? Genuinely curious, since I haven’t really had any issues, ya know besides EAC games and VR which most people struggle with on Linux.
@@MKKomputing Debian, while extremely stable, relies on a massive collection of _deprecated_ repositories. "If it works, don't fix" pertains to Debian in full, and why most _servers_ are Debian. But for modern desktop usage, especially in gaming where we rely on having the latest hardware, drivers, and newest features, we need LTS or "Bleeding Edge." This is where Fedora and Arch really come in, especially with the latest flatpaks. This is the primary reason SteamOS went from Debian (2014-2019) to Arch (2020-current). Debian can still get parity to Fedora/Arch, but this requires the user to manually build the packages for their distro, whereas these packages are already native in flathub or the AUR for Fedora/Arch. TL:DR - Debian = Stability and Reliability for Servers and _legacy_ desktop components. Fedora/Arch = (LTS/Edge) Latest and newest hardware component support, drivers, packages, and features; especially for gaming.
@thatzaliasguy Understood! Thank you for the information! To be honest, I really only went with Pop!_OS because I used it in the past so I’m familiar with it, and it already had the NVIDIA drivers setup and ready to go. I have been thinking about switching to a Fedora based distro after the challenge is over, though. Specifically, Nobara, since a lot of people seem to be recommending it. 😁
@@MKKomputing since Nvidia now supports Linux directly with their NVK and Neuvou drivers, just about all latest distro flavors will come with driver support OOTB.
VR in Linux is a hit and miss, in my opinion. I had some luck after trying it for few days. It all boils down to the combination of graphic card, HMD and Distro. In my case, I had good success with Quest 3, NVidia 30XX (driver 515 and up) and Ubuntu or Nobara as my Distro of choice. My tip is: to use ALVR (to stream the image) and to disable the "sound device" in the ALVR screen after the initial settings. That result, in my case, is 100% success in connecting my HMD to Steam VR. The only factor I need to make sure is the "Wi-Fi quality". So the order should be: 1. Make sure Steam is not working. 2. Start ALVR (I'm using the ALVR Launcher so I can test different versions) 3. In the ALVR "Settings", make sure that: "Game audio and Mic" are disabled". 4. In the ALVR "Installation", "register ALVR Driver" 5. Start Steam client (not SteamVR). 5.5 Modify "SteamVR Launch Options" property and add "~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/vrmonitor.sh %command%" (make sure the "vrmonitor" is located at that folder) 6. You can now start the ALVR application on your Quest or after you started SteamVR. 7. In the ALVR, "press the [Start SteamVR] " button. 7.5 Oh, and in the ALVR "devices" you need to "trust" the HMD device. 8. Put on a headphone or wireless earbuds for the sound (hopefully it will be stable in future builds... who knows). You should now see SteamVR in your HMD. Good Luck.
VR in order to work (under Wayland) needs DRM leasing (Direct Rendering Manager, a thing used by graphics cards, not like a copy protection thing), which is still not implemented in some Gnome versions. Easiest way to get it working would be to use KDE which has it implemented for a long time.
If you want to debug programs in linux, you can run it in the terminal and read the outputs, warnings, or errors that it will throw. That's what i do most of the time when trying to make apps run or work
Gaming on Linux is not that bad. I realized I could not play Valorant on Linux but I was able to live without it. Turned out to be a good thing as well because I am very interested in Valorant but it got me rolling into cs again so it's been a blast! Minecraft does indeed work better for me on Linux than Windows, don't know about anyone else's experiences but it has been very fun. My initial reason for daily driving Linux was because Windows kept crashing, been on Linux for almost a month straight! I do not think I will need to go back to Windows.
Small correction 3:44 EAC and BE both have linux runtimes that wrap the wine process ( it's been this way for a few years now, and not that "EAC hates linux" ), developers however have a choice (like you said) when compiling the update for their game to allow the linux client for EAC or BE to connect. So if you see anyone saying "enable Linux, it's just a tick box in the settings," it's as simple as they say it is. Which is why I think a lot of games that have EAC or BE that have not yet enabled support for Linux shouldn't be supported by the community. Honestly a blessing for me because now I have an excuse to tell my friends that I don't want to play, it's that I literally can't play "X" game. Looking at you Fortnite and R6.
Gotcha! Thanks for the correction! Yeah, one of those “speak with your wallet” things. If companies and devs see that they’re losing players simply because they refuse to flick the Linux switch, eventually they’ll catch on and start supporting the OS better.
Best part about Fortnite is that Epic Games are the ones who CREATED Easy Anti-Cheat which Fortnite uses, and they themselves added Linux support to that Anti-Cheat, but they refuse to allow Linux players to play Fortnite because the CEO hates Linux for no reason
Alvr works, I've used it, it doesn't always works, but when it does it's practically indistinguishable from alvr on windows, that's to say: I've put a friend who never tried VR on both windows and Linux in the same game and couldn't tell the difference (even I didn't, I even forgot to switch to windows and that's why it even happened)
I would say that executable is "computerspeak" for binary, 1's and 0's, the result from compiling code. On Linux typically we don't use an extension in the filename for binary. In some cases programs look for extensions and it is being considered a good habit to use them (just for clarity's sake) but fundamentally on Linux extensions are not necessary and more a guideline than a rule. Headers in the files tell what kind of file it is and that is what software goes by. But GUI's do sometimes demand a certain extension because those only show files with that extension. That is a sloppy design-choice if there is no toggle to turn that off and show all the files.
