Any other Linux users here? And has anyone fully migrated?

[Max]

I switched to Mint because I hated Windows 11 from the first moment I tried it, playing pirated games from Wine is great

 

[Cheela Cheela Cheela's icon]

I switched to Mint because I hated Windows 11 from the first moment I tried it, playing pirated games from Wine is great

Lutris and abandonware games goes hand in hand

 

[Potapota]

Day 134 or something with arch and I'm still waiting for it to break.

 

[deceptionfalls]

Been using the same Arch installation for like three years now at this point, it's everything I could've asked for and I'm very used to it, I love messing with the terminal and gaming is mostly fine, Lutris saves me a lot and I don't really play online games at all. Only thing I miss a lot is Adobe software since I like messing with graphic design from time to time, everything else I have gotten pretty used to.

Here's what my custom desktop looked like last year:

 

[secreto7]

Sadly I don't think I could do the change, since there are some fundamental problems of Linux ecosystem that will never change.

For example, the fragmentation, the dependency problems, the hierarchy file system or how the heck is called, that I cannot install or uninstall whatever I want from wherever and where I want, etc.

I fear that someday will have to throw the towel with Windows and PC.

 

[aquova]

Sadly I don't think I could do the change, since there are some fundamental problems of Linux ecosystem that will never change.

For example, the fragmentation, the dependency problems, the hierarchy file system or how the heck is called, that I cannot install or uninstall whatever I want from wherever and where I want, etc.

I fear that someday will have to throw the towel with Windows and PC.

Linux certainly has its fair share of issues, but I'm surprised at some of the items you list here. I'm curious what your issue with the file system structure and why you can't just install a program however you like.

 

[secreto7]

Linux certainly has its fair share of issues, but I'm surprised at some of the items you list here. I'm curious what your issue with the file system structure and why you can't just install a program however you like.

It's a mess for me the directory and file distribution, and I want to use it like I use Windows and have portable programs and use different versions of them and the like.

There's appimages but have dependency problems sometimes and other hurdles and they're not always available.
Also I don't want to mess with Wine prefixes and other things.
It's probably somewhat like when I used DOSBox to play my old games.

 

[diapered]

For the most part gaming branded distributions are a distraction, they're not much more than a riced up fork of another distribution with bloat pre installed. It's always best to get something widely used so support is guaranteed.

I can only speak for Garuda (only "gaming" distro I have used and currently love), and that is a little broad imo. The Garuda team has and maintains their own repository (chaotic-aur in addition to curation for other packages) for the distro and it does not install with any "bloat". Regardless of the gaming installation helpers (which some do not work >_< but just use another package manager for that), the other assistant tools and chaotic-aur make arch incredibly easy to use and maintain without the cl, so I use it on systems I don't even use for gaming :P

 

[secreto7]

I don't hate Linux, but I wish some things where more ready to use and more user friendly.
It has so much good things and potential, but...

 

[Leon]

It's a mess for me the directory and file distribution, and I want to use it like I use Windows and have portable programs and use different versions of them and the like.

There's appimages but have dependency problems sometimes and other hurdles and they're not always available.
Also I don't want to mess with Wine prefixes and other things.
It's probably somewhat like when I used DOSBox to play my old games.

The directory and file distribution isn't really a mess, it's just something your not used to since it's basically a entirely different style if your used to windows, 6 months ago i'd have agreed with you though, but honestly if your using a more user friendly distro like garuda, it's pretty easy to figure out 95%+ of things location, especially if your using the proper app helper's.

As for prefixes, i'm honestly not sure what your complaint is, the "prefix" is basically where everything windows is to make a windows environment, for me i made a folder in my home folder called "games", that's my prefix for everything windows including games that i install manually, usually through lutris as it makes it simpler to let lutris handle it (lutris is designed for games but you can use it for programs as well if you want) so in my games folder is basically a drive c folder, which is basically a windows file structure, with the save paths the same as windows, games where i put them, programs where i put them, etc, anything i need from windows, the only thing that is not stored directly in the folder is wine itself.
A example of what i mean, let's use a wine used "yar har" version of i donno, fallout 3 or something like that as a example, the save location will be in the windows folder structure of your designed prefix, making it pretty simple to locate.

For steam it's even easier as you can just look up it's location on the pcgamingwiki as most of those have a linux version save location.

As for applimage, i've honestly never ran into this problem with applimage but i might be a exception.

 

[secreto7]

The directory and file distribution isn't really a mess, it's just something your not used to since it's basically a entirely different style if your used to windows, 6 months ago i'd have agreed with you though, but honestly if your using a more user friendly distro like garuda, it's pretty easy to figure out 95%+ of things location, especially if your using the proper app helper's.

As for prefixes, i'm honestly not sure what your complaint is, the "prefix" is basically where everything windows is to make a windows environment, for me i made a folder in my home folder called "games", that's my prefix for everything windows including games that i install manually, usually through lutris as it makes it simpler to let lutris handle it (lutris is designed for games but you can use it for programs as well if you want) so in my games folder is basically a drive c folder, which is basically a windows file structure, with the save paths the same as windows, games where i put them, programs where i put them, etc, anything i need from windows, the only thing that is not stored directly in the folder is wine itself.
A example of what i mean, let's use a wine used "yar har" version of i donno, fallout 3 or something like that as a example, the save location will be in the windows folder structure of your designed prefix, making it pretty simple to locate.

