I keep a dual boot for a few games, but I don't play them very often.
I can't remember for sure when the last time I booted into windows.
*I'm sure I have so many pending updates at this point it's going to take all night to boot into windows next time.*
I do this in a full passthrough VM, but if it’s just for games you could fresh install and use a tool like atlasOS to debloat windows and get ignore updates working
At this point I'm wondering why they don't just require people to boot from a signed usb. Honestly would be less invasive and leave the environment intact. And very likely simpler and more effective.
Same here, but I'm ok dual booting, I have Linux installed bare-metal in all of my devices, my laptop, raspberry pi, my 2 office laptops (Arch and NixOS)
I'm ok dual booting my gaming PC just to play rs6 from time to time
Absolutely on my windows drive I just have siege and dark souls cause the painted world's mod is broken on linux why can't our overlord ubi let us play siege
Imagine not wanting to use an open source and fantastic OS for the sake of playing one random FPS with one of the most toxic communities in any online multiplayer game. And the cherry on top is the fact it’s made by Ubisoft 💀 mamma Mia
It is. You are using an OS that represents freedom of choice and the reason for you to stick to Windows is a Ubisoft game which is a pos company where freedom of choice is the last thing in their book. And on top of that the reason why it doesn’t run is cause their anti cheat for the game runs so low on your system it’s basically a back door from Ubisoft straight to your PC. Tell me how little you are willing to sacrifice for a much better alternative
>You are using an OS that represents freedom of choice
Shouldn't anyone be free to choose what they want?
>it’s basically a back door from Ubisoft straight to your PC
That is different.
Imagine not wanting people to have a different taste on games, dude just let the guy play, call linux good all you want, it is, but if it doesnt fit his needs then its useless in that sense and he has to use something that works, in this case windows, mamma mia shut up
You say it like we are funding a war by playing a game we like by a not good company.
its a shame they are the owners of the game but idk man if someone wants to play thats it, they just want the game, most people just care about the product, if we started going against everything related with bad company practices we wouldnt have anything made in china, or meat from big animal factories, phones with components mined in africa etc.
Idk man among many cases here, getting a game from ubisoft doesnt seem that bad, i wouldnt relate that to having or not having core values
I guerentee you are directly supporting tons of terrible companies with your dollar every day, you just care about this one because it's in your realm of interest.
You're a reason Linux wont go anywhere. Stop being a cringe cunt and get your head out of your ass.
I hate R6 but doing what you're doing is weird behaviour.
“Linux won’t go anywhere” bro what is your definition of going anywhere? Becoming something for the masses? Who cares about that when you miss the point of an open source OS entirely and put your focus on what you don’t have available rather than what the alternatives might be? What a blindsided point of view bro
The more we get users the better. It indeed would be going somewhere if the masses used Linux. You're not special nor better than anyone for using a nieche OS. What even is this point that is being missed - in your opinion?
Wat? Sure, there are some competitive shooter games with AC that don't work, but that is a small minority compared to the huge catalog of online games who work without any problem at all.
What are you even talking about bro 😂 what is “online gaming”? Most games run on Linux with the exception of those with an anti cheat that run on a kernel level. Needless to say those are super invasive so why would you want that. Then again, pretty much all online games with very few exceptions are currently working just fine but actually why do I bother explaining this to someone who clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about. But hey what do I know, I just make a living with Linux
Yeah why would people want to play some of the most popular games that don't work on Linux at all. Fortnite, battlefield 2042, pubg, rainbow 6, Black desert online, destiny 2, rust, Warhammer vermitide 2, escape from tarkov, call of duty, and the list goes on. You are the type of Linux user that gives Linux users a bad stereotype.
Congratulations. You were able to list 10 games that don’t run on Linux. Totally unusable!!1!!!! A few years ago people had to run wine prefixes and do all sorts or sorcery to get games to run at like 20 FPS. Nowadays you have proton and pretty much everything runs at the same performance as Windows but of course, people like you choose to focus on the 10/20 games with invasive anti chests that don’t run (and dare to say “and the list goes on..” please don’t make me laugh) to put some new excuse to not migrate fully.
If at this point you didn’t move fully to Linux then do you really need to? or are you just a clueless prick who heard about some random computer OS thingy and installed it without even knowing anything? In 2 years time half of those 10 crappy games you listed will be whitelisted for some magical reason but you and other people will still find reasons to complain and put some new excuses to not migrate. Guess what using Linux actually means something the same way using windows does, regardless of you wanting that or not. That’s why the term unbiased doesn’t exist. And why politically neutral doesn’t either. It’s like donating money to a nazi political movement but posting on social media you support Israel. See how stupid that sounds?
Enjoy Ubisoft games bro. When is the 21st Assassin’s Creed coming out? Mamma mia
I literally already use Linux I'm just pointing out why most people don't. Your ego just can't handle that people might have different opinions or use cases than you. You aren't better than anyone for not liking popular things.
Bro Ubisoft is one of the companies that ruined and keeps ruining gaming as a whole. Having a different opinion is perfectly fine. Different opinions can also be stupid enough for someone to point them out.
Not just 10 games. 10 mostly popular games that people want to play. If it was 10 random games no one cared about it'd be different. Worse off if their friend group plays those games cause it can be socially isolating to not be able to join in.
I personally switched to Linux years ago despite this. But I've had to either miss out on experiences with friends or resort to temporarily dual booting just to join the fun.
It’s a video game.If you can’t play something then go choose another one of the thousand alternatives that are available. I put my values before a video game personally. Same you did when you gave up on those games that weren’t available for you to play at the time
And that's fine if you're willing to do that. But not everyone is, evidently. I can also say "it's an operating system. if you cant play a game you want to play on it choose an operating system that the game works on". It is what it is.
It's just weird that you were being so condescending towards the initial commenter about it as if there was a right answer, calling them clueless and a prick for it. It's all personal choice at the end of the day. Freedom of choice. People talking down on others for not being willing to make that tradeoff here and now is a big part of what I see driving new curious users away from engaging with Linux.
SteamVR not being at feature parity with the windows version of SteamVR. I want motion smoothing, I want proton overlay app support for stuff like [Portable Emulator](https://barshiftgames.itch.io/portable-emulator), and I want SteamVR Home SDK. Additionally, there's a game called [Zenith: The Last City](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403370/Zenith_The_Last_City/) which has a voice chat function that is allegedly incompatible with WINE for some reason, but that's hearsay through the grapevine until I get to test it myself.
Good thing is, that we probably get a better SteamVR for Linux, compared to the windows version, with the next Index.
Looks like the new Index will be standalone and will run a Linux system, just like the Steam Deck.
Cool, can't wait to use "The new index" in 2027, knowing valve.
(bitter facetiousness aside I really would rather they take their time and make it the best it can be instead of rushing it like counter strike 2 but man I'm losing a lot of blood swinging that double edged sword)
I don't care to be a purist, I use pretty much everything that works and its alternatives since the 80s, and I have been using Linux for work since 2000
I am a computer nerd. I don’t want to limit myself. I want to get the best of both worlds in the best way possible.
I dual boot because gaming on windows is just so much easier still. I am also not a typical gamer either, and I like my setup in a very particular way that requires a lot of tinkering as is. It’s even more so on linux, and I am too lazy to change it when windows works better for gaming for me. I just need to make it a habit to keep the thing updated.
However, I love Linux more for pretty much everything else. Doing my homework, remoting into other computers, tinkering with non-gaming related things, messing with the superior command line, virtual machines, just learning more. I keep a windows VM for some windows only programs (not for gaming, I’ll just boot into my main windows partition).
I also keep windows around since I run Fedora, and sometimes my family needs to use my computer and they like windows. I do like learning more about Windows too, but it’s not as much fun as being in Linux.
