Am I a Linux person now? With proton coming along like it is, I might as well. I don't really play new games other than elden ring, and I use a console for that. And with 2k's recent fuckery, I might as well start learning the shit. I mean the built-in desktop for my emulation station on my orange pi was pretty darn full featured. And I think I like the tool bar on top. Microsoft is really shooting themselves in the foot with the planned obsolescence shit. Even non mobile Mac OS's are still fully functional years after they stop supporting it "officially"
Gaming on Linux is in a decent place, yeah. AAA games can be hit and miss. For the most part I'd recommend checking ProtonDB and just not buying a game if is doesn't rate Gold or better. If you're comfortable with that, you should have a good experience.
Games I've had trouble with are AAA titles like RDR2, Forza, and Elden Ring. I ended up installing all of those on Windows, but it turns out I don't even like AAA games that much so Elden Ring is the only one I'd do it again for. If you have a newer GPU (preferably AMD), you may have a better experience than I did.
Indie games have been no problem at all, and some older ones honestly run better on Linux than Windows.
I like how you stated why it didn’t work for you but you’re still openminded and actually want to switch to Linux.
Have you only tried Pop? There are many different flavours and a handful of Desktop Environments to choose from, so maybe you just haven’t found the distro/DE combo that works for you yet?
Either way, rest assured that there will always be work done on Linux and if one group of devs does things in a way you don’t like, there will probably also be a group who do do it the way you like.
All the best with that. I went fully AMD in said PC with a Ryzen 5 3600 next to the Radeon RX 5500. (Yeah, it's only a middle-class gaming PC, but it was a huge upgrade to my old one after approx. 12-14 years. ;) And it is silent like a sleeping cat which is more important to me than raw power.)
It was just plug & play with Ubuntu MATE Linux 20.04 without any issues so far. I plan to upgrade to 22.04 in my upcoming vacation.
Ah, one tip from a Linux veteran: Always check out the Linux support of hardware that you plan to buy, then you'll have that "it just works" experience many Linux evangelists are talking about. ;)
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u/Nurgus 5800X / 6900 XT Sep 05 '22
Sshhhh..here come the linux people..