Gotcha! Comparing .deb to .exe was a mistake on my part and I am working on correcting myself and making sure the information I spread is more accurate in the future! I'm also trying to explain these terms in a way that a wider audience can understand. It's much easier to explain ".exe = program" since that's where the majority of windows users run into the filetype, when it relates to a game or program.
7:06 Correction: package formats like .deb or .rpm aren't equivalent to EXE files. They are more like installer scripts, the windows equivalent would be MSI files. Actual Linux executables often don't have any extension at all, they are instead marked by a special bit in the file system, which you can see through the ls -l command, or by checking the file properties GUI. Exceptions to this rule would be .AppImage files, which are somewhat inspired by macOS app bundles. You only very rarely launch executables directly from their files in Linux, since any decent package will add a link to them in your application launcher.
You are absolutely correct! My most recent video is actually me address this mistake and a few others I made in my other videos, as well as some recommendations people have given me. If you feel like giving it a watch: I Made Some Mistakes... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X8ASFtolbyc.html
Valve is working on Steam Link VR for Linux! Hopefully it’ll come out soon and make things a lot better for VR The htc vive is supposed to work out of the box btw, same for the valve index
I hope so! That honestly seems to be the most broken thing in Linux right now, regarding Gaming. And I’m just seeing more and more reasons to get new base stations.
Most of these little quibbles with games on Linux (like your example of having to re-select the video card) often times have their equivalent in Windows, it's just that people on Windows are used to it and don't really think too hard about why it happens they just move on.
I play on arch. I find the experience is much better than on any other distro due to new packages. One thing I'll say is that Quest 2 works on linux, you just need the newest version of ALVR
Sounds about right. Benefit of being on a rolling release! I thought that’s what I downloaded. 🤔 I’ll take a better look when I do the VR dedicated video!
Nice vid! I started using linux as a daily os about 2 weeks ago, and i havent looked back since then. Everything i´ve tried has worked so far. And for the games i´ve had problems with i can play with cloud gaming.
VR on Linux is currently in the worst state, at least for standalone headsets. But judging by the activity on ALVR discord, it will get better soon-ish. Valve needs to fix SteamVR's direct mode driver. There were also some fixes to audio support in ALVR, which seems to be the reason why you couldn't play.
Enjoying these videos of yours a lot. Subscribed. I switched to linux mint a bit more than 2 years ago, but I also dual booted. Full disclosure - I work as an IT supporter, so dealing with issues in linux made sense as a way to challenge my skills. My pc's cpu is over 10 years old at this point, but my graphics card is pretty beefy. One issue with windows for me was that it has a memory leak with my processor, so I would see bluescreens constantly, and lagging. So eventually I just uninstalled my drive with windows and used it as storage for linux. Switching to linux mint, these issues were completely gone, it was as if I had a whole new computer. My main issues gaming wise, has been a few games that really are unsupported and really hard to get to work with proton, but usually there's something like protontricks and other things you can do. It took me a couple of hours to figure out how to set up. Usually installing the requisite dependencies within proton or wine, or using an older version will get most games running, and then there's the very few games that don't run. In those cases, I've just waited untill valve updated proton and then seen the game suddenly work. Otherwise I try to avoid games that don't have enough linux support. I enjoy higher framerates in games, much faster boot times, much faster loading times, I can stream higher quality youtube videos, I can have more taps open. and on and on it goes. Currently I don't understand why anyone would even want to use windows. They are putting in so many ads and systems that go in the way of a good computer experience, and they bloat things to an enormous degree. If you use it professionally or in a business, I would still be preferring windows ofcourse. You oftentimes need to have access to specific programs that linux wont ever support. On the whole - I've been extremely happy with linux, and I don't ever plan on switching back to windows. I see way too many people who are very pro microsoft, even it professionals who should really know better. I think people just get used to doing one thing, and they lose the ability to make the switch because they are too bogged down in their usual way of doing things. So essentially, switching is going to hurt, but it will purify your computer of the rot of microsoft, and it will keep you away from impure gaming companies that don't want to support linux. It is much better for your soul in the long run.
I’m glad Linux has been working so well for you!! I completely agree. My system just seems to run all around so much better using Linux than even on a fresh install with Windows. I think a lot of people still use windows due to the familiarity and the compatibility. They don’t want to learn a new operating system because they’re used to the way windows works and Linux seems foreign. And the majority of Windows users aren’t tinkerers, and they don’t want to be. They don’t want to spend time getting a program or feature to work. They just want it to…ya know…work! 😂 Which I can understand, but for me, it’s part of the fun!
