Linux Gaming Thread

[Ishayin]

21 hours ago, Etern4l said:

 

unless something's wrong with hardinfo's interaction with lm_sensors

 

Maybe that is the case; most of the gui tools in that list specifically mention fan speeds / show it in the screenshots. Or maybe lm_sensors is just not detecting them properly on your system??

[Papusan]

More games for Linux with Proton 8.0

• Game
• today 13:28

In a major update, the Proton compatibility layer gets support for more games and a plethora of both big and small bug fixes.

 

Proton Slows Down RTX 4090, 4080 By 10% in Linux vs Windows 11 Gaming Benchmarks

[Mr. Fox]

On 4/19/2023 at 7:25 AM, Papusan said:

More games for Linux with Proton 8.0

• Game
• today 13:28

In a major update, the Proton compatibility layer gets support for more games and a plethora of both big and small bug fixes.

 

Proton Slows Down RTX 4090, 4080 By 10% in Linux vs Windows 11 Gaming Benchmarks

Banned... for gaming on Linux... 'cause that's "cheating" and unfair to Winduhz users that are crippled by the cancer OS.

 

[Linux]

Proton 8 has further enhanced and stabilized my gaming experience with Steam. Everything runs as good as with Windows. 😎

[Mr. Fox]

On 5/31/2023 at 5:47 AM, Linux said:

Proton 8 has further enhanced and stabilized my gaming experience with Steam. Everything runs as good as with Windows. 😎

AMEN! It's true. The Redmond Mafia doesn't want anyone to know that. 

 

@ryanbesides all of the Crysis titles we love, this one also plays great. (So far almost everything does.)

 

 

[ryan]

your hyping me, but im not very good with this sort of thing..I got 99percent in programming in school but I know nothing about linux seems daunting with my current mind

[Papusan]

REPORT LINUX GAMING Which distribution runs Windows games best?

Thanks to Valve, playing Windows games on Linux is more practical than ever before. Three distributions with a gaming focus in the test.

 

@Mr. Fox

[Papusan]

Intel Brings Huge Improvements To Xe Kernel GPU Driver For Linux 6.8, Arrow Lake & Lunar Lake Gain Additional Support

 

@Mr. Fox

 

Intel Has Ramped Up Development At Linux, Targeted at Improving Xe Graphics Drivers & Offering Support For Next-Gen Arrow Lake & Lunar Lake CPUs

 

[Linux]

On 12/2/2023 at 6:26 AM, Papusan said:

REPORT LINUX GAMING Which distribution runs Windows games best?

Thanks to Valve, playing Windows games on Linux is more practical than ever before. Three distributions with a gaming focus in the test.

 

@Mr. Fox

I am running Ubuntu and TuxedoOS, both are running flawless with Steam.

[Papusan]

Simple Trick gets "The Finals" Running in Linux with Intel Arc Graphics

[Mr. Fox]

Just finished setting up my shiny new Kubuntu 24.04 LTS clean install and working on Steam game installations.

 

On 5/31/2023 at 7:47 AM, Linux said:

Proton 8 has further enhanced and stabilized my gaming experience with Steam. Everything runs as good as with Windows. 😎

It really is good. People that says they are sticking with Windoze so they can play games haven't taken time to investigate Linux. Maybe it never occurred to them that SteamOS is Linux, LOL.

 

Crysis Remastered - RTX Enabled - High Settings ~275 FPS

[Mr. Fox]

This isn't supposed to work, but Lutris makes it so. Slightly lower score than Windows, but to be expected. My little Munchkin work PC isn't designed for this kind of thermal torment and it definitely thermal throttled, LOL.

[Mr. Fox]

OK now that I let the water in the 360 AIO cool down overnight and my office is not 82°F it's working much better. Cinebench R24 does not work as efficiently on Linux as R23 does. Very close to the same score in Linux and Windows with Cinebench R23. With R24 the clock speeds dip due to the Linux power management governor being too aggressive.

