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Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 days ago by herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I think this is a higher percentage than Windows 11 if you include 16-bit ones from the 90s and early 2000s. (What was wrong with NTVDM64, anyway?)

[–] SoftNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I would love to swap to Linux if we could get games with kernel level anti cheat to be compatible.

[–] tantamoq@feddit.nl 11 points 14 hours ago

I'd love for those games to be on Linux if they remove the spyware.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

I'm gonna be that guy, most of them are in some way or another. The devs literally decided to not bother pressing the button that enables compatibility because they don't feel like it.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Even Starcraft???

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The only game I couldn't get to run on Wine was NOLF 1. Everything works except the music, which relies on DirectPlay / DirectMusic.

[–] smokeymcpott@feddit.org 3 points 17 hours ago

Maybe try protontricks. You can add the libraries needed for directmusic to the game that way. Worked for me this way for gothic.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Okay, real talk.

I know there's probably 100 videos on this, but I don't have time to watch any of them right now...

How much performance is lost/gained from using Linux to play games via proton?

I'm certain any game with a native Linux version will work great, I'm mostly concerned with the ones that need some kind of emulation layer.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

colloquially, I hear "5-10% overhead depending on the game and if you're running mods"

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

On the other hand, some testing has found that running games on Linux with Proton is actually faster than with Windows on the same hardware, because Windows is such a resource hog.

The hardware in in this test being the Legion Go steamdeck rival.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

See, that's what I was thinking. I'll have to do more research, but I would think all the overhead from Windows being Windows, would kind of diminish the gap between running it natively on Windows, and using proton or something so you can run it on Linux.

The overhead on both should be fairly similar, though with how Windows is, it wouldn't surprise me if it was slower.

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

I guess the beefier your system is the less you will notice the impact of a greedy OS (because thats a fixed/absolute overhead) while the performance hit of having to translate directx through Proton will always be there (because that's a percent-based overhead for each rendered frame)

So for the most top-end rigs, probably still Windows will squeeze a few more FPS. But it's close.

At the end of the day Linux and Windows are both pretty comparable for gaming performance, so we shouldn't worry about that as a deciding factor in which OS to choose, and can decide based on other merits.

[–] Naia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

Even if there is a slight performance loss, I feel like for the vast majority of games it's basically irrelevant, especially since most of the examples I see are like maybe 5-15% worse if it's worse at all.

If you are still over 60FPS then I don't really see why it's that much of an issue. Even having 165hz monitors I don't really notice much difference above 100, as long as the frame rate is consistent.

And as far as I've seen for AMD performance will be equal to if not better than Windows. The only issues I've seen with performance are Nvidia, but it's been improving and seems to be "good enough" from what I hear. Also, the more people who switch the more likely that will improve even more.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

Yup. I agree. I was just checking to see if that was the case.

I was certainly hoping it was, but I wanted to see what other people's experiences have been.

Thanks for the conversation.

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

Most stuff works outside of system anti-cheatl level multiplayer and some visual novels that can be tough to setup sometimes.

[+] DarkFuture@lemmy.world -7 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

I've never seen a harder hard-on than the hard-on Lemmy has for Linux.

More power to you guys, I'm just saying, Linux circlejerking represents like a third of the posts I see when browsing All.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

So you are saying that we should do it harder? Acknowledged boss!

[–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Meh. Lemmy is a fairly small community of people who know at least enough about computer and software that they're willing to push away from main-stream sites like Reddit. It seems kind of obvious that those same people would also be inclined to push away from Windows.

I wouldn't call it a 'hard-on'. It's just a kind of obvious correlation of people's interests. And no, it's nothing like 1/3 of the posts. It's just that you only think about linux when you're reading one of those posts, and so you only think to mentally tally the posts when you're actually reading one. It's a kind of cognitive bias. You could easily check this by just looking at the first few pages of 'all' right now. There's almost no posts about linux there at all.

[–] UsedLinuxDealer@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

I reckon a result of its reputation as an alternative to "mainstream" sites like Reddit, which is also a STEM-oriented gamer-nerd site disproportionately represented by men. So, tons of dudes on here use Linux professionally and are also of a libertarian mindset that is conducive to Linux evangelism on the basis of an ever-encroaching capitalist authoritarianism. edit: Also adding that I'm sure age is a factor in both the decision to leave other social media sites and a particular intolerance for the surveillant, bloated state of consumer PC's at this point.

They're not wrong, Linux is honestly the best route to a decent desktop experience now that Windows is caught in an AI deathloop and the Linux community is expansive enough to support casual users (I don't care about Apple stuff, but the cost would detract from the experience certainly). I made the switch when it got to the point that Windows literally took more work to use on a daily basis because of how hostile it has become to the user.

[–] Naia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

There are women who are also pro Linux.

I've used it off and on since the early 2000s, but switched full time last year when they were threatening to put the AI stuff in windows.

Also, being queer and the fear of how many companies are bending the knee to fascism I am concerned with privacy.

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, I know there are queer people and women on Linux, it wouldn't exist otherwise. Their use of it doesn't explain why it's so prominent on Lemmy though. Most evangelists are STEM men and I used the word "libertarian" very intentionally as most also would not consider the surveillance bad because of its danger to vulnerable groups but rather because of a discomfort with any challenge to private ownership. I do agree with them that the user experience is significantly better on Linux and that alone is a good reason to switch.

I agree, the ability to better control my visibility to an increasingly fascist state is a major benefit of Linux. With that in mind, I think it is very important for antifascists to practice internet sovereignty and build infrastructure that exists independently from the interests of capital.

[–] Naia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 hours ago

Well, as far as Lemmy goes most of the people who came over first are people who are technically and privacy oriented. Issues with Reddit causing several exoduses (I think I spelled that right).

What has historically pushed people to use Linux is the same driver for pretty much anything fediverse/activity pub. It's the early adopters that are going to shape the discourse for a while. I think Reddit was the same way at the start as was Digg.

Your average non-techie is less likely to want to figure out how to use Lemmy over just dealing with the other things the corporate sites are doing. Not that there aren't non-techies on Lemmy, but it will take time for them to overtake the techies by a significant degree, if it happens at all.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Totally.

I've been using Windows a long time. I'm actually in IT. Microsoft is definitely going the wrong direction with it. It doesn't bother me too much because I know how to change what I need to change to make it work the way I want.

It does get old though seeing so many Linux posts all the time. Like, I get it. But over-exposure and fanboying could end up driving people away. I just scroll past. It's not a big deal. Just felt like pointing it out.

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

That was a major motivator behind my switch. If I had to fiddle anyway, might as well use something where the fiddling has more payoff. Also don't want to whack-a-mole AI surveillance from a company close with the fascist regime.

I'm honestly more concerned with them misrepresenting its ease of use than anything else. I ran into a lot of guides and videos that wanted to make it seem more aporoachable so as to not discourage potential users that significantly downplayed the amount of extra work it would take to use Linux. Bash is typically sidelined if they're promoting Mint or Zorin for example. I study humanities, but I have a good amount of experience with terminals and so learning a new CLI wasn't s big deal, but I know that'd be a deal breaker for a lot of new users who would likely feel bamboozled by the insistance that it's "just like Windows."

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 81 points 2 days ago

Which I'm sure is much higher than windows games working on windows. Proton is awesome for old games.

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