@@MKKomputing My colleague who has been a programmer since ancient times tried linux, and made it work well for 3 months. He enjoyed it a lot, but then one time he couldn't get flight simulator to work, he quit, and it was back to bashing linux users. If I'd been in that position, I would have said : Why would microsoft even care to support linux? They are incentivised to make it incompatible, ofcourse it wont work. My teacher who was an it professional of many years, and who was teaching us to embrace new ideas and always learn new things outright said no to trying linux at home. Why? He says he only has so many hours off, and when he's home, he wants things to just work, just as you said. Do they not realise that they will have to deal with microsoft getting worse and worse over time? This has been happening. You should get off the train as soon as you are able.
I've found that most native linux ports just don't work anymore, and it's better to just always run the windows version with proton (obviously there are some that are still updated by the devs, but that seems increasingly rare) sucks, but at least proton is very good.
To get around old Linux ports not working use Luxtorpeda and Steam Runtime (1/2/3), if that doesn't work you can try specific libraries from back in the day.
It's nice to see how far gaming on linux has come, of my library 222 games work with some needing minor tweaks. 3 outright do not work and I have yet to get the basic VR home experience to a satisfactory level of performance to begin testing the 23 games that are VR only or have VR capabilities. I'm actually going to test two types of hardware to check the levels of performance on different tiers of hardware, one is a lower end, but still VR capable PC using a radeon 6600 and an r3 4100, while the other is a decent system using an r5 3600 and a 4070. Side note for those that are skeptical of Nvidia on linux, I was getting consistently better performance on linux rather than windows while using the Nvidia card as my main driver. The most notable one is an indie game called Gunner Heat PC (GHPC) which will stutter in windows on levels like pushing tin part 2 because of how many and spread out the enemies are in those levels. On linux there was no stuttering and the only issue is a minor audio bug constantly present on the M1 and the M60 line of tanks' main cannon making it sound significantly crunchier than it should be.
It’s crazy how far it’s come! Yeah, it’s really just a handful of games that don’t seem to work. Wow, that’s a pretty big performance improvement! That’s awesome!
Great video. I remember trying to make the switch at least 2 times then going into the forums, getting the RTFM treatment, then inevitably quitting because I don't have the time to diagnose problems constantly. Linux's primary problem tends to be technical purity gate keeping. With proton it kinda side steps a big part of the issue for the "one device to rule them all" mentality that people have. I.e. More computers = more setup and less time actually doing the thing that makes money, entertains, or provides value in some other way. Many of the old functions of apps have gone server side so I'm excited to see the rest of your month long switch. Keep up the good work in documenting your experience!
Oh yeah, definitely ran into those members of the Linux community before. And those will the EXACT people wondering why more people just don’t make the switch! I’m glad you’re enjoying so far and I will do my best to be as thorough as possible!
Generally the reason why Linux users tend to do that is a lot of people don’t know how to search for answers. They use the forums as Google search. If you are getting RTFM’ed are you SURE you were not asking a question they’d been answered hundreds of times? If not, are you sure you were asking the right questions and providing logs? These people are volunteers, not paid tech support. They are helping you out of the kindness of their own heart, but with that comes the responsibility of doing your own digging and proper question etiquette. I always start my questions with: “if someone could point me in the direction of the documentation to solve this problem I’d be very grateful, here is what I’ve done so far…” and providing the appropriate logs. This is after searching the forums, Google, asking chat GPT, etc. Yes, some Linux users will tell you to read the friendly manual even if your question is unique, has nothing to do with any existing documentation, and asked the question properly, but most don’t. Also: if you are new to Linux and wanting to dive into the deep end with arch or gentoo, or even LFS, expect veteran users to tell you to RTFM unless you are VERY certain what you are asking has not been asked before or has a well documented solution. These distributions are not intended to be user friendly, but are documented well enough that a brand new user could figure it out. But if that’s the route you want to go, learn to RTFM. It’s like when learning how to drive you decided you wanted your learning car to be a semi-truck.
@BitTheByte I can say for the questions I asked I tried my best to try and find the answer myself. I usually only ever ask a forum as a last resort, if I can’t find the answer ANYWHERE else. I completely understand your point about being annoyed with answering the same question over and over again. I remember when I worked at Geek Squad, the amount of times I had to tell people the difference between falling for a scammer and getting hacked was SOUL DRAINING. But I do have to ask: if someone is posing a question to a forum, and all they get back is RTFM with NO OTHER LEADS who does that help? Some people don’t even know how to FIND the manual to read it. Is there an argument to be made that maybe that person shouldn’t be using Linux? Sure, but all telling them to RTFM does is discourage them continuing to try. To use your analogy, if someone wants to learn to drive in a semi and you just tell them the equivalent of “Git Gud, loser,” all you’ve done is frustrate that person. Yeah, learning to drive in a semi isn’t a good idea, but that’s what that person has chosen and they’re asking for help. And the fact of the matter is: most people aren’t trying to “Learn to drive” with Linux. They’re switching from another OS, they’re already somewhat familiar with how a computer works, just not how Linux works. And if you have the time to read the problem and tell them to go RTFM I would argue you have the time to at least point them in the right direction. Linux will continue having problems gaining more users if the community gets annoyed answering the simple questions that get asked over and over again.