 

[Papusan]

With time you all will see Linux will get a bigger user-base. To the better for the whole Linus community. More power means more options. Microsoft digging their own grave.

 

 

[crz]

On 5/15/2024 at 3:52 AM, Papusan said:

More power means more options. Microsoft digging their own grave.

I started using Windows XP and then Vista, after a long time I was just happy with Windows 7 and considered it extremely convenient, fast and functional, the early 10th versions also evoke pleasant feelings and became native.

 

In general, it is actually quite frustrating to see where all this is going in the end and what path they have started to follow. Linux is really getting closer.

[Papusan]

On 6/5/2024 at 10:47 AM, crz said:

Linux is really getting closer.

 

Yup, but very slow. 

 

 

[Papusan]

 

Linux market share approaching 4.5% for first time, could hit 5% by 1Q25

[Linux]

Microsoft gives Mono project to WineHQ

 

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/microsoft-donates-the-mono-project-to-the-wine-team/

[Sandy Bridge]

Potentially 10% if all the "Unknowns" are running Linux.

 

Seriously, I take StatCounter stats with a large helping of salt.  They tend to have lots of aberrations - like how macOS lost 7% of the entire market between November and December - not 7% of macOS, 7% of everything.

 

Steam also shows increased Linux share, over 2%... it also has had its fair share of aberrations.  But that is a second data point.

 

I'm curious if there are any more concrete metrics, points of comparison.

 

The Linux increase sounds plausible, if not macOS losing 7% in December... but I'd like something a bit more reliable than StatCounter before proclaiming 2024 to be the Year of the Linux Desktop.

 

(Although if Microsoft keeps cloud-ifying Windows, 2025 may be the Year of the Linux desktop for me)

[JeanLegi]

Trying first ZorinOS then i had EndeavorOS and switching back to windows only reason not enough time regarding some personal and family topics which will take more time the next months.

 

i don't dive deep into linux in this 4 Weeks and regarding my first out of the box experience a few years ago (Ubuntu) it felt more handier (this was the first wort in my mind)and what i have seen felt very close to windows there were just some small things for me which i was not able to solve and that were rgb (openrgb and msi could be a bit better), system monitoring (AiO D360 from MSI with Display) and i try to use raid 0 from the start like it is working with windows. i have several ssd's and i like the raid 0 option from the start from windows and would like to see this support for linux as well.

i try several things and with ZorinOS i was able to use raid 0 from the start but this could be a thing which could a bit easier.

 

Games War Thunder, Cyberpunk 2077, Order of Battle: WW2, Warhammer I - III and Beyond all Reasion all of it was running well on  27" 4K 60Hz display and i had the feeling that the graphics were much more better then on windows. on windows i have sometime the feeling it is a bit pixaleted but with linux everything seems to be more sharp, more clear more detail.. more of everything.

 

With my current state of knowledge with Linux which is very superficial i see no reason to stay with windows most of the things i used could be done with Linux as well.

Regarding my personal and family topics i see my next attempt for Linux next year with hopefully some more spare time.

 

[Eban]

Been playing around with Batocera Linux

Its basically an emulator distro for playing retro games. No real setup involved, just burn the image to a 1Tb SSD (I downloaded from Arcade Punks)

 

Its a little buggy on my Alienware Ranger,  froze up a couple of times and hard reboot required. Havent tested on my Legion.

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

[Papusan]

Linux need better gaming support. That would help people/gamers to migrate over from Windows to Linux. 

Core Ultra 9 285K is faster in Linux than in Windows

[Linux]

Linux already has great gaming support. Steam is running perfectly with Proton, Valve actively supporting its development. There is also the Steam Deck running Linux.

 

Every game i came across in 2024 could be run on my laptop without issues. Yes, almost everything needs to be run through Steam and native support is very lacking, but overall i am very satisfied. The new Civilization VII from Firaxis will have native Linux support f.e.