Linux Mint is still going strong after being my daily driver for 4 months, and I don't think i will be going back anytime soon.

Linux games work just fine on my SteamDeck.

Not sure how to add pictures here yet so you have to imagine Leo laughing with drink here.

I guess I'm a "casual gamer" and I tend to avoid games using anti-cheat (not clear on how much access to my computer I'm giving that software). So far, for me, the games have "just worked". I'm even alpha testing a new game (Palia) in Lutris and it seems to be working just fine.

Yeah I tried it as well and it worked, but it was annoying. I used Ubuntu and every now and then some of my games would break after package/OS updates, which sucked because the games usually took effort to work well. I already spend my day solving tech problems and really don't feel like dealing with it after work, so I settled for Windows as my desktop.

Still, it's way better than it was 10 years ago and it keeps improving. With Windows continuing and worsening its anti-consumer practices I could see myself on Linux for desktop usage in the future at some point.

Most things are easy to get running in my experience, and I've never noticed performance loss. My only gripe is lack of RTX support, but I plan on switching to AMD anyway so I'm not too fussed.

Not sure what you mean by vsync being fucked?

I do keep windows installed tho, because modding Bethesda games specifically has been a major pain in the ass for me on Linux. Outside of that and a couple other minor things I play everything in Linux with little effort. Still wouldn't recommend it to the average Joe though, but I love to tinker.

It's absolutely far from perfect, but I'm happy because of how much better it's gotten compared to how it used to be. Like, similar to like how everytime I find myself complaining about emptying my shitty dishwasher I remind myself that not long ago I had to do them by hand.

Actually, I have had minimal problems overall. The only games I have been unable to play are those with 'Easy Anti Cheat'. But more often than not I can click install on Steam and start playing games first try just like on Windows. I do still check tho on protondb if anyone else has had issues getting the game to work just out of habit.

I honestly agree, the only exception is the steam deck. I don't know how, but that thing runs games really smooth. I really want CoD, BF2042 and R6S to support Linux, these games are stopping me from daily driving linux.

For what it’s worth, Apex Legends literally runs smoother on my Arch Linux install than my Windows 10 install. It was completely unexpected, but a very welcome discovery.

I wholeheartedly agree that people massively oversell gaming on Linux.

If you're lucky though you might be in a position where most of the games you play not only run on Linux but actually run better than on Windows, even non natively through Proton, how ever that black magic works.

I still dual boot Windows though for those few outliers which is annoying, especially when it wants to update itself after you didn't use it in 4 months and everything runs very slow.

I was actually thinking about that, I might do the same if Ubuntu decides to move away from support deb packages like they said they would.

The most dangerous curl sudo bash on the internet :P meh it's probably fine...

I've explained it this way; If Windows is an "Automatic" and, say, Arch is a "Stick Shift", then MInt is a "Paddle Shift". You can drive it around like an automatic all day but, if you want direct access to the gear box, it's right under your fingertips.

Isn't that what they mean by "beginner distro"? Something that just works?

There was a flatpack release for the ED market connector awhile ago, I have no idea if it's still functioning (i have gotten in the habit of doing it manually too) but you might want to check it out. https://flathub.org/apps/io.edcd.EDMarketConnector

That's a fun game. Glad to run into someone else that has played it.

I see you've got it! Here's a guide to kbin if you need

Have you tried Wine or a VM?

Have you tried the Lutris wine preset for it? https://lutris.net/games/clip-studio-paint/

When I was distro hopping to discover what would be my daily driver I found POP annoying to handle some of the more day-to-day tasks A lot of unnecessary fluff and handlebars around the place. I feel like Mint doesn't give you training wheels. Rather it just teaches you why things are the way they are. For example on the first-time boot PopOS. when prompting me to update some programs, it failed and crashed the package manager leaving me clueless and forcing me to open it again and sort out that I needed to update the package manager. Meanwhile, over on Mint's first-time boot, the update manager refused to let me continue with updates until I updated the package manager FIRST, then explained to me what each symbol meant and how to update things. I may have already known what everything did, but it was still far more helpful in the short term and a cleaner experience.

Maybe you forgot a /s but otherwise this is such a mean comment on a linux magazine lol.

Because we know the world can be better on Linux.

Runs fine for me on Manjaro. 🤷‍♂️

See post text, turns out it wqs elite dangerous' fault.

Have you checked lutris? They have a wine preset for clip studio paint https://lutris.net/games/clip-studio-paint/ And for overwatch 2 https://lutris.net/games/overwatch-2/

Have you tried Krita?