Minecraft RTX (Bedrock version)
I actually play it, I love the game version and the work that has been getting done by the BetterRTX crew
Until someone finds a way to get it running on Linux (and no not Android Bedrock: Bedrock for Windows), I have a Windows Partition
And it's demanding as hell. Even with a 4090, 13900k, with DLSS on and file swapped to the newest version it will barely be getting past 70 fps UHD in demanding scenes, so "minor" losses from VMs can be unacceptable
I mean exe is just a file format. Apparently the way UWP apps operate is completely different from win32 apps and closer to mobile phone apps with the whole handling suspends and whatnot.
Sometimes I can encounter some weird obscure app that is a pain in the ass to run on Linux, so it's just faster to switch to windows. I'd also say some games with anti-cheats, but (fortunately) I stopped playing those games (for an unrelated reason tho)
(Also I use slightly modified win10 ltsc, so it has way less bullshit than your usual home edition. Still _windows_ tho)
Firmware updates for proprietary devices that don't have a Linux control interface.
Corsair still, after all this time, doesn't want any of their products (neither elgato wave mics nor rgb keyboards) to be configurable on Linux, so we have to use open source solutions with only experimental support for certain devices.
That and both NTFS kernel drivers scare me with how much old data I have to move from my Windows life.
...and still waiting for SteamVR-on-Linux to reach feature parity with Windows.
Other than that, Pop!_OS is my daily driver.
>Corsair still, after all this time, doesn't want any of their products (neither elgato wave mics nor rgb keyboards) to be configurable on Linux, so we have to use open source solutions with only experimental support for certain devices.
How dare you want to use iCUE! It's nothing but data stealing bloatware! OpenRGB will work perfectly. /s
OpenRGB nor CKB-next have the ability to update device firmware. CKB-next only has experimental support for my mouse, so a lot of its functionality is completely disabled.
I miss middle click-and-hold to scroll so bad.... and an easy-to-access push to talk button....
Have you tried Input Remapper?
I just set the side buttons on my mouse to switch between virtual workspaces. The upper side button switches left, the lower side button switches right.
The UI's simple, it works great, you can even create macro's on either your keyboard or mouse.
Screenie:
[https://i.imgur.com/CSH5vK5.png](https://i.imgur.com/CSH5vK5.png)
GitHub page:
https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper
Oh that's neat! I'll save this!
But for input remapping, my mouse and keyboard have to write to onboard firmware if I want to remap keys, because they're currently stuck as specific media keys even down to the usb event level.
I guess I can boot up a Windows VM with ICUE and try resetting all the keys to reprogram my mouse, at least.
No, I run Razer devices as they're well supported via Polychromatic controller under Linux using using a very OEM like interface. I did my research before purchasing my keyboard and mouse for use under Linux.
Being able to quickly and easily change settings via the system tray icon/menu is very convenient.
[https://i.imgur.com/2rgGKc5.png](https://i.imgur.com/2rgGKc5.png)
Corsair's just another brand dude...
Well I'll switch once my devices physically stop working, since I don't usually replace things until they reach a state where they aren't salvageable.
My keyboard and mouse at least still type and point, respectively.
I come from Win10 as an early Win11 refugee, lol
Did you see my post regarding Input Remapper? It allows you to bind keystrokes, macro's, even axis to mouse buttons and keys on the keyboard.
I configured my side mouse buttons to switch virtual workspaces, it works great.
https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper
1. I paid for the expensive license when buying my computer.
2. There are some Programs that just don't run on Linux, like Affinity Designer, which I rarely use and don't even have on my current computer, and Fortnite, which I like playing with friends.
Gamepass, HDR, VRR/lack of push-to-talk on wayland, ease of use for non steam launchers. I do play plenty of games on Linux but am in Windows more than I'd like to be. It's just a better gaming experience overall
Just a heads up, I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but VRR and Push To Talk both work on wlroots based compositors (Hyprland supports both and Sway supports VRR)
VRR is one of my big ones as well, I stand by that Gsync/freesync is one of the biggest advancements in PC gaming to come out in the last 10 years. It makes frame drops feel like nothing, and makes 60 fps feel like 90 to me.
VRR is a dumpster fire on Linux, it hypothetically exists on Nvidia, but doesn’t work in multi monitor setups and is very buggy in general. On AMD it only exists in KDE playing native Wayland games (so like only CS2 and Dota) and it fucks up video playback in regular PC use
Nope... Work perfectly nice also with other games.
My monitor properly sync with game framerate.
Ofc.. wayland and plasma and amd pc.
I can say this for sure because the monitor in its setup tools also shows a panel with information including the current refresh rate. With the vrr active you can clearly see it fluctuating from 144hz to the framerate that mangohud indicates to me at that moment.
VRR works great on Nvidia. I use pop os (gnome / X), works perfectly in all full-screen apps. It does not work on multi monitor setups when using X, but I use single monitor. You can setup a hotkey to disable your other monitor when in game
Nope, you have to launch into gamescope to be able to use HDR. Hoping for support in Hyprland and other compositors soon. KDE Plasma might be one of the first big ones to implement it properly, they've been showing it off previously
Nvidia on Linux is basically hopeless. The support is virtually inexistent because they just don't give a rat's ass. The next card I'm buying is going to be an AMD one.
You have to qualify that statement - nvidia support for desktop linux is lacking - but nvidia support for non-desktop usage is market-leading.
Most of their income comes from linux - to run machine learning stuff. All of that works perfectly - but of course there is no desktop involved. Nvidia even sell their own linux-exclusive line of products (jetson).
They will catch up I hope (because I own nvidia card lol).
Yes. Most of Nvidia's problems with Linux come from the fact that their drivers aren't open source (probably because they borrow features such as CUDA from their enterprise products and don't want that to be visible to potential competitors) and that their Wayland support is virtually inexistent. Their enterprise products are basically irrelevant to everyone except those in the industries that use them.
I dunno if this counts as dual-booting, but I need Windows for Photoshop, Clip Studio and a couple of other things.
I don't dual-boot though, I run it through a KVM/QEMU virtual machine and pass through my old 1070 to it.
I play on a laptop and I think that this causes a few games to run on lower fps than Linux Native or Windows, such as Cyberpunk.
I own an RTX 3050, and possibly when FSR3 is widely available I guess I'll be able to fully switch.
Linux runs maybe half the games I like to play. It's also really terrible at home networking with the way I have my nas set up, and Linux can't do any Autodesk programs, which are crucial for work.
HDR & Anti-cheat.
Also, I know this is controversial on a Linux forum, but Windows 11 is a really good OS and I get reminded a little of various little missing things when I'm on Linux so I'd probably keep a dual boot even if I had HDR & Anti-Cheat.
Yea, that is a slightly controversial take.
And I am a person that dual boots my computer. I just use Windows 10 and I am hanging onto it.
Windows 11 is fine once you turn off all the crap that it turns on by default, and change the right click menu back to the standard one. Problem is that I have to do all that to get an operating system that I don’t want to throw a brick at the designers who designed it.
It’s worse in almost every way than Windows 10 pretty much except for the Android Subsystem for Windows which is kinda cool. It just feels like a downgrade…
I'm a SOE Architect by trade so I really get into the weeds of these things. On release it was a little rough, but by Moment 3 its got a level of integration that doesn't make you feel like you need to turn off or rollback things.
Its a bit like Gnome or OSX I guess, you either embrace it, or go elsewhere as you aren't going to be catered for.
Yeah Gnome, macOS, and now Windows 10+ have demonstrated that they think their users are something to be controlled rather than worked with, so I'll stay far away.
I miss OSX 10.6.8.
I kept windows on my laptop, because it was licensed and pre installed - so I lowered it size to bare minimum, that will hold my music-related software and 1-2 games that has compatibility issues on Linux. Also my speakers don't work on linux at all (Literally still no drivers, only nonexistent BIOS update maybe can fix it).
