Today, I switched the last of my Windows machines to Linux: my gaming PC. I’ve been using Linux on servers for many years but was a bit apprehensive for gaming.

Turns out it just… works. Just installed steam and turned proton on, have zero performance or other issues. I’m using Ubuntu 25.04 for the 6.14 kernels NT emulation performance tweaks. Aside from there not being a catalyst driver for it and so I can’t undervolt my card everything is great.

    • Sam, The Man@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      26·
      9 days ago

      Fr try reinstalling Windows on a laptop and watch, helplessly, as the installation medium comes with zero drivers. Multi-billion dollar company my ass…

        • BastingChemina@slrpnk.netEnglish
          10·
          9 days ago

          By installing drivers do you mean: search the manufacturers website online, navigate through all the scam website to try to find the legit one, dig through the website to find your hardware, download a random executable file, execute it, select next next next, no I don’t want to install mcafee, next, install.

        • SwizzleStick@lemmy.zipEnglish
          7·
          9 days ago

          To its credit (of which there is little), Windows can handle most things these days just fine without externally obtained drivers. Gradually improving since 7 onwards. The only sore spots really are proper gfx drivers and printers. 10 and beyond will also gracefully handle being drive-swapped into completely different hardware.

          If it’s a reinstall, activation is automatic for OEM licences.

          Step 4, yes, what a shitshow. Way too many hoops and hurdles to go through just to get a functional OS without the bloat and guff.

        • whats_all_this_then@programming.devEnglish
          4·
          9 days ago

          Installing windows step 4 if you’re playing games not off the main stores, install:

          • DirectX 9 Jun 2010
          • Visual C++ Redistributables (2008 - whatever the latest is)
          • .NET Framework 3.5 (if you wanna play older games. You have to do this from from programs and features)
        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          8 days ago

          step 2: run 3 commands in console or use discover

          Just one, no? Usually the installation instructions will tell you which package to install for your GPU.

      • dil@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        like an hour and a half superslow install, cachyos was so fast I thought it was an error