The Wonderful State of Gaming on Linux in 2023! 

keep dreaming

​@@luimu With the steamdeck I don't even need to, I've got multiple friends using Linux now (:

2023 was the year of the Linux desktop.

May be next year

@@luimuyeah, it already happened. 2022

"nVidia, FU€|{ you" ~Linus Torvalds mlm do.ob

This. if you're gonna use linux in any serious way, consider replacing your Nvidia card with a Radeon. Radeon, unlike on windows, excels at running many graphics APIs on linux.

The one thing I'd add though is that if you have to encode videos, then the open source driver doesn't support hardware acceleration for that. The Nvidia driver does.

Thankfully with Nvidia opening their driver modules since 5.15, we've been seen a lot of strides in the Nouveau driver.

Yes, I hear some say AMD Gpus work better on linux. I just got a 7800x3d and 7800xt system but not sure which distro to use that is stable with my hardware. I guess I have had some bad experiences with my old rtx3060 laptop . ChrisTitus say Debain 12, ARCH, and NIX... I thought Ubuntu was decent, just the problem was the fans ran all the time and the fps was a bit lower than when I played in Win11.

Lifelong windows user here. They definitely would be. If anti cheats start working on Linux then I will 100% be swapping. I've been wanting to for so long and finally it's getting there

@@Britishblue. the way the current anticheat trends are going, the opposite might be true. More and more games are leaning toward kernel level anti cheats, which most people (including me) consider an enormous security and privacy threat and will NEVER be implemented by anyone in the linux community, nor will ever be allowed by Linus himself. Unless game developers can create good anti cheats which aren't rootkits in disguise, gamers will have to stick to windows for many popular multiplayer games

@@askeladden450 I am of the opinion that people shouldn't really be playing games with incredibly invasive anti-cheats anyways. To each their own, of course, but I'll gladly not play a certain game if it is a threat to my privacy.

as far as i remember, isnt it already there? i remember when i was installing proton, and a specific game that require anti cheat, it does install a thing called anticheat, in the wine folder instead steam directory, and i able to run the game. it was a month ago

@@riza4033 most anticheat do work, except kernel level anticheats

Do go ahead. The past couple years we've been seeing only great stuff in the Linux gaming world. I have a 3060 ti and I run Cyberpunk with graphics in ultra and ray tracing without any issues. It's still a little crazy to me

@@paulspl2581 that sounds amazing. If I compare that to the same game on windows with a 3080 (10GB), I'm hearing free gains 👌

I've been looking into the state of desktop Linux for over 10 years and always concluded, that It's not quite there yet where I could switch to it indefinitely. This year I finally made it happen. What helped me finally make the move was me installing linux on a external SSD so I could dual boot by way of making it preferred in the EFI boot order. I didn't have to try and boot Windows from Grub that way, which solves all the usual dual booting headaches. I installed and configured Linux and had peace of mind that all it took was to unplug the SSD to boot back into Windows. I found Linux to finally be good enough to use exclusively.

"About a year ago I passed my 3080 to my wife and bought myself a 7900xtx" and that my guy is why sometimes I feel jealous of how easy women have it lol....I needed to save a lot to afford shit like that

@@sumomaster5585 to be fair, she wanted to get BACK into pc gaming after sticking to our PS4 pro and PS5 for a couple of years. She bought her own PC, the only reason I gave her my 3080 is because then I'd have an excuse to buy something better 😂 and I almost went full retard and bought a 4090. Hey, I might have money, but at least I've still got more sense. Also I got lucky buying the 3080 on launch day for 750 euro. At the time I was doubting if I should do it because in my mind it was "way too expensive". I was happy 3 weeks later when I checked the prices again....

I was in your place. Last week while making a wire Windows had a glitch and made it twice. I had enough. Nowadays it's easier to run games on Linux and even some of then such us Cyberpunk 2077 perform better . In the worse case scenario you can always use a virtual machine on Linux with windows.

​@@javsanchez722virtual machines are usually not good for gaming. I'd recommend dual-booting linux and windows instead

@@javsanchez722 yeah, I’m about at my limit. It’s just feeling less and less worth the ease of use :/

There won't be, Windows will still dominate market and software, hardware, peripherals makers will continue to only properly support their stuff on Windows

​@@BillyPage1337Good thing Wine exists

It's really not that big of an issue on Linux with r2modman giving access to thunderstore mods and almost every mod I've installed have worked well. Unless the mod is using some esoteric windows specific thing, they work well under Proton.