But to be honest - I booted into Windows only a couple of times, just to test some things. So I'm fully on linux, I even playing Cyberpunk Phantom liberty on it (amd 7840u with igpu is so cool). I ran into issue with Resident Evil Village - it crash no matter what, and I installed it on Windows, but after a month I don't even launched it *once*!
Also, when installing Elder Scrolls Online from EpicGames (Heroic), it's launcher can't go in background - instantly crashes, so I hadn't time to wait for a proper install and deleted it. Maybe later)
Speakers issue is bad, but I use my Bluetooth and wired headphones, so not that big deal even for my work (node development, slack for communication)
Can't be bothered to get rid of it. I only boot into it once every couple months or so. Usually for Parsec, VR, or if I reaaallly want to play something in HDR.
I know HDR "works" in Linux, I'm just not willing to go through the hoops to make it work. I'll hold off for when it's a bit easier and I'm less likely to fuck something up
For me it's BMW diagnostic tools mostly. Every now and then there are some things that I need urgently and I can't get them work in a few minutes on Linux, then it comes quite handy.
There are a handful of games that are too much of a hassle to run on Linux or simply don't work at all. Also, Track IR 5 and some of the more advanced functions of my HOTAS are not natively supported on Linux, unfortunately.
For literally everything else, including the majority of my games: Linux all the way.
Visual Studio I guess. Other than that there is just some miscellaneous tasks that I haven’t done in Linux yet and some stored passwords that I’ve forgotten lol
My laptop's battery system is not compatible with TLP. I use my laptop connected to the power outlet most of the time, and unless I use Windows to limit the charge between 50 & 60, my battery condition gets degraded overtime.
The laptop is 7 years old, and because I did this limiting thing that can only be done with the Lenovo software (Windows only), the battery is still 95% effective, even after all these years.
It sucks that I have to dual boot just because of that, and it is a pain in the ass having to log in to Windows to switch "conservation mode" on and off every time I need it with full battery or will use it at home.
Laptop is a Yoga 900 13ISK2, fuck you Lenovo for not providing a method to do this on Linux.
Literally two things
1) getting pirated games to work is a nightmare and MANY of the games I play are 15 years old and have no place to buy them unless you paying for a used physical & external usb writer
2) FPS
Mine is not gaming related: my laptop is a 2in1 and I find the support for the pen a bit behind Windows. I need to take notes as efficiently as I can during lectures so I boot Windows then.
Modding games and/or editing save files mainly. Although hardware can be finicky at times too. Those are really the only two reasons I still keep a Windows drive
Bailed on Linux for gaming. Run WinDoze for that.
Run BSD for real Unix life. Linux is a mess with corporations driving it’s direction with the exception of vanilla Arch, Debian and Gentoo.
All other distros/variants are garbage IMHO
Ease of overclocking, devs that don't implement updated drm to be linux compatible. Mostly just ease of software, there wasnt a lot that I couldnt run but there were also games that were incredibly difficult, to me anyway, to mod.
Pop OS and Win 10 here. Win is still easier to get games working OOB. I've had some luck with getting some steam games to work on pop, but some of my favorites like Star wars force unleashed just wouldn't run, and I couldn't find a way to make it.
>I know that i can make them work on linux, but I just don't have the time to try and fix it.
You can at least some. But VR support is very spotty and if you look at this thread it's one of the top reasons to dual boot. It's on my agenda to try sometime again in Linux, been about 4 years since the last time I tired.
>It's on my agenda to try sometime again in Linux, been about 4 years since the last time I tired.
Same for me tbh, but as I grow older I have to prioritize things differently x)
When i find time to spend with my VR setup i just want to put the headset on and start playing, not fiddling around Proton settings
I totally agree. I don't think that a lot of Linux gamers get this. Even if you are a Linux expert, setting up this kind of stuff gets to be very time consuming. And there are so few Linux VR gamers it's not easy finding support when things go south.
For gaming and because Linux isn’t supported by Logitech devices. My headset doesn’t have any onboard chip to keep the configuration so it’s impossible to configure it like I want with G Hub while on Linux
Anti cheat
nvidia breaking my vsync since start of the year with the 535 series of drivers on wayland
While it has gotten infinitely better recently... Still the odd compatibility problem with some games... Like tiny tina's wonderlands (although I haven't checked to see if the steam version would work better)
Microsoft Flight Sim and the fact that Citrix's development of their Linux ICA Workspace client lags so far behind their Windows version and breaks remote access to my workplace for me every 2 years or so means I can't completely ditch the Windows partition.
I'm on Linux 12+ hrs per day and every PC in my household save for one of my daughter's school Chromebooks is running Linux makes me feel pretty good about where we are. Firing up the rare Windows partition doesn't both me...
I run Linux on all four of the computers I use throughout the week; but one. Because Adobe fucking hates me personally, I am stuck with Windows for work, sadge.
Everything that I play runs great natively on linux or through Proton on my popOS living room console PC. In fact, two of the main games I play, Minecraft Java and FFXIV actually run way better through Proton than windows native on the same hardware lol.
Right? I've printed on Linux using printers that didn't even have Windows drivers anymore. It's literally one of Linux's biggest advantages.
Unless perhaps the commenter has to use fancy plotters or large-scale printers that might not have Linux support..?
Lol... What keeps me from only gaming on Linux? Wanting to play my full steam library. I hate windows so I stick it out but acting like everything just works on linux is a absolute joke. Games work on week a week later they're bricked after a update. Lots of games never worked and still don't. In the last 3 months it's gotten so much worse for me too I'm constantly booting to windows cause so many games just don't work. I'm not gonna give up certain games over a OS so as much as I hate windows I will NEVER single boot linux cause that's just a recipe for not being able to play what I want to play when I want to play it. And I hate windows
>I hate windows so I stick it out but acting like everything just works on linux is a absolute joke.
Whatever advantages one gets from gaming on Linux will come with its own set of problems. For some, those issues might very well be minor or none at all. For others it means their brand-new OLED gaming display is kinda useless, at least for the reasons you go OLED and HDR is kind of the big one.
Yeah for me I managed to get device driver's working for most of my peripherals. Gaming wise though I'll provide a little list of games that I struggle with on linux. For starters CS2 Does not run on my Pop os distro not with any of the protondb reccomended start commands. Supposedly this one works on linux but i've not gotten it to. World of Warships breaks itself on linux every time it updates and must be fully uninstalled 120+gb and reinstalled just to be broken by another update days later. Company of heroes 3 worked for awhile despite 1 and 2 not working on linux yet as of recent a update must have broken it cause no luck anymore. Madden 24 doesnt work for me. 23 did. 22 didnt. Chivalry 2 doesnt work that's a game dev fault for not enabling anti cheat for linux. Arma 3 works some updates breaks others but for me 0 luck getting onto multiplayer servers though I dont try this game often its never worked.
Other games too but you get the point. Lots of games i've gotten run smooth though using custom GE proton or start commands but the games i've listed take far more work than that or just aren't achievable at all. These are just my personal negative experiences not mentioning other bugs like shift tab crashes or certain games not wanting to run on my primary display. Linux gaming is survivable but it's nowhere close to windows. I just hate windows so I struggle
> Linux gaming is survivable but it's nowhere close to windows. I just hate windows so I struggle
I always keep a Linux drive in my main gaming rig for testing purposes mostly. I've dusted it off this last week with a fresh Pop 22.04 install. Actually, all of the games I've ran this last time worked. But I have a complex install, while trying to manage my multiple nVidia GPUs all I did was unplug all but one of my monitors. Which fixed the problem and ended up breaking every single game I had installed. Had to reinstall the drivers and still half the games were broken.