Personnally i did manage to make ALVR work on my pc with my quest 2, but it was so laggy to the point that some games were barely playable (wirelessly or with cable) that i ended up just using windows for that. Also great vid you earned my sub !
@@MKKomputingI don’t use VR never intend to either. Expensive, awkward and not that many titles. No wonder why Linux support is not there. I would rather see anti cheat working though.
@phoenixrising4995 Oh, if I had the choice between Anti-Cheat working sooner or VR, I’d 100% want anti cheat. No question. But I do enjoy VR as do a lot of other people. I still want it to work, cause’ it’s something I enjoyed on Windows. 😁
Linux user for years but my Steam library only hit critical mass a few months ago; nearly everything worked on linux so i said goodbye to Win 10... zero regrets. 🙂
The closest to a deb file (or rpm) is actually .msi. The closest to .exe is actually setting file permissions to give execution permissions to the file.
Few people have brought this up to my attention. I actually have a video I’m working on right now where I correct the stuff I got wrong in my previous videos. 😁 But thank you for also also letting me know! I want to make sure all my information is accurate and have you guys tell me when I get it wrong is super helpful!
I enjoy these linux challenge videos because I hate the amount of "Its time to move to linux" videos or people saying linux is an alternative for those who hate windows services etc. Some of the things people say about it are true. But the problem is that its still not user friendly when you want to do more than basic tasks in day to day use. I hope for the day where gaming, editing, general apps etc are natively supported on linux and made as user friendly as it is on macos and windows.
I agree!! Not everyone wants to fight with their computer to do everyday tasks. I think that desktop Linux is now better than it’s ever been, but it still has a long ways to go if it’s ever going to be something that just any Computer user can switch to instead of windows.
@@MKKomputing I totally agree and thats why I keep my linux mint system to the side. I wanna fully switch so bad. Even things like managing multiple drives can be a pain sometimes too. Subscribed ! #NotiBellGang
I use non-steam launchers program and that works very well but heroic looks like a nice launcher too. What I like about non-steam launchers though is that it adds the programs as non-steam games in steam so that I can select them all from one place with my controller on my couch.
@@MKKomputing I do a weird setup where big picture mode switches the main screen to the tv but then back to the monitor when I close it. Works most of the time meaning I don’t have to use the tv as my main monitor :) When it breaks though like when steam crashes I have to reset my monitor as main display to fix. I use windows for now because of wireless VR support and HDR but when Linux gets those, I wouldn’t mind more space and better DX11 performance for my 4k120 tv.
@Alexrocks1253 Yeah VR and HDR support is severely lacking for Linux right now. Which is a shame, but hopefully it gets better soon! Also, sounds like you have a pretty nice setup. 😁
@@MKKomputing thanks! I’m only lamenting the lack of vram in my 3080 which otherwise is a very good card. I miss the days where $700 got me the top of the line graphics card back when I got the GTX 1080
Valve changed something with SteamVR recently that made it difficult for ALVR to properly connect to it. The workaround is to start SteamVR with a different command. I would link to the issue on ALVR's or SteamVR's github but that will probably be blocked by RU-vid. Hopefully that is enough to find it.
Oculus Quest actually runs Linux (Android which has a Linux kernel). Unfortunatly that does not mean it's easy to connect it to a Desktop Linux since Meta have not made support for that :(
Playing AAA games on Linux is a pain. They always have like 30% FPS less than on Windows, sometimes they don't run at all. It's best to have a dual boot and use windows only for AAA games or VR. Anyway, the more people are using Linux, the better chance it will have better support, so give it a try.
I agree! Although, I wil say I have had no problems playing AAA games so far. Played Hell Divers 2 with my friends for a couple hours and everything felt nice and smooth! Just my experience though. Sorry if your experience wasn't as good.
In my experience Linux runs faster for the games I play. However your point was about AAA, which I don't really play. I mostly play wow, dota2, endless legends, stuff like that.
@@Zombehmoviez I'm looking forward to testing out pop os in the future when they've fully developed their new Cosmic desktop environment, looks pretty cool
IMPORTANT. Install Timeshift and set it to make regular daily snapshots (default is 5 per day), that way if you mess up your system you can roll back to a previous snapshot and undo whatever it was that messed up the OS. Linux's support for rollback is way, way better than Window's. Especially if you use the btrfs file system which has native support for snapshots. Unlike with EXT4, btrfs snapshots are integrated into the file system itself (the file system keeps track of what was changed about the file data rather that just overwriting it) and automated snapshots are transparent to the user. If you use EXT4 you can still make snapshots but they use Rsync which basically just backs up any system files that have changed between the current snapshot and the previous one. By default snapshots exclude user files, only the OS files are included. They are not system backups just an undo button for OS changes.