I mean modding is still a shitshow on windows, I tried installing mods for palworld and it went crazty well, I didn't even need to dll overrides.

thats already true

It already is :)

you could try zorin os or nobara

2:35 is called Disco Elysium, skateboard game at 6:26 is called The Ramp

Loki Software stood so Valve Proton could rocket down the street at 300mph.

@@logsupermulti3921 Loki was really ahead of it's time 😕 Also: Hey I still have some Loki games installed xD It's not like that stuff takes up gigabytes or something.

Lol stolen laptop

@@nena_nezali ???

Valve like all companies don't give a shit about consumers, they are just worried MS is taking PC gaming seriously after how popular it's become and this is a preemptive move to establish Steam as the default Linux gaming platform alongside Linux as a viable gaming platform just in case pigs start to fly on Windows

I'm on nvidia 1070GTX paired with a GSYNC-only monitor. I chose "Pop! OS" because it comes with proprietary nvidia drivers (if you choose the nvidia iso download) out of the box. And pairing this with Heroic Games Launcher means I can quickly install and run GoG, Amazon and Epic games. Plus Steam is available and runs fine too.

I play BF1 on Arch Linux every day. I've got it working on both AMD and Nvidia, not sure what your issue is, BF1 has worked under Linux for years

as an arch user i can't even begin to understand your pain (and i did use gentoo for a good while)

@@lasdernas Gentoo is respectable

If developers take up the Godot Game engine, it will make the exporting process for Linux builds that much easier

Mint

I'm on nvidia 1070GTX paired with a GSYNC-only monitor. I chose "Pop! OS" because it comes with proprietary nvidia drivers (if you choose the nvidia iso download) out of the box. And pairing this with Heroic Games Launcher means I can quickly install and run GoG, Amazon and Epic games. Plus Steam is available and runs fine too.

What games did you try out?

skil issue, ive been back on linux about a week and all games ran flawlessly minus the finals (if it isn't a skill issue, it could be a nvidia issue)

The time you had to put in to get your system where you are happy with it, will become just a quick thing you do in the future and don't even realize you do it. And Windows probably had similar things that you just did without thinking about as well.

​@@lloydbond13 most of the time went to setting up the qtile window manager ;)

Welcome to 2030, you'll own nothing, neither privacy and you'll happy. I bet you've been hearing this a lot lately

Garuda is perfectly fine. You should not distro-hop as a beginner. Just pick one distro and stick with it. If it meets your needs, there is no reason to change.

pick a large distro with a lot of support behind it. That is the most important thing as a beginner, so manjaro, ubuntu, pop or mint should be fine for what you want I myself use kubuntu as I like kde more than gnome, but I wanted rhe comfort of ubuntu for my main work machine

First, you must pick which major "distro" family you use. Note: Most of the time I use Linux, I primarily am using the terminal in a minimal graphical setup, so I might not be the one to ask. On top of this, my experience on non-arch based distros is limited. Arch based (Garuda, Artix, etc.): Best for those who wish to tinker. You'll have easier control over your system too. The fact that software updates regularly means bugs will be more common and you'll have to enter the terminal more often. However, stuff will be more likely to work on Arch due to the fact software is updated more regularly. The latter part is why SteamOS is now based on Arch. Good for entertainment but will require maintaince. Also, for the love of god do not use Manjaro, you will break the system. They do amateur mistakes like forgetting to renew SSL certs, accidently DDoSing the AUR (they did it twice btw). Oh, and using the AUR on Manjaro will break your system even though the AUR is one of the best selling points for Arch. Debian based (Pop, Devuan, Ubuntu, Mint, etc.): Many more options to pick from and most of them will be very stable and break less often. However, due to the lack of updates, you may have to wait longer for new features. Better for more work related tasks than entertainment. RPM-based (Nobara, Fedora, OpenSUSE): Probably what you'll be most familar with in your line of work. If you want something low maintaince that "just werks" use Nobara. I don't have much to say on these, I haven't ever used them extensively. Remember, no matter the distro will pick, you will have to mess with the terminal a lot regardless, just to different degrees. Even Nobara, which is designed for you to avoid the terminal, will have you using it to at the very least copy and paste commands to get a game working or something. Also, remember that gaming on linux is still only in the acceptable state, it isn't on the same tier as Windows. Some games will just break if you enable a setting (usually fancy Nvidia stuff). Sure, this is infinitely better than the game not even launching, but do keep in mind that desktop Linux is still primarily for tinkerers. I still highly recommend you try out Linux for entertainment but don't be surprised if you swap to Windows. P.S. It is rather odd that you want your entertainment system to be running Linux and your workstation to be running Windows. Usually, it is the other way around.

