Misty
It