fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWindows 10 only has a year of support: 12 months left to keep Copilot off your desktop or learn Linuxwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square238fedilinkarrow-up1580arrow-down147cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlpcgaming@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·4 days agoAs a gamer, I’m always going to have at least one Windows PC. But I’m planning to upgrade next month, and turn my old PC into a non-gaming Linux rig for all non-gaming purposes.
minus-squarescemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 days agoI don’t play every game out there, but in the last couple of years, I’ve not had a reason to switch to Windows to play a game. Most games these days seem to work fine on Linux, especially with all the work Valve has put in.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days agoWhen I ran a dual-boot over June and July last summer only about 60% of my library functioned, so for me, it’s just not feasible to go entirely without Windows.
minus-squaretiny@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 days agoBasically every game without anticheat runs on Linux now
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoThat wasn’t my experience, even with the various compatibility tools. A lot do though.
As a gamer, I’m always going to have at least one Windows PC.
But I’m planning to upgrade next month, and turn my old PC into a non-gaming Linux rig for all non-gaming purposes.
I don’t play every game out there, but in the last couple of years, I’ve not had a reason to switch to Windows to play a game.
Most games these days seem to work fine on Linux, especially with all the work Valve has put in.
When I ran a dual-boot over June and July last summer only about 60% of my library functioned, so for me, it’s just not feasible to go entirely without Windows.
Basically every game without anticheat runs on Linux now
That wasn’t my experience, even with the various compatibility tools.
A lot do though.