@@roberteboylee The reason I'm running windows on my work system is because the programs on windows make it easier for school stuff. (I called it my work system, but it's more my school laptop, that I got from work for school. Absolute overkill high end XPS laptop. But hey, if the boss is offering and paying without me asking for it, who am I to decline the hardware? XD ) When it comes to actually gathering information I use Linux in a VM, but then to turn into a paper I can give the teacher, windows is just easier and everyone else at school uses it so it's easier to exchange ideas/projects. I've tried Linux before, and I still do at work. So I'm not afraid of the terminal when necessary. But with two kids under the age of 4 and a full time job and going to school to get my bachelor's, I'd rather spend more time enjoying the PC instead of troubleshooting in the terminal. But again, I'm no stranger to it. The reason I went back to windows (at home) was actually only the bad compatibility with games. And indeed I've always had an Nvidia GPU (like you said Pain in the ass on Linux). But I just got a Steam Deck (OLED), and seeing how that thing handles gaming on Linux. Now I have an all AMD gaming PC and I'm ready to give it another try on my desktop. Thanks for the tips, I think I might try Garuda first and see how it feels. Otherwise I'll probably go with something "mainstream" like Ubuntu or Pop and just add in every 'gaming' thing that Garuda does automatically I need manually. Thanks for the tips!!

Nobara

probably arch

It's called "En Garde!"

It's a photo of the Annapurna mountain range, shot by Jonny James! unsplash.com/photos/three-mountains-covered-with-snow-3no88nSvK88

@@ReluctantAnarchist Thanxxx! A lot!!! I will never remove it since now...

Starfield

Most Distros are derivatives of either Debian, Arch Linux or Fedora and these are majorly different only in the form of how they handle packages and if they focus on getting the latest versions and being on the bleeding edge (Arch Linux) or to give a stable system (Debian) or even maintain a mix of the two (Fedora). Most downstream distros are only based on standards that they implement.

Nabora Linux, KDE edition.

thank you@@notjustforhackers4252

BazziteOS

Remind me if someone found it.

@@dageta7742 I would but can’t find the game

It's called "En Garde!"

@@saintgtxThanks dude!

Gaming? AMD.... everything else NVIDIA.

AMD is best for Linux, but NVIDIA still beats AMD, it just isn't very compatible with Linux. (NVIDIA GPU's will still work on linux, but it'll take some work on your end.)

Command & Conquer

MGS V: Ground Zeroes (2014)

@@ReluctantAnarchist Thank you!

Please tell me you're un-ironically just dropping that you're using Arch. Nothing against it, if I switch to Linux it probably would be Arch. I just like the idea of the meme being true. "Arch users are like vegans, they can't help telling people" 😂

@@ssgtblackmamba7991 sorry to disappoint, but that was indeed ironic :)

@@ssgtblackmamba7991 although i do believe arch is teh whey

@@lasdernas damn 😂 IF I do choose to go with an Arch distro, I'll use the opportunity to at least once start a sentence with "As an Arch user..."😉

vr is a pain point for me as well. I have just found my self lately to rarely spend time with in it and if I do in vrc, so I was able to just say I use openhmd will less than perfect tracking. will probably create a second drive with windows for a less painfull vr experience tho I need a machine to atleast test my game on windows anyway xD other than these two points and screen audio sharing on discord, my linux experience is painless, which is mainly due to my tools suporting linux anyway

kernel level anti-cheat engine

It happened this year, 2023. My gaming desktop is now only running Linux.

true, no regular user is gonna start typing in commands like a dork, most people are only driven by visuals.

@@kristiant96 not only that, but the "simple" distros are never really simple. You download something from a website saying that its ready to go... until you want to do absolutely anything that's not already ready to use inside it.

@@StarmenRock i like linux but it's still not there it needs to learn from windows in that regard.

@@kristiant96 honestly i wish Linux programmers would just understand how casuals think about stuff. The only Linux i actually see regular people using nicely is Tails

Have you tried linux mint?

kde plasma has good support now

That's what I'm using right now, has been pretty great. Soon as they get some of the larger multiplayer games working Windows will be pointless for any PC enthusiast.