Subj : Re: Linux geekery (WAS: Browser tabs)
To   : 2twisty
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 20:46:12

 2t> Lolz, Doob.
 2t> 
 2t> I totally understood all of what you just said.  I've been using Linux
 2t> in one form or another (almost exclusively for server-stuff - I still
 2t> use Windows for my daily driver) since the late 90s.
 2t> 
 2t> I do have a Linux Mint laptop that I have loaded and ready-to-go for
 2t> those situations where I need linux to accomplish a particular goal
 2t> (liek reading EXT* filesystems) but my daily driver is also my gaming
 2t> PC, so....Windows..
 2t> 
 2t> Yes, I know that gaming on Linux is a thing, but it's just not really
 2t> totally there yet.  Just check out the Linus Tech Tips series on that
 2t> topic...  They had to go to pains to get it working -- and that's not
 2t> something I really want to put that much time into - when I want to
 2t> game, I don't want to futz with it.
 2t> 
 2t> So, I have my Win10 laptop and my Mint laptop -- use the right tool for
 2t> the right job I always say...
 2t> 

Just a tip, quoting the message you are replying to, even in part really helps.

Gaming on Linux is pretty good.  I'm running Windows games under Proton with quite astonishingly pleasant ease.  Linux Tech Tips ran into a specific problem with a specific distro, it isn't indicative of gaming on Linux in general and it annoys me a bit how they dwelt on it.  But then again, YouTubers generally annoy me.

It still is easier to game under Windows than Linux, but when you get a Linux game with Steam, its pretty much just as if you're using Windows these days for the most part.

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