That’s what I’ve heard. I like to tinker and getting stuff working on Linux that takes a little more work than other is fun for me! But, with some of the stories I’ve heard from other comments about how bad it used to be…yeah I’m glad I’m doing this challenge NOW. 😂
the zoomed in payday issue ***sounds*** like an issue with scaling / HiDPI The correct fix as you've found however is to just use the proton version. Same as payday most native linux ports are semi-abandoned by their developer, because they don't have the patience to actually learn how to deploy for Linux and outsource the linux port to a separate company. with dxvk-native that should become much less of an issue in the future, if developers stop being idiots.
Gotta say steam is your best friend there (with proton) you can always add other game launchers (such as epic for example) as non steam game lunch through steam compatibility mode and play it's games
I don't think it is just as easy as flipping a switch and having the game support Linux, you then have to be ready to support Linux users. Is the error being reported by the Linux user because of the game, is it because of the translation layer, is it a fault in the distro the person is using, is it because the person is using an Nvidia GPU when the drivers for Linux are worse than AMD's offerings? I wonder if your VR issue would still exist if you were using an AMD GPU? Perhaps there's a video in that for the series? That's why I think so many game publishers/devs are unwilling to 'just flip the switch'. They don't want the extra work that supporting Linux would actually mean.
The “flip a switch” comment was more directed at Easy Anti Cheat. I know that for the actual game to run it either needs to be compiled for Linux or given support through a compatibility layer I’ve seen it reported that turning on Linux support in Easy Anti-Cheat is as easy as flipping a switch. But someone else told me in the comments that that’s not true. Still looking into it, but if it’s not true then I definitely need to correct myself in a future video which I definitely will do. Thanks for the information! As for VR, it probably would be better with an AMD Graphics card. I unfortunately just don’t have the money to drop on one right now. 😅 Maybe in the future!
I wanted to add some commentary in regards to Linux gaming. Triple A publishers have been called out by RU-vid channels such as upper echelon for incentivizing via matchmaking results, extra content purchases. I mean in the terms of matching you up with somebody of a higher skill level to hope that you will want to buy something in order to match that skill level or thice versa. The raw performance, as compared to windows, is beneficial to Linux machines. Although, kernel level anti-cheat productions have faltered any progress Linux may have by games influenced by Windows publishers or endorses.
Oh really? 😂 Don’t really watch him much now. I used to really like his content back when he did creepypasta readings, though. Also, I couldn’t work on a desk messier than mine, I’ve been meaning to clean it off for a while. 😅
I just installed Bazzite OS on mylaptop thanks to the Ryzen CPU I can use Game Mode and it's so easy to use feels like a Steam deck and the plus of having Fedora in Desktop mode its so worth the try
Man i switched to linux a few months ago. I got proton GE (Glorious eggrolls version of proton) and holy shit. Ive gotten so much more fps than on windows, better temps, and after fully customizing my pc everything just feels better and i can cut down on my power use
I should note, a few friends ik use different distros and they dont always work so flawlessly. I ran through ubuntu, manjaro, debian, and i can say Arch (They have an easy installer now) ran the best for gaming. Plus SteamOS is just a wrapper for arch. Though i wouldnt 100% recommend it because the updates lovvveees to break the entire system sometimes
That’s great!!! I’m glad it’s working so well for you! Yeah, makes sense. Arch is a rolling release so it’s always on the newest software versions for programs and dependencies. Yeah, I definitely wouldn’t want to use SteamOS as my main OS. 😂
So far the only games I haven't managed to play are the ones behind unsupported anti cheat software. Played LoL for a long time even after moving to Linux without issues
Had a weird issue where cyberpunk 2077 wouldn't run, after a steam update it just started working so now I don't know if it's something I did or what. Otherwise I've been pretty happy with my gaming experience on Linux since I moved my main machine over, thanks to Valve it's actually viable now (though not for all games) instead of a few games working natively or with wine like it was a few years ago.
Probably some kind of compatibility issue with your hardware and the update fixed the issue. But I’m glad it’s working now! Yeah, I’m super happy with the strides Linux gaming has made over the years!
4:25 what I've heard from some devs is that it's not actually as easy as just send an email to easy anticheat to enable linux. EAC is to blame for that at least partially.
@@MKKomputing yeah that's why I phrased it this way lol. I've heard the same thing and it appeared on some forums and then the devs were like "nope, not that easy". I think there's also a technical aspect that the way the game needed to be set up initially in a way that allows for this option but I wouldn't take my word for any of this, it was a while ago and I don't remember it that well. Happy hunting for the info
@mikediz7353 Gotcha. Will definitely have to look further into it. Thanks for the info! (Also, sorry if I came off standoffish in my first replay. Was not my intention! Hope you have a nice day!)