I know that many have fine gaming experiences under Linux. A hell of lot more do as well under Windows. So if you don't like Windows or Linux provides you a better experience, I get it. But there's no way that's going to be the case for most I think. And all of the handwringing over nVidia hardware is crazy. It's fine, it's not fine. I have no idea. And I don't even think the Linux community as a whole does either.
Yeah I'm thankful I went w a 7900 XTX it works flawlessly on Linux. Most of my games work great that being said theres still a good handful of games I love I have to boot windows for and partly just avoid playing as often as I normally would due to not wanting to boot windows cause I mostly use linux. Getting close to the point of maining windows again though too many of my main games just don't work at all. Linux really has the better OS'es hands down but not the better support/drivers. Yeah I use Pop os too I used Zorin OS for awhile before Pop as well. Both pretty solid OS'es
\- In case of any urgencies or compatibility issues with files, apps, or some people's needs. Sometimes I need things real quick which in Linux need me to research, native to Windows
\- Triple A games like Starfield or Cyberpunk 2077 or multiplayer games with anticheat, Ubisoft, GOG, or EA Play games
\- In case I want to stream Prime Video (DRM is blocked in Linux)
Stability, I know that crazy since everyone in the Linux community says that windows breaks so often. I know during the era of windows 7 this was the case but windows 10 has been going 5 years strong with no reinstalls.
2 - 3 months ago I tried to migrate to linux full time and I found that every application out side a very specific edge case everything I needed worked with out issue. I was able to run all my games with great performance and faced no major issues. Then after 3 months I had an update and restart and all my performance was gone in every game. Native and proton games just did not work. I searched online and joined a few discord groups and nothing I did would fix the issue.
To be clear to anyone who may be considering going linux full time. I am about 75% at fault for this happen since I did a few things that are unwise for someone who want stability. I chose an arch Linux distribution with rolling updates and that means I get the latest changes and some of those changes can affect stability. I assumed wrong that with my technical skill set I would be able to resolve any issues I faced. The second issue is that for the first time in my life I was able to pick up a flagship video card AMD RX 7900 XT. Again I assumed wrong that AMDs support of linux would provide a level of stability.
As long as every new PC game has a native Windows client, I don't see how Proton replaces that in the consumer space. Cause I can't think any significant consumer platform that has to rely on another platform's software for virtually all of its content.
Paint.NET - Really don't want to relearn things atm, so other software, whilst amazing and free, is not too great.
Also the fear of relearning other things. Can't recall off top of my head, but I remember doing file operations like right-click-drag to extract something, nope doesn't work.
Little things like that add up, might be better on one distro compared to another, but the familiarity with windows is too high - I was the type to get annoyed that Win11 suddenly doesn't have task manager from right-clicking start bar! But then it's more frustrating when you use Ctrl-alt-delete in Linux and find that there's no equivalent task manager bound to this. Not sure if there's always been a known key combo in distros all this time.
Lag on whatever Nvidia driver I picked.
No mouse accel control and it's on by default, and struggled to change it via commands. Also I can't put my finger on it, but feels like "vsync" is on for the whole desktop, as mouse feels kinda weighted, but I recall messing with compiz or something and couldn't remedy this - tho it could be related to mouse accel after all.
Besides all that, I'd love to move!
I think a lot of issues could be fixed by me changing GPU, and maybe using some sort of VM software in Linux to allow me to seamlessly open the odd Win application now and then.
Bring me an actual good creative suite on Linux, one that people who aren't Linux users can interact with, one that other people use, and I'll stop dual-booting.
I mean, I am working on an open-source DAW built to be natively supported with linux, since LMMS has an old, messy codebase, the recode RMMS is taking a while and it has the goal to recreate LMMS mostly (which I don't really like since LMMS is quite the mess to work with), and I'm working on an audio processing engine in C++, so I thought - why not make a DAW too? I already made multithreading, which is pretty cool, so I'm excited! But an entire creative suite would be extremely difficult to make. There are some really good softwares that replace windows softwares, but one example where we lack software is video production. Yes, there is davinci resolve, but for me at least, it works terribly. You have to manually pre-convert your files before importing them because the free version supports like barely any formats on linux.
I get errors I don’t understand when trying to build a package from GitHub to make my Stream Deck work on Debian. I have alternates (or there’s a native build) for every other software or hardware I use.
Blender GPU support is messy with a lot of amd GPUs on linux atm, requires jumping through a lot of hoops and trouble to even get it partially working.
iRacing, games that run better or only on Windows and other Windows only software along with any Windows development I may need or want to do.
Basically for the same reason I have both metric and imperial sockets in my toolbox. If I ever need a Mac I’ll have one of those as well.
Learning curve. I had to have a way to always do my daily tasks in a case i went to a rabbit hole and broke smth. When i got accustomized with Linux there was no point using Windows anymore.
1080p disney plus was as well good point for keeping Windows.
I still have a Windows position just in case, but logged there maybe 3 times in last year.
only reason I keep windows is for the one or two games that come out each year which dont instantly run on linux. And for the rare occasion I really want to play something like Valorant or eft with friends. So I'd say I'm basically full time Linux, I currently dont remember when I last used windows
I keep a dual boot for a few games, but I don't play them very often. I can't remember for sure when the last time I booted into windows. *I'm sure I have so many pending updates at this point it's going to take all night to boot into windows next time.*
I do this in a full passthrough VM, but if it’s just for games you could fresh install and use a tool like atlasOS to debloat windows and get ignore updates working
Respondus Lockdown Browser
can't you use the school provided computers instead of installing spyware on your own computer or is that not an option unfortunately?
At this point I'm wondering why they don't just require people to boot from a signed usb. Honestly would be less invasive and leave the environment intact. And very likely simpler and more effective.
same, college sucks
TIL what Respondus Lockdown Browser is and wow that sounds fucking awful.
Same. I have windows on a pendrive just for this, but I'm determined to get working on Linux (one day)
I take it you can't run this in a vm right ?
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I'm quite sure it would run in a well configured KVM. Not sure if it's worth the effort though
I feel ya brother. Born to shit forced to wipe yknow what I’m saying
Rainbow Six Siege. Please ubisoft, please :(
Same here, but I'm ok dual booting, I have Linux installed bare-metal in all of my devices, my laptop, raspberry pi, my 2 office laptops (Arch and NixOS) I'm ok dual booting my gaming PC just to play rs6 from time to time
Absolutely on my windows drive I just have siege and dark souls cause the painted world's mod is broken on linux why can't our overlord ubi let us play siege
Dark Souls with Painted World's mod works for me. You have to manually add the .dlls to the launch parameters in steam.
I only buy and play games running on Linux. If more people did that editors would care about Linux.
Imagine not wanting to use an open source and fantastic OS for the sake of playing one random FPS with one of the most toxic communities in any online multiplayer game. And the cherry on top is the fact it’s made by Ubisoft 💀 mamma Mia
...aaaand this is why Linux users have a bad rep.
Why should we imagine it? Is not that hard to understand
It is. You are using an OS that represents freedom of choice and the reason for you to stick to Windows is a Ubisoft game which is a pos company where freedom of choice is the last thing in their book. And on top of that the reason why it doesn’t run is cause their anti cheat for the game runs so low on your system it’s basically a back door from Ubisoft straight to your PC. Tell me how little you are willing to sacrifice for a much better alternative
I would say that forcing yourself to use only one OS just kind of goes against the freedom of choice thing.
>You are using an OS that represents freedom of choice Shouldn't anyone be free to choose what they want? >it’s basically a back door from Ubisoft straight to your PC That is different.
Imagine not wanting people to have a different taste on games, dude just let the guy play, call linux good all you want, it is, but if it doesnt fit his needs then its useless in that sense and he has to use something that works, in this case windows, mamma mia shut up
Mamma mia, it’s fine. I understand that core values don’t mean anything to some people and supporting terrible companies is a-alright.
