This little machine continues to surprise me

It wasn't always that way, but I'm glad proton is great now!

I actually just installed Linux on my gaming PC and it's mostly been a good experience.

Ahh, the Steam Deck, the SBC handheld that I can't afford yet.

I don't have a Steam Deck, but I just made the transition to fully running Arch on my gaming rig. So far everything just works.

Steamdeck made me sell my desktop! I still have an entry-level gaming laptop if I need it but 90% of my PC gaming is on the deck now

If Linux gets support from Abode so I can ditch Photoshop, I’ll be there.

I just bought a new NVME SSD as I need to reinstall Windows anyway. I am seriously considering at least dual booting Windows and Linux or just going full Linux at once. You guys in here and the Linux community on Lemmy show me that it is possible to escape Windows without too much trouble, even for a Linux newb like me.

Okay, I am not a complete newb, I have set up a few Raspberry Pis and do run a unRAID server, but I have never seriously used Linux as a daily driver on my desktop or laptop.

Yes, join us! But srsly, quite a lot of games work great with proton on Linux. You can always check protondb.com for compability :)

It honestly makes me wonder why i keep using windows on my main desktop if proton allows playing most anything i play

I was asking myself the same question. Then I installed Linux on my desktop and I have never been happier

I'd started dualbooting with NobaraOS about a year ago, and recently deleted windows entirely. I haven't run into a game I want to play yet that isn't compatible.

Anyone play factorio on this thing?

I find myself using desktop mode more on the Deck while docked than my Windows computer, that's connected to the same monitor. Still trying to learn how to use programs like Bottles correctly, but once I do, I'm getting rid of the Windows computer.

What game is that? Looks like Blizzard game, maybe Diablo? 4? Never seen D4 before.

What game and device is this? I need it!

I love it. It is the best purchase decision I made in years. I am lazy - I prefer to play on Steam Deck than on my gaming laptop.

However, yesterday I tried to play Remnant 2 on Steam Deck. I was not expecting fireworks, but at least decent 30fps. IMO Game is unplayable on SD. Barely reaches 30fps. Fan spins like crazy. It works great on my laptop.

I can't wait for a Steam Deck hardware refresh.

I use Proton (Linux) for games where my hardware is overkill or my FPS is good enough.

But in games where the hardware is maxed and the FPS is below my preference. I use windows because there is still sometimes like a 10%-20% loss by running windows stuff from Linux.

In Steam Deck could be different because it's more optimised maybe. There are exceptions that run better on Linux I understand (example: same FPS but less stuttering).

If it weren't for how good the offering is on Gamepass I would just play on Linux.

What is this game?

Nice! How easy was it getting D4 running?

I have been looking in the steam store hoping it would show up since a lot of other Blizzard games are. Steam makes running games on Linux very easy, what did you do to run it, add battlenet as non steam game?

My only issue with Proton are crash and rendering issues related to ray tracing on certain games (probably Nvidia's fault). Also, Halo master chief collection crash after a few minutes gameplay, but that's might have something to do with the game being made by Microsoft. Other than that, it's perfect. Even DLSS is working fine too.

Cool. I recommend Nobara, its a gaming/content creation oriented distro that works well out of the box.

https://nobaraproject.org/

It won't play teardown I know that.

Man thats great. Im not a devoted player but from time to time I just buy a game to have some fun. Last ones were Hellblade and Witcher 3. Also In thinkng of starting a new build from scratch so I might just jump into Linux and leave Windows behind for good. What is the ideal Linux flavour for gaming? Ubuntu? Mint? Whats it like with gpu drivers and what not?

how’s it run overall?