Been trying to daily drive Linux rather than Windows for a couple of months now and it's been great, but also has some downsides. This video is me rambling and documenting my experience for others! Follow me: bio.link/henrickthewreck
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
My experience has been pretty good, i only use windows every 1-2 weeks to play valorant with friends. but everything works perfectly for me on arch, and i can just get what i want and it works
Yeah maybe one day we won't have to rely on Windows for even games with anti-cheat! I still have to rely on it for video editing since Davinci Resolve isn't as fully featured on Linux unfortunately! Market share is going up though :D
I ended up using Linux for my gaming long before Proton came about. Back then, you had to just regard it as a different platform, and look through games available on that platform. There were still plenty of games to fill my time, but it was a lot more limited than now. At that time, you had to be someone who was willing not to look at all the big PC releases yearningly, but instead just accept the Linux game library as it happened.
Yeah before Proton I only really knew Linux as the OS you'd install on an old laptop or desktop to give it new life lol but Proton has really changed things for gaming and will continue to just get better I'm sure :D
Ever since Steam Deck released and Valve support on Linux, gaming on Linux never been easier. What holds most people switching to Linux is Gaming and second is Proprietary Software, with Linux Gaming is solved so many people lately switching to Linux.
That and the fact that they'd have to install something other than windows - though for someone who built a computer that's not too much more difficult! Market share is going up though! :D
One of the most important things for me is HDR support. Nice to see it finally becoming a Linux thing. Unfortunately, nVidia's support isn't where I'd like it to be. I'd like to see RTX Video HDR available for Linux or at least something similar to Windows AutoHDR. This is because many games don't support HDR and the games that do support HDR often get the mastering wrong. Maybe you know a convenient solution for this? If not, them I'm stuck with Windows atm.
While there isn't an auto HDR solution for gaming on Linux yet, I think games still look great on Linux even if without HDR. I actually should do a side by side comparison or something to see if it's just forcing HDR though because I almost feel like it is? Could just be the OLED effect though. Hopefully the Nvidia drivers get better on Linux and eventually support this though :D