It's easy to forget that the majority aren't (die hard) linux techie and just want an OS that just works right out of the box with preferably little to no hassle. BTW I use Arch
That’s me!! Well, more specifically I want something that works right out of the box on my main computer. I’m fine diagnosing and fixing problems on other distros that require a little more work on other computers. To me, that’s part of the fun of running Linux. But for my main computer that I do all my work and majority of gaming on, I want that to just work when I need it to. Which is one of the reason why I went with Pop!_OS. But I’m open to switch to something a little more serious like an Arch based distro as I get better with Linux. 😁
@@MKKomputing Oh yes, I like diagnosing and fixing problems as a hobby too, but just like you I rather not use my Main Computer as a guinea pig (risking to turn it into a failed Frankenstein). lol I'm still running dual boot though (Windows for gaming and Linux Mint for work), but in the future I want to completely ditch Bill Gates OS and run only Linux (I might consider Pop! OS for Gaming). As for Arch. Before you plunge into Arch, you could start with manjaro as a kinda warming up before you go into complete darkness. But I would argue I think it's better to start from scratch right away, as you learn the right skills in the right order for Arch.
@@HomelessShoe For a gamer, especially with nvidia, I'd go for CachyOS. Manjaro had a fair share of issues and, this is juist my opinion, goes against the very reason someone would want to use arch: having always the latest updates.
@nixiam I’ve seen a few people recommend CachyOS. I think I’ll definitely need to check that one out as well! Is Manjaro slower at updates than other Arch-based distros?
Microsoft has the same issue. Most likely he has 2 screens, but using the same graphics card. Or, he has a graphics card with 2 outlets. I think he's choosing between which screen outlet he's sending the game to.
"Challenge"... It may have been like that years ago. But even when I started my Linux journey in the 2000s there were Games. And Games are the only reason I keep a Windows partition. Thanks to Proton I think I will get rid of it with W10 EoL.
Linux has .x86, .x86_64, .arm, .arm64 or .run as executables but in most cases you only find a .sh or a file without anything because Linux uses "executable" as a tag for a file and the .deb-file is more like a .msi or .appx.
Looks like a good channel. I will follow your Linux journey, I hope it is a pleasant experience and if possible as easy as possible in general. I love Linux and I'm using for some years now, already tried out a bunch of different distros. It's good to see someone trying linux out and it working pretty good to them.
Thank you!! I’ve done the same thing off and on for a few years. This is honestly the best run I’ve had of it so far. I’ve only got a little over a week to go in the challenge and as well as it’s going I’m thinking I’ll definitely stay using Linux as my main OS!
@@MKKomputing that's awesome to hear. The linux user-friendly distros have gotten a lot better over the years. Tho I myself use a more advanced linux distro as my main OS, I always keep an eye out and stay informed of the improvements, changes and new features that come out in user-friendly linux distro. I've always heard great things about Fedora, Linux Mint and Pop os (although of these three I've only used Linux Mint and I can confirm how good it is).
Those are really the main user friendly ones I see people use. Obviously I use Pop!_OS, but I also have Mint installed on pretty much the rest of my computers, including the iMac I have in the background, and I’ve played around with Fedora as well. It was actually one of the distros I was considering doing this challenge with. Can confirm they are all great Distros! Especially for beginners!
That’s awesome!!! Honestly, I wish I could have switched sooner. There was just always some game that my friends and I were playing or some software I wanted that I couldn’t get working. But now that I saw that Linux was getting better with Gaming support and I heard that there was a Linux version of my editing software now available. I thought it was perfect time to try and make the full plunge and switch. But you’re right, it hasn’t been much of a challenge and I didn’t expect it to be, which is why I felt comfortable staking my two channels on being able to use Linux and only Linux.
Would be great if you could throw your pc specs into the video description for this series! I had heard bad things about gaming on Linux with an nvidia card but it looks like that’s what you’re running?
@@MKKomputing great! I am literally I the midst of trading my 2080ti for a 6800xt specifically due to the experience I had running bazzite on the 2080. Looking forward to more in this series!
This is really nitpicky, but I feel like pointing it out: You make it sound like .deb is the Debian equivalent of a .exe That is not quite true. deb files are packages, they contain files and instructions for how to install them. It is not executable itself, it's not a program. Actual executables on Linux don't necessarily have an extension. Instead, they are identified by their permissions. If the permission to execute it is given, it's an executable. Rarely you will find .run used for executables, though. And of course, "executable" extends a bit further than just ELF-files (the Linux equivalent of a Windows PE file, which is the .exe) - shell scripts (.sh) are also executable. Those do have, by convention, their respective extension, but it's not necessary. For scripts, the first line in the file tells the system how to execute it.
Not nitpicking at all! That is a legitimate mistake I made on my part and it needs correcting. A few people have brought this to my attention and I’m working on correcting it. Thank you for bringing it to my attention as well! I want my information to be as accurate as possible and people calling me out when I get it wrong helps make that happen. 😁
I had only one failure when trying to game on Linux. When running Proton, I tried using my old game drive with an NTFS file system, but it would not load any games. It turns out that you must use Proton on a non-NTFS partition. I only found this out after many hours of searching.
