Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : Mandarax
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Nov 02 2022 00:33:40

 Ma>  bo> Look into whether Wine or Proton supports it.  Linux support for game
 Ma>  bo> non-complex Windows program, you were out of luck.  But now you can g
 Ma>  bo> many games running under Linux.
 Ma> 
 Ma>  I play FF online and WoW here and there when I have the time these
 Ma> days.  These and a number of games that really utilize a good graphics
 Ma> card run like poop under wine on linux.  It's not worth it to me.  On my
 Ma> gaming PC I will stick to Windows 11.  The gaming and graphics
 Ma> performance is just a very very noticeable difference to me. 
 Ma> 
 Ma> I do use linux for many many other things.  Which includes my VPS that
 Ma> runs my BBS, web server, mail server, etc.. etc.  The only gaming I find
 Ma> worth it on linux is a Steam supported game.  Then they tend to run
 Ma> fairly well on linux.
 Ma> 
 Ma> 

I used to keep an old windows installation just for games.  That can be done today.  Just keep Windows 10 for the games that don't run on Linux, and use Linux for everything else.  If you can avoid using Windows 11 for games, you can run the latest OS and browsers and such under Linux, games, and not have to buy a whole new machine just to run Windows 11.

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