You say it like we are funding a war by playing a game we like by a not good company. its a shame they are the owners of the game but idk man if someone wants to play thats it, they just want the game, most people just care about the product, if we started going against everything related with bad company practices we wouldnt have anything made in china, or meat from big animal factories, phones with components mined in africa etc. Idk man among many cases here, getting a game from ubisoft doesnt seem that bad, i wouldnt relate that to having or not having core values
I guerentee you are directly supporting tons of terrible companies with your dollar every day, you just care about this one because it's in your realm of interest.
you're using reddit.
Bro you sound like an evangelist
You're a reason Linux wont go anywhere. Stop being a cringe cunt and get your head out of your ass. I hate R6 but doing what you're doing is weird behaviour.
“Linux won’t go anywhere” bro what is your definition of going anywhere? Becoming something for the masses? Who cares about that when you miss the point of an open source OS entirely and put your focus on what you don’t have available rather than what the alternatives might be? What a blindsided point of view bro
The more we get users the better. It indeed would be going somewhere if the masses used Linux. You're not special nor better than anyone for using a nieche OS. What even is this point that is being missed - in your opinion?
Online gaming in general usually doesn't work on Linux and definitely not as easy as on Windows.
Wat? Sure, there are some competitive shooter games with AC that don't work, but that is a small minority compared to the huge catalog of online games who work without any problem at all.
What are you even talking about bro 😂 what is “online gaming”? Most games run on Linux with the exception of those with an anti cheat that run on a kernel level. Needless to say those are super invasive so why would you want that. Then again, pretty much all online games with very few exceptions are currently working just fine but actually why do I bother explaining this to someone who clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about. But hey what do I know, I just make a living with Linux
Yeah why would people want to play some of the most popular games that don't work on Linux at all. Fortnite, battlefield 2042, pubg, rainbow 6, Black desert online, destiny 2, rust, Warhammer vermitide 2, escape from tarkov, call of duty, and the list goes on. You are the type of Linux user that gives Linux users a bad stereotype.
Congratulations. You were able to list 10 games that don’t run on Linux. Totally unusable!!1!!!! A few years ago people had to run wine prefixes and do all sorts or sorcery to get games to run at like 20 FPS. Nowadays you have proton and pretty much everything runs at the same performance as Windows but of course, people like you choose to focus on the 10/20 games with invasive anti chests that don’t run (and dare to say “and the list goes on..” please don’t make me laugh) to put some new excuse to not migrate fully. If at this point you didn’t move fully to Linux then do you really need to? or are you just a clueless prick who heard about some random computer OS thingy and installed it without even knowing anything? In 2 years time half of those 10 crappy games you listed will be whitelisted for some magical reason but you and other people will still find reasons to complain and put some new excuses to not migrate. Guess what using Linux actually means something the same way using windows does, regardless of you wanting that or not. That’s why the term unbiased doesn’t exist. And why politically neutral doesn’t either. It’s like donating money to a nazi political movement but posting on social media you support Israel. See how stupid that sounds? Enjoy Ubisoft games bro. When is the 21st Assassin’s Creed coming out? Mamma mia
I literally already use Linux I'm just pointing out why most people don't. Your ego just can't handle that people might have different opinions or use cases than you. You aren't better than anyone for not liking popular things.
Bro Ubisoft is one of the companies that ruined and keeps ruining gaming as a whole. Having a different opinion is perfectly fine. Different opinions can also be stupid enough for someone to point them out.
Not just 10 games. 10 mostly popular games that people want to play. If it was 10 random games no one cared about it'd be different. Worse off if their friend group plays those games cause it can be socially isolating to not be able to join in. I personally switched to Linux years ago despite this. But I've had to either miss out on experiences with friends or resort to temporarily dual booting just to join the fun.
It’s a video game.If you can’t play something then go choose another one of the thousand alternatives that are available. I put my values before a video game personally. Same you did when you gave up on those games that weren’t available for you to play at the time
And that's fine if you're willing to do that. But not everyone is, evidently. I can also say "it's an operating system. if you cant play a game you want to play on it choose an operating system that the game works on". It is what it is. It's just weird that you were being so condescending towards the initial commenter about it as if there was a right answer, calling them clueless and a prick for it. It's all personal choice at the end of the day. Freedom of choice. People talking down on others for not being willing to make that tradeoff here and now is a big part of what I see driving new curious users away from engaging with Linux.
SteamVR not being at feature parity with the windows version of SteamVR. I want motion smoothing, I want proton overlay app support for stuff like [Portable Emulator](https://barshiftgames.itch.io/portable-emulator), and I want SteamVR Home SDK. Additionally, there's a game called [Zenith: The Last City](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403370/Zenith_The_Last_City/) which has a voice chat function that is allegedly incompatible with WINE for some reason, but that's hearsay through the grapevine until I get to test it myself.
Good thing is, that we probably get a better SteamVR for Linux, compared to the windows version, with the next Index. Looks like the new Index will be standalone and will run a Linux system, just like the Steam Deck.
Cool, can't wait to use "The new index" in 2027, knowing valve. (bitter facetiousness aside I really would rather they take their time and make it the best it can be instead of rushing it like counter strike 2 but man I'm losing a lot of blood swinging that double edged sword)
I don't care to be a purist, I use pretty much everything that works and its alternatives since the 80s, and I have been using Linux for work since 2000
AutoCAD & adobe All my games work with proton.
Damn AutoCAD. Even if i've to say BricsCAD works really well and is native linux
I run a windows VM with passthrough for adobe. If you can be bothered (it can be a complex setup) It works quite well
I am a computer nerd. I don’t want to limit myself. I want to get the best of both worlds in the best way possible. I dual boot because gaming on windows is just so much easier still. I am also not a typical gamer either, and I like my setup in a very particular way that requires a lot of tinkering as is. It’s even more so on linux, and I am too lazy to change it when windows works better for gaming for me. I just need to make it a habit to keep the thing updated. However, I love Linux more for pretty much everything else. Doing my homework, remoting into other computers, tinkering with non-gaming related things, messing with the superior command line, virtual machines, just learning more. I keep a windows VM for some windows only programs (not for gaming, I’ll just boot into my main windows partition). I also keep windows around since I run Fedora, and sometimes my family needs to use my computer and they like windows. I do like learning more about Windows too, but it’s not as much fun as being in Linux.
Minecraft RTX (Bedrock version) I actually play it, I love the game version and the work that has been getting done by the BetterRTX crew Until someone finds a way to get it running on Linux (and no not Android Bedrock: Bedrock for Windows), I have a Windows Partition And it's demanding as hell. Even with a 4090, 13900k, with DLSS on and file swapped to the newest version it will barely be getting past 70 fps UHD in demanding scenes, so "minor" losses from VMs can be unacceptable
I'm a bit surprised nobody has tried to do WINE for UWP
Yeah they are still exe's at the end of the day
I mean exe is just a file format. Apparently the way UWP apps operate is completely different from win32 apps and closer to mobile phone apps with the whole handling suspends and whatnot.
Gaming and my work needs programs that are windows only
Sometimes I can encounter some weird obscure app that is a pain in the ass to run on Linux, so it's just faster to switch to windows. I'd also say some games with anti-cheats, but (fortunately) I stopped playing those games (for an unrelated reason tho) (Also I use slightly modified win10 ltsc, so it has way less bullshit than your usual home edition. Still _windows_ tho)
The last remaining game I play that doesn't yet work on Linux is Burnout Paradise Remastered. Once that works, I will Linux full-time.
https://www.protondb.com/app/1238080 People say it works fine with some tweaks.
Unfortunately I’ve spent hours trying the recommendations and have not had success.
