• FeatherConstrictor
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    1 year ago

    I’m primarily a PC gamer and so many games would not be accessible to me if I made the switch to Linux, not to mention quite a few programs I use for my job. I tried to make the switch a few times and was not able to because of this.

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      1 year ago

      If the games you play are competitive ones, sure. Only because the devs or publishers actively choose to exclude linux. So far, I’ve yet to try a game that hasn’t worked on linux.

      What are programs that you use for work that don’t have linux equivalents or are incompatible? I’ve made the full switch, but if I really need to, I can remote into a Windows work computer for specific things like SAP access.

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        1 year ago

        The games I play are competitive mostly yes, and while it does bother me that they actively exclude Linux, there’s not much I can do.

        I work in application development and actually can’t even use windows for development of iOS programs so that kind of is a separate issue anyway.

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        1 year ago

        There’s still a lot of games that don’t work in linux due to antcheat not working. A lot of the big online competitive games don’t work.

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      1 year ago

      so many games would not be accessible to me if I made the switch to Linux

      Such as…? I’m willing to bet 95+% of the games you play actually play perfectly fine in Linux.

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        1 year ago

        Valorant is the main one off the top of my head, for example. Yes I’m aware of the issues with the anti cheat system but I play for a team and it’s a big part of my life.