Outside the anti-cheat issues I have 1 confirmed broken game right now (out of 150 or so): Far Cry 3. It just won't work PROPERLY because of either the launcher or drm. On the openingisland the FPS varies wildly between 50 and 150 all the time while not giving any input the game. So clearly unplayable and broken.
If you are going to do this challenge, try some rolling release stable distro like manjaro or a stable up-to-date distro like fedora. Use kde desktop if you need scaling. X11 apps would have serious issues on gnome while scaling. Don't use x11. Steam is your best deal.
Thank you! I actually only have about a week left in the challenge. But I do think I’ll keep using Linux and I’m thinking of switching to either Fedora or a Fedora based distro. Ans yeah, I’ve heard X11 is super dated and Wayland is way better in pretty much every aspect. Thanks for the recommendations!
@@MKKomputing it is fedora based. I recommend either kde or gnome desktop. Kde is way more powerful and customisable from top to bottom and can be made to look absolutely stunning. while gnome de is beautiful and easy to use.
Easy Anticheat is not a good thing. It causes slightly more lag in games and its a KERNEL level ROOTKIT, meaning it can do whatever it wants to your PC, steal data, etc.
I actually did look into Kernel-Level Anti-Cheats more in the video I released after this. Since, I did get a few people saying that it wasn’t a good thing. I never really found anything on it affecting performance. I’ll have to look into that. Is there a report or documentation you can point me towards for that information? I’d really appreciate it. 😁 And you’re right! Anti-Cheat software running at the kernel level can be used to cause harm to a PC or to steal data. But when I looked into it I only found a case of a third party maliciously using a driver used in Genshin Impact’s anti cheat to inject malware into people’s PCs. I couldn’t find any cases of an Anti-Cheat software being developed to DIRECTLY harm a user’s computer. Steal data: probably, but I mean what do you do online nowadays that DOESN’T get your data tracked or stolen. 😂 Not saying that it’s not a shady thing for companies to do, or that anyone shouldn’t try to prevent their data from being compromised but people always seem to bring that up as if basically EVERY COMPANY isn’t doing it.
@@MKKomputing They are not going to straight out tell you as Rootkits are illegal and that is what basically the anticheat software is. Also with what happened with MS lately and all those PCs going down because of that virus program that most companies where using that did kernel level, they are locking the ability for that down, so anticheat is going to have to find another way.
Well, no. I don’t expect companies to outright say “Hey, are Anti-Cheat causes performance issues!” But there are plenty of people online who are usually able to test for stuff like that and post about their findings. But I don’t know how one would test performance with and without anti-cheat. Could be a lot harder than I’m expecting or impossible for all I know. 😅 Well, I mean really the only similarity between Rootkits and Kernel-level anti-cheat is that they both run on the kernel level. But one is made for malicious intent, and the other is made to try and prevent cheating. And that’s the point I’m trying to make. Kernel level anti-cheat, or ANYTHING running on the kernel level for that matter is for sure something to be cautious of, ike you brought up, just look at what happened with Crowdstrike, but just because something is running with those high-level permissions doesn’t mean that it’s inherently bad. Kernel level anti-cheat and security software developers and distributors don’t produce these softwares to intentionally cause harm to a user’s computer. And why would they? There are more computer-literate users now more than ever and SOMEONE is bound to find out, post their findings, and now that company is in hot water. The makers of Genshin Impact were under fire from happened with their kernel level Anti-cheat software, and that wasn’t even their fault! Just the result of some unaffiliated hacker making use of their software. Definitely scary that a program could have that much authority over someone’s computer, but again, it was never originally made for that purpose.
Steam and Lutris makes gaming on Linux simple AF.. 98% games I try just work mostly.. no more tweaking then what I have to do on windows. only games I have issues with is the games with Crazy a$$ anti-cheat.. EAC and Battle eye works fine. and latest Lutris allows ya to use proton directly from steam so all of valves patches are brought in for more game compatiblity.. able to play BDO even with its anti-cheat fine and alot of games work on day one now
Yeah, they’re both GREAT and making games work. Haven’t had any issues playing the games I play on the regular. Glad you’re having a good time with gaming on Linux!
@@MKKomputing Yea been enjoying as to be frank I hate windows personally but realize folks need it for certain stuff. But been on Linux for bout 2 years now with few months on windows before it broke with an update back in Dec. Now I been on my own Distro I have been building based on Bazzite. tbh Bazzite is great but it was bloated af lol
Yeah. All riot games are sadly out the window as they go into the windows kernel to mess around for their anti cheat. Also my kids got a little sad once Roblox pushed a "fix" to their game just so it wouldn't run on Linux (with the argument that "all linux users are cheaters").
@Tobsson Man, I hate when companies do that! “Here let’s fix some minor bugs that community has been complaining about *coughthatsoundslike’andthatscrewsoverlinuxusers’* okay! All better!”