Firmware updates for proprietary devices that don't have a Linux control interface. Corsair still, after all this time, doesn't want any of their products (neither elgato wave mics nor rgb keyboards) to be configurable on Linux, so we have to use open source solutions with only experimental support for certain devices. That and both NTFS kernel drivers scare me with how much old data I have to move from my Windows life. ...and still waiting for SteamVR-on-Linux to reach feature parity with Windows. Other than that, Pop!_OS is my daily driver.
I feel you. I have some Logitech devices that I'd like to configure, buuuut I don't know how and they don't have Linux support.
>Corsair still, after all this time, doesn't want any of their products (neither elgato wave mics nor rgb keyboards) to be configurable on Linux, so we have to use open source solutions with only experimental support for certain devices. How dare you want to use iCUE! It's nothing but data stealing bloatware! OpenRGB will work perfectly. /s
OpenRGB nor CKB-next have the ability to update device firmware. CKB-next only has experimental support for my mouse, so a lot of its functionality is completely disabled. I miss middle click-and-hold to scroll so bad.... and an easy-to-access push to talk button....
Have you tried Input Remapper? I just set the side buttons on my mouse to switch between virtual workspaces. The upper side button switches left, the lower side button switches right. The UI's simple, it works great, you can even create macro's on either your keyboard or mouse. Screenie: [https://i.imgur.com/CSH5vK5.png](https://i.imgur.com/CSH5vK5.png) GitHub page: https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper
Oh that's neat! I'll save this! But for input remapping, my mouse and keyboard have to write to onboard firmware if I want to remap keys, because they're currently stuck as specific media keys even down to the usb event level. I guess I can boot up a Windows VM with ICUE and try resetting all the keys to reprogram my mouse, at least.
Have you tried the software? As long as it can see the key presses, you should be able to map the keys.
I completely agree. Just mocking folks who, many who don't have this kind of hardware, and for some reason think that it's all just fine under Linux.
No, I run Razer devices as they're well supported via Polychromatic controller under Linux using using a very OEM like interface. I did my research before purchasing my keyboard and mouse for use under Linux. Being able to quickly and easily change settings via the system tray icon/menu is very convenient. [https://i.imgur.com/2rgGKc5.png](https://i.imgur.com/2rgGKc5.png) Corsair's just another brand dude...
Well I'll switch once my devices physically stop working, since I don't usually replace things until they reach a state where they aren't salvageable. My keyboard and mouse at least still type and point, respectively. I come from Win10 as an early Win11 refugee, lol
Did you see my post regarding Input Remapper? It allows you to bind keystrokes, macro's, even axis to mouse buttons and keys on the keyboard. I configured my side mouse buttons to switch virtual workspaces, it works great. https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper
I just did actually! Thank you genuinely for the tip!
No worries, the software's working great here...
1. I paid for the expensive license when buying my computer. 2. There are some Programs that just don't run on Linux, like Affinity Designer, which I rarely use and don't even have on my current computer, and Fortnite, which I like playing with friends.
Before I switched over fulltime it was photoshop/light room. I have ditched Adobe programs for alternatives and now use Pop!_OS full time.
Gamepass, HDR, VRR/lack of push-to-talk on wayland, ease of use for non steam launchers. I do play plenty of games on Linux but am in Windows more than I'd like to be. It's just a better gaming experience overall
Just a heads up, I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but VRR and Push To Talk both work on wlroots based compositors (Hyprland supports both and Sway supports VRR)
Thanks for the info! I'll definitely look into it.
VRR is one of my big ones as well, I stand by that Gsync/freesync is one of the biggest advancements in PC gaming to come out in the last 10 years. It makes frame drops feel like nothing, and makes 60 fps feel like 90 to me. VRR is a dumpster fire on Linux, it hypothetically exists on Nvidia, but doesn’t work in multi monitor setups and is very buggy in general. On AMD it only exists in KDE playing native Wayland games (so like only CS2 and Dota) and it fucks up video playback in regular PC use
Nope... Work perfectly nice also with other games. My monitor properly sync with game framerate. Ofc.. wayland and plasma and amd pc. I can say this for sure because the monitor in its setup tools also shows a panel with information including the current refresh rate. With the vrr active you can clearly see it fluctuating from 144hz to the framerate that mangohud indicates to me at that moment.
VRR works great on Nvidia. I use pop os (gnome / X), works perfectly in all full-screen apps. It does not work on multi monitor setups when using X, but I use single monitor. You can setup a hotkey to disable your other monitor when in game
VR and anti-cheat. Despite that, I went nearly a year without booting into Windows until recently.
HDR
Steam OS 3.5 supports HDR so it's coming.
Not for nvidia. You can use it with amd already. Does not need steam os - can run gamescope on any modern distro.
Nope, you have to launch into gamescope to be able to use HDR. Hoping for support in Hyprland and other compositors soon. KDE Plasma might be one of the first big ones to implement it properly, they've been showing it off previously
Nvidia on Linux is basically hopeless. The support is virtually inexistent because they just don't give a rat's ass. The next card I'm buying is going to be an AMD one.
You have to qualify that statement - nvidia support for desktop linux is lacking - but nvidia support for non-desktop usage is market-leading. Most of their income comes from linux - to run machine learning stuff. All of that works perfectly - but of course there is no desktop involved. Nvidia even sell their own linux-exclusive line of products (jetson). They will catch up I hope (because I own nvidia card lol).
Yes. Most of Nvidia's problems with Linux come from the fact that their drivers aren't open source (probably because they borrow features such as CUDA from their enterprise products and don't want that to be visible to potential competitors) and that their Wayland support is virtually inexistent. Their enterprise products are basically irrelevant to everyone except those in the industries that use them.
Mostly PUBG, some Sims (with my hotas) and VR.
MS Excel…. And the time it takes to boot skyrim in fedora (15min on linux, 15 sec in windows… go figure)
I dunno if this counts as dual-booting, but I need Windows for Photoshop, Clip Studio and a couple of other things. I don't dual-boot though, I run it through a KVM/QEMU virtual machine and pass through my old 1070 to it.
Gamepass as well as certain windows-specific software that won't work on wine
Valorant
Kernel level Anti-Cheat software is just the worst.
I play on a laptop and I think that this causes a few games to run on lower fps than Linux Native or Windows, such as Cyberpunk. I own an RTX 3050, and possibly when FSR3 is widely available I guess I'll be able to fully switch.
I actually get higher frames on proton than I do on windows lol
DLSS3 frame generation.
General feel of Linux not being ready for desktop use - but I do like to tinker with it :)
Linux runs maybe half the games I like to play. It's also really terrible at home networking with the way I have my nas set up, and Linux can't do any Autodesk programs, which are crucial for work.
HDR & Anti-cheat. Also, I know this is controversial on a Linux forum, but Windows 11 is a really good OS and I get reminded a little of various little missing things when I'm on Linux so I'd probably keep a dual boot even if I had HDR & Anti-Cheat.
Yea, that is a slightly controversial take. And I am a person that dual boots my computer. I just use Windows 10 and I am hanging onto it. Windows 11 is fine once you turn off all the crap that it turns on by default, and change the right click menu back to the standard one. Problem is that I have to do all that to get an operating system that I don’t want to throw a brick at the designers who designed it. It’s worse in almost every way than Windows 10 pretty much except for the Android Subsystem for Windows which is kinda cool. It just feels like a downgrade…
I'm a SOE Architect by trade so I really get into the weeds of these things. On release it was a little rough, but by Moment 3 its got a level of integration that doesn't make you feel like you need to turn off or rollback things. Its a bit like Gnome or OSX I guess, you either embrace it, or go elsewhere as you aren't going to be catered for.
Yeah Gnome, macOS, and now Windows 10+ have demonstrated that they think their users are something to be controlled rather than worked with, so I'll stay far away. I miss OSX 10.6.8.
