I remember when Proton launched it was like magic playing games like Doom and Nier Automata straight from the Linux Steam client with excellent performance. I do not miss the days of having the Windows version of Steam installed separately.

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    1 year ago

    Honestly, I’m considering risking the jump to something like Pop OS. If my games ran well on Linux, I probably would have no reason to stay on windows outside of for my work computers.

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      1 year ago

      I tried Valheim on Pop OS an it ran better than on windows (where it crashes all the time).

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        1 year ago

        I’ve ran the Linux native Valheim client for 100+ hours on my Kubuntu install and had zero issues with the game.

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      I daily Pop OS, it’s overall pretty good. Drivers are super easy to deal with, and the Pop Shop has a lot of game-related apps ready to install. Biggest headache is that sometimes my Mic just won’t work and I have to reboot. That, and steam does Vulkan Shader Compilation on every game launch it seems, which can be a pain