@@MKKomputing I don't even think someone complained really. They just decided Linux was evil and wrote code so it's unplayable with wine or any other 3rd party software.
meanwhile on windows 10, game's video randomly freezes yet the game is still running. why? apparently windows 10/ 11 really don't like exclusive fullscreen modes. so borderless windowed it is.. well yes, but now the games run worse due to lower performance since windows is still rendering the desktop despite it not being visible. goody. hence why i'm switching to linux after windows 10 support ends.
I know the drill of this companies for you to take the piss. The latest windows are more power hungry. This cames on because actually there wasn't need of newest windows versions at all. As the same for hardware like gpus if you already have a powerful one from like 6 yr ago. So they force the os to be more demandant with DX12 for example. That way the ppl is deceived by making thinking them that they need a new win os as new gpus because older win versions are slower , a thing that's not truth. And so the ppl is forced to consume more harware again like new gpus. And this is why some games today run better as a proved fact in dx11 that dx12. And the fullscreen issue you talk about is crystal clear another example. These evil companies are just enslaving you. Not in my case I almost quit gaming.
Have you tried any multiplayer games where one friend hosts or joins you as a client where you're on Linux and the friend is on Windows? I'm really interested in making the switch but I almost exclusively play games with friends.
Yeah! I played Helldivers 2 and Pay Day 2 on Linux when my wife and friends were all using Windows and it worked just fine! They were hosting though, I haven’t tried hosting a game yet! 😁
There should be a standard program that all games run on and Operating system have to download to play games ( if of course that is a possibility.) then it would not matter what OS you use.
I’m not a software developer, but from my limited knowledge on the subject that’s a bit of a tall order. Different operating systems have different ways of communicating with software and asking for what they need in order for the game to run. The best we can get is the compatibility layers we have now. There could be one standard, but it would still require some kind of drivers or something that each system would need to either be developed with or downloaded. I just don’t see it happening though. Most companies are too greedy to work with open source projects.
That already exists, but hasnt' had a huge following. Abstract Virtual Machines, they are an O.S. that runs on other OSes. JVM (The java one) is the most famous, you can use it with any language and has everything needed to run games. That said one of the few games that used it, was HUGE. Minecraft. Then, there's docker. That just needs the CPU to be the same. (Can't understand how isn't used more for gaming, seems the perfect way, even to avoid cheats)
I personally wouldn't have used the bata of steam, proton updates separately, and using the bata could cause issues down the line. For contexts sake, I've been gaming on linux for the past 5 years or so
Yeah, I’m finding that I was wrong on that. Thanks for letting me know, though! I’m working on correcting myself and I won’t be recommending people do that again.
@@MKKomputing It's all a learning process, and for every one toxic Linux user online, I like to believe there's 1000 or 10,000 more Linux users that are willing to help, glad to see you trying it either way 😀
@KCKingcollin Thank you!! I’d say you’re right on that. So far, pretty much everyone in my comments has been super helpful, and I’m incredibly grateful for that!
I have been gaming mostly on Linux for awhile now and enjoy it. I know AMD cards are also the best to use currently as well as the performance is better than Nvidia on Linux and the drivers are built into the kernal. I rarely go into Windows as much anymore unless I want to use Xbox Party Chat through my PC for certain cross-play games. I also hope you are joking about deleting the channel if you fail at Linux gaming as I don't think there is any reason to
I’m glad gaming on Linux has really been working out for you! Yeah, AMD is still the best for Linux but NVIDIA support has been getting better! That’s what I’m using in my PC! Not joking, I am a man of my word. 😁 But it’s not really if I fail at Linux gaming, it’s if I’m forced to use Windows. I don’t have to go back to windows if a game doesn’t work. As long as it’s not one I’m playing with my friends, I can just not play the game. Also, the challenge is already almost over! Only have a little over a week to go!
@@MKKomputing That’s awesome to hear right there that you are almost complete with the challenge. Yeah my old PC has a 4790k and 3060 Ti but I noticed the performance games like Dead By Daylight so far run but start glitching out and I have to reboot the PC. My main rig though has a 7900 XT from AMD and it has been flawless so far. I’m glad it’s working as well for you so far too
So when you install SteamVR, you have to sideload from sidequest Steam Link. Then it will be super easy (and even easier than Quest Linking) to play VR games with Steam. I plan on switching back to a Linux gaming focused distro next week.
I have Steam Link on my quest! It sees my computer on my network but for some reason doesn’t let me connect to it. It says that Steam Link is not available on my PC. ☹️
Yeah same. Unfortunately iirc with the Quest it's due to the fact that you need their app to use it, and their app uses some obscure Windows APIs that haven't been reverse engineered for Wine yet
The only issue I have had in the past few years is MP games, so no more playing with 12 year olds thank god. just use non steam launcher, lutris or heroic.
When I tried ubisoft connect on lutris it doesn't work and same using bottles. Its either a black screen or the new ui that doesn't even work. I'm really confused that I got it to work on bottles and have the old ui somehow? I think i'm using an old version of proton ge, 8 something.
Huh…interesting. 🤔 I haven’t tried a Ubisoft connect game yet. I think I have the first Assassin’s Creed game on there. I’ll try it, see how far I get, and let you know if I do!