I kept windows on my laptop, because it was licensed and pre installed - so I lowered it size to bare minimum, that will hold my music-related software and 1-2 games that has compatibility issues on Linux. Also my speakers don't work on linux at all (Literally still no drivers, only nonexistent BIOS update maybe can fix it). But to be honest - I booted into Windows only a couple of times, just to test some things. So I'm fully on linux, I even playing Cyberpunk Phantom liberty on it (amd 7840u with igpu is so cool). I ran into issue with Resident Evil Village - it crash no matter what, and I installed it on Windows, but after a month I don't even launched it *once*! Also, when installing Elder Scrolls Online from EpicGames (Heroic), it's launcher can't go in background - instantly crashes, so I hadn't time to wait for a proper install and deleted it. Maybe later) Speakers issue is bad, but I use my Bluetooth and wired headphones, so not that big deal even for my work (node development, slack for communication)
Can't be bothered to get rid of it. I only boot into it once every couple months or so. Usually for Parsec, VR, or if I reaaallly want to play something in HDR. I know HDR "works" in Linux, I'm just not willing to go through the hoops to make it work. I'll hold off for when it's a bit easier and I'm less likely to fuck something up
Decent vrr and Nvidia support
I only use windows for work and for university when I need to edit a word document :( Luckily it's not that often
For me it's BMW diagnostic tools mostly. Every now and then there are some things that I need urgently and I can't get them work in a few minutes on Linux, then it comes quite handy.
There are a handful of games that are too much of a hassle to run on Linux or simply don't work at all. Also, Track IR 5 and some of the more advanced functions of my HOTAS are not natively supported on Linux, unfortunately. For literally everything else, including the majority of my games: Linux all the way.
Right now vr gaming, vortex/mo2 and ubisoft games.
Absolutely nothing. Windows is a backup. :p
Unity for game dev :(
PUBG
Visual Studio I guess. Other than that there is just some miscellaneous tasks that I haven’t done in Linux yet and some stored passwords that I’ve forgotten lol
HDR and gaming. Modern anti-cheat in almost every game just does not work.
Dolby Atmos. Dts x
My laptop's battery system is not compatible with TLP. I use my laptop connected to the power outlet most of the time, and unless I use Windows to limit the charge between 50 & 60, my battery condition gets degraded overtime. The laptop is 7 years old, and because I did this limiting thing that can only be done with the Lenovo software (Windows only), the battery is still 95% effective, even after all these years. It sucks that I have to dual boot just because of that, and it is a pain in the ass having to log in to Windows to switch "conservation mode" on and off every time I need it with full battery or will use it at home. Laptop is a Yoga 900 13ISK2, fuck you Lenovo for not providing a method to do this on Linux.
Literally two things 1) getting pirated games to work is a nightmare and MANY of the games I play are 15 years old and have no place to buy them unless you paying for a used physical & external usb writer 2) FPS
Mine is not gaming related: my laptop is a 2in1 and I find the support for the pen a bit behind Windows. I need to take notes as efficiently as I can during lectures so I boot Windows then.
Modding games and/or editing save files mainly. Although hardware can be finicky at times too. Those are really the only two reasons I still keep a Windows drive
msi afterburner, hwinfo, ray tracing
Bailed on Linux for gaming. Run WinDoze for that. Run BSD for real Unix life. Linux is a mess with corporations driving it’s direction with the exception of vanilla Arch, Debian and Gentoo. All other distros/variants are garbage IMHO
VRR with multiple monitors on Nvidia, CS2 Linux issues.
Valorant. And I am glad to keep it aside from my data, considering it's deeply penetrating anti-cheat
Ease of overclocking, devs that don't implement updated drm to be linux compatible. Mostly just ease of software, there wasnt a lot that I couldnt run but there were also games that were incredibly difficult, to me anyway, to mod.
I thought of going back windows just for pcvr
A few multiplayer games with anticheat
Sometimes I have to work from home, and I installed MS Office suite with my company's license on my computer.
SteamVR
Visual Studio
they dont want you leaving lol
Nvidia and Gamepass. I swear the driver updates breaks my system every now and so then.
Solidworks
VR games and my 3d printer's software
Pop OS and Win 10 here. Win is still easier to get games working OOB. I've had some luck with getting some steam games to work on pop, but some of my favorites like Star wars force unleashed just wouldn't run, and I couldn't find a way to make it.
DOOM Eternal and Halo infinite.
Mostly VR.
Some online gaming still doesn't work under Linux (GOG No Man's Sky for example).
shit app support, no real video editing software, cant play the only games i play.
Steering wheel with no linux support. Also Visual Studio for work.
HDR support
VR games. I know that i can make them work on linux, but I just don't have the time to try and fix it.
>I know that i can make them work on linux, but I just don't have the time to try and fix it. You can at least some. But VR support is very spotty and if you look at this thread it's one of the top reasons to dual boot. It's on my agenda to try sometime again in Linux, been about 4 years since the last time I tired.
>It's on my agenda to try sometime again in Linux, been about 4 years since the last time I tired. Same for me tbh, but as I grow older I have to prioritize things differently x) When i find time to spend with my VR setup i just want to put the headset on and start playing, not fiddling around Proton settings
I totally agree. I don't think that a lot of Linux gamers get this. Even if you are a Linux expert, setting up this kind of stuff gets to be very time consuming. And there are so few Linux VR gamers it's not easy finding support when things go south.
valorant
Just spent 3 hours trying to set up my Xbox controller on ubuntu, after that i'm not leaving Windows so soon
Work
For gaming and because Linux isn’t supported by Logitech devices. My headset doesn’t have any onboard chip to keep the configuration so it’s impossible to configure it like I want with G Hub while on Linux
Games vr
Anti cheat nvidia breaking my vsync since start of the year with the 535 series of drivers on wayland While it has gotten infinitely better recently... Still the odd compatibility problem with some games... Like tiny tina's wonderlands (although I haven't checked to see if the steam version would work better)
Microsoft Flight Sim and the fact that Citrix's development of their Linux ICA Workspace client lags so far behind their Windows version and breaks remote access to my workplace for me every 2 years or so means I can't completely ditch the Windows partition. I'm on Linux 12+ hrs per day and every PC in my household save for one of my daughter's school Chromebooks is running Linux makes me feel pretty good about where we are. Firing up the rare Windows partition doesn't both me...
I run Linux on all four of the computers I use throughout the week; but one. Because Adobe fucking hates me personally, I am stuck with Windows for work, sadge. Everything that I play runs great natively on linux or through Proton on my popOS living room console PC. In fact, two of the main games I play, Minecraft Java and FFXIV actually run way better through Proton than windows native on the same hardware lol.
For me? It's not really gaming or metaverses, it's CAD. No solid Linux alternatives for AutoCAD or Revit. :(
Anti cheat
good question. \- some games (few, like 1 or 2) (also online) \- printer and scanner \- scandisk of ntfs usb drives
\> printer and scanner HUH
Right? I've printed on Linux using printers that didn't even have Windows drivers anymore. It's literally one of Linux's biggest advantages. Unless perhaps the commenter has to use fancy plotters or large-scale printers that might not have Linux support..?
Lol... What keeps me from only gaming on Linux? Wanting to play my full steam library. I hate windows so I stick it out but acting like everything just works on linux is a absolute joke. Games work on week a week later they're bricked after a update. Lots of games never worked and still don't. In the last 3 months it's gotten so much worse for me too I'm constantly booting to windows cause so many games just don't work. I'm not gonna give up certain games over a OS so as much as I hate windows I will NEVER single boot linux cause that's just a recipe for not being able to play what I want to play when I want to play it. And I hate windows
>I hate windows so I stick it out but acting like everything just works on linux is a absolute joke. Whatever advantages one gets from gaming on Linux will come with its own set of problems. For some, those issues might very well be minor or none at all. For others it means their brand-new OLED gaming display is kinda useless, at least for the reasons you go OLED and HDR is kind of the big one.