For steam it's even easier as you can just look up it's location on the pcgamingwiki as most of those have a linux version save location.

As for applimage, i've honestly never ran into this problem with applimage but i might be a exception.

You're mostly right, but I'm a lowly user and I have enough with Windows.
Perhaps if I could have another PC to mess with Linux and learn more...
But there's too much to learn and I just want to play when I can.
Some things are more easy and work better than Windows but others seem more rough.

 

[aquova]

It's a mess for me the directory and file distribution, and I want to use it like I use Windows and have portable programs and use different versions of them and the like.

There's appimages but have dependency problems sometimes and other hurdles and they're not always available.
Also I don't want to mess with Wine prefixes and other things.
It's probably somewhat like when I used DOSBox to play my old games.

These aren't unfair criticisms, but I think they have improved in recent years. Perhaps it's just me, but the sort of stuff I would want to have multiple versions of is likely to be statically built, so you don't have to worry about dependencies too much, but for those that aren't, it can be a problem. As for prefixes, now that Steam is tightly integrated with Proton, I don't think I've manually dealt with prefixes in years. Even for general purpose Windows software, I find adding it as a non-Steam game is the quickest and easiest way to get stuff just working. Even if you don't want to use Steam, there are several programs that provide a similar functionality, like Bottles or Heroic.

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

I switched like a year ago to Arch, and like many people have written here and other parts: I never looked back. I once think about it because I had issues with the Halo 3 modding tools, but i just cant put myself to return to windows.

Perhaps if I could have another PC to mess with Linux and learn more...

Just make the switch, bro. If you have the curiosity just do the jump (otherwise, why are you one "Any other linux user here?" thread?). Im not saying you go bananas like me and install Arch, but maybe mint or ubuntu.

People have made up an image of linux that is this over complicated stuff, while in reality is really simple. And compatibility? High, specially on Steam with proton. I game daily on Arch and never had an issue (besides some spyware level of anticheat)

 

[Krazy Kat]

I don't hate Linux, but I wish some things where more ready to use and more user friendly.
It has so much good things and potential, but...

same bruh
but some game simply is not available on linux i tried on my steamdeck (steamos)

 

[secreto7]

same bruh
but some game simply is not available on linux i tried on my steamdeck (steamos)

You mean that the game didn't work with Proton (or Wine)?

 

[Krazy Kat]

You mean that the game didn't work with Proton (or Wine)?

games with denuvo & anti cheat system

 

[secreto7]

games with denuvo & anti cheat system

Oh yes that. For now it seems we can't do much.

 

[Dannzy]

games with denuvo & anti cheat system

Denuvo DRM games do work but every time you change your prefix (this includes proton version changes) it'll count as a new activation. Typically, denuvo limits you to 5 activations every 24 hours, so it's only an issue when you can't nail down the game's setup, luckily you can check ProtonDB and see what works from there.

 

[Krazy Kat]

Denuvo DRM games do work but every time you change your prefix (this includes proton version changes) it'll count as a new activation. Typically, denuvo limits you to 5 activations every 24 hours, so it's only an issue when you can't nail down the game's setup, luckily you can check ProtonDB and see what works from there.

i use steam most of my games is there, and i use linux mint and it doesn't support doom dark ages and most of all denuvo games including wolfenstein youngblood and most of EA games including fifa series

 

[Leon]

i use steam most of my games is there, and i use linux mint and it doesn't support doom dark ages and most of all denuvo games including wolfenstein youngblood and most of EA games including fifa series

Are you using the newest versions of the glorious eggroll version of proton?
Got the mesa drivers if on amd?
Dx12 games require a bit more work to get working on linux, doom the dark ages i know for a fact works due to seeing it ran on linux in a few videos.

https://www.protondb.com/app/3017860

When in doubt, check protondb, if there's a fix needed, it's usually listed there.

 

[KaiserMk7]

I don't suspect my abysmal potato hardware will be more usable with a Linux distro than with outdated windows 10 that fails to update due to a time out error, and I don't presently have enough working devices and external storage media that I can back up what's important to me and afford to take a risk.
I would be interested in using Linux in the future, though.

 

[Krazy Kat]

Are you using the newest versions of the glorious eggroll version of proton?
Got the mesa drivers if on amd?
Dx12 games require a bit more work to get working on linux, doom the dark ages i know for a fact works due to seeing it ran on linux in a few videos.

https://www.protondb.com/app/3017860

When in doubt, check protondb, if there's a fix needed, it's usually listed there.

i try it next time

 

[sandyx]

Yep, I use Gentoo.

 

[Jaba]

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I am curious if there is any other Linux users here and if you do what's your Distro and your experience with it ?

In my opinion while PC game can be hit or miss with proton (But mostly hit) emulation with the exception of the 3DS works flawlessly, I love using Gnome and swich between virtual desktop effortlessly, I also love the convince of being able do download emulator using my package manege instead of going to the website to dowload the EXE files there.

Of course I do have issues with proton from time to time, but I don't imagine myself going back to windows anytime soon, I love using Linux since I started using it in setember of this year.

Still using dual boot. PCSX2 runs better with Linux in my potato

 

[Leon]

Still using dual boot. PCSX2 runs better with Linux in my potato

Not sure if it's still the case but i remember one of the devs of it said that the linux version is just in general more advanced than the windows version due to so much being easier to do under linux to the point some of the devs only develop for linux and other devs convert it for windows.