I really wanna switch to Linux so bad because of windows 10 support is ending soon and windows 11 suck ass I especially hate chatgpt and edge and boring desktop environment and sloppy navigation around the os and inconsistent design and everything else really, the only reason I use computer is games and a bit of documents editing but I lose half of my fps when I played on Linux which is a big deal when all I have is a potato laptop, hopefully by the time windows 10 ended support gaming on Linux will be at least 80% of the windows performance

[–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I switched to Linux a few months ago after building a new computer as I didn't feel like paying over $100 for an OS that has ads in the start menu and spammy popups.

Almost all of my games work fine and don't have any issues with lag. The exception is GTA V which doesn't work at all and Sims 4 which works fine but EA's launcher has given me a few issues.

You shouldn't have any issues with document editing or web browsing. In my experience printing actually works better on Linux than it did for me on Windows.

If you want you could dual boot or keep an old windows system around to play games that aren't working on Linux, but in my experience, most games, especially indie games, work just fine on Linux.

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

GTA V which doesn't work at all

YMMV. Works out of the box on the deck and I don't remember having any problems with it on arch.

[–] anon5621@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Yesterday played in it.Pirated one version works fine since it's doesn't relay on any laucher ;)

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Dualboot could work, I tried it before and didn't go very well I might give it another chance, by the way does online games with anti cheat that works on Linux under wine will that get me ban?

[–] TheCheddarCheese@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that depends on the anticheat they're using, could you provide a name?

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's just a local shooting game, I think it use easy anti cheat

[–] Moody@lemmy.zip 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can literally just download Windows for free from the Microsoft site.

[–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah I know. Still have to pay for license though unless you like having the activate windows watermark in the corner.

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