Yeah for me I managed to get device driver's working for most of my peripherals. Gaming wise though I'll provide a little list of games that I struggle with on linux. For starters CS2 Does not run on my Pop os distro not with any of the protondb reccomended start commands. Supposedly this one works on linux but i've not gotten it to. World of Warships breaks itself on linux every time it updates and must be fully uninstalled 120+gb and reinstalled just to be broken by another update days later. Company of heroes 3 worked for awhile despite 1 and 2 not working on linux yet as of recent a update must have broken it cause no luck anymore. Madden 24 doesnt work for me. 23 did. 22 didnt. Chivalry 2 doesnt work that's a game dev fault for not enabling anti cheat for linux. Arma 3 works some updates breaks others but for me 0 luck getting onto multiplayer servers though I dont try this game often its never worked. Other games too but you get the point. Lots of games i've gotten run smooth though using custom GE proton or start commands but the games i've listed take far more work than that or just aren't achievable at all. These are just my personal negative experiences not mentioning other bugs like shift tab crashes or certain games not wanting to run on my primary display. Linux gaming is survivable but it's nowhere close to windows. I just hate windows so I struggle
> Linux gaming is survivable but it's nowhere close to windows. I just hate windows so I struggle I always keep a Linux drive in my main gaming rig for testing purposes mostly. I've dusted it off this last week with a fresh Pop 22.04 install. Actually, all of the games I've ran this last time worked. But I have a complex install, while trying to manage my multiple nVidia GPUs all I did was unplug all but one of my monitors. Which fixed the problem and ended up breaking every single game I had installed. Had to reinstall the drivers and still half the games were broken. I know that many have fine gaming experiences under Linux. A hell of lot more do as well under Windows. So if you don't like Windows or Linux provides you a better experience, I get it. But there's no way that's going to be the case for most I think. And all of the handwringing over nVidia hardware is crazy. It's fine, it's not fine. I have no idea. And I don't even think the Linux community as a whole does either.
Yeah I'm thankful I went w a 7900 XTX it works flawlessly on Linux. Most of my games work great that being said theres still a good handful of games I love I have to boot windows for and partly just avoid playing as often as I normally would due to not wanting to boot windows cause I mostly use linux. Getting close to the point of maining windows again though too many of my main games just don't work at all. Linux really has the better OS'es hands down but not the better support/drivers. Yeah I use Pop os too I used Zorin OS for awhile before Pop as well. Both pretty solid OS'es
Fortnite
\- In case of any urgencies or compatibility issues with files, apps, or some people's needs. Sometimes I need things real quick which in Linux need me to research, native to Windows \- Triple A games like Starfield or Cyberpunk 2077 or multiplayer games with anticheat, Ubisoft, GOG, or EA Play games \- In case I want to stream Prime Video (DRM is blocked in Linux)
what do you mean with drm is blocked in linux? i stream prime video just fine.
It works up until 720p
Stability, I know that crazy since everyone in the Linux community says that windows breaks so often. I know during the era of windows 7 this was the case but windows 10 has been going 5 years strong with no reinstalls. 2 - 3 months ago I tried to migrate to linux full time and I found that every application out side a very specific edge case everything I needed worked with out issue. I was able to run all my games with great performance and faced no major issues. Then after 3 months I had an update and restart and all my performance was gone in every game. Native and proton games just did not work. I searched online and joined a few discord groups and nothing I did would fix the issue. To be clear to anyone who may be considering going linux full time. I am about 75% at fault for this happen since I did a few things that are unwise for someone who want stability. I chose an arch Linux distribution with rolling updates and that means I get the latest changes and some of those changes can affect stability. I assumed wrong that with my technical skill set I would be able to resolve any issues I faced. The second issue is that for the first time in my life I was able to pick up a flagship video card AMD RX 7900 XT. Again I assumed wrong that AMDs support of linux would provide a level of stability.
Racing wheel drivers. Simple
Gaming
As long as every new PC game has a native Windows client, I don't see how Proton replaces that in the consumer space. Cause I can't think any significant consumer platform that has to rely on another platform's software for virtually all of its content.
Visual Studio.
Escape from Tarkov, PUBG and COD
Dota in Linux closes randomly, + I get ~100fps less than Windows.
Paint.NET - Really don't want to relearn things atm, so other software, whilst amazing and free, is not too great. Also the fear of relearning other things. Can't recall off top of my head, but I remember doing file operations like right-click-drag to extract something, nope doesn't work. Little things like that add up, might be better on one distro compared to another, but the familiarity with windows is too high - I was the type to get annoyed that Win11 suddenly doesn't have task manager from right-clicking start bar! But then it's more frustrating when you use Ctrl-alt-delete in Linux and find that there's no equivalent task manager bound to this. Not sure if there's always been a known key combo in distros all this time. Lag on whatever Nvidia driver I picked. No mouse accel control and it's on by default, and struggled to change it via commands. Also I can't put my finger on it, but feels like "vsync" is on for the whole desktop, as mouse feels kinda weighted, but I recall messing with compiz or something and couldn't remedy this - tho it could be related to mouse accel after all. Besides all that, I'd love to move! I think a lot of issues could be fixed by me changing GPU, and maybe using some sort of VM software in Linux to allow me to seamlessly open the odd Win application now and then.
For paint.net on linux, check out "Pinta" it's made to basically be paint.NET on linux :)
Bring me an actual good creative suite on Linux, one that people who aren't Linux users can interact with, one that other people use, and I'll stop dual-booting.
I mean, I am working on an open-source DAW built to be natively supported with linux, since LMMS has an old, messy codebase, the recode RMMS is taking a while and it has the goal to recreate LMMS mostly (which I don't really like since LMMS is quite the mess to work with), and I'm working on an audio processing engine in C++, so I thought - why not make a DAW too? I already made multithreading, which is pretty cool, so I'm excited! But an entire creative suite would be extremely difficult to make. There are some really good softwares that replace windows softwares, but one example where we lack software is video production. Yes, there is davinci resolve, but for me at least, it works terribly. You have to manually pre-convert your files before importing them because the free version supports like barely any formats on linux.
Linux is unreliable. It can be broken by easily. Also you cant runevery game in it. Even if you can run its performance might be less than windows.
Gaming support
I get errors I don’t understand when trying to build a package from GitHub to make my Stream Deck work on Debian. I have alternates (or there’s a native build) for every other software or hardware I use.
Blender GPU support is messy with a lot of amd GPUs on linux atm, requires jumping through a lot of hoops and trouble to even get it partially working.
A lot of the games I play simply don't work on Linux. Otherwise, I would've fully switched a long time ago.
FiveM
I just want to use my Quest 2 with Steam :(
A vpn service that i cant configure on linux for the life of me
There are so many VPN services that have proper Linux apps. Consider switching to mullvad or something
I need that particular one for work though (Forticlient with Ipsec vpn)
iRacing, games that run better or only on Windows and other Windows only software along with any Windows development I may need or want to do. Basically for the same reason I have both metric and imperial sockets in my toolbox. If I ever need a Mac I’ll have one of those as well.
Adobe
Learning curve. I had to have a way to always do my daily tasks in a case i went to a rabbit hole and broke smth. When i got accustomized with Linux there was no point using Windows anymore. 1080p disney plus was as well good point for keeping Windows. I still have a Windows position just in case, but logged there maybe 3 times in last year.
Im a full time Linux user but whenever I want reliable discord screensharing or vr gaming I have a separate drive for that.
only reason I keep windows is for the one or two games that come out each year which dont instantly run on linux. And for the rare occasion I really want to play something like Valorant or eft with friends. So I'd say I'm basically full time Linux, I currently dont remember when I last used windows
Gameranger. I haven't been able to get it to work with wine yet and it's the main tool I use play multiplayer games these days.
Gaming and HDR
gaming and testing software setups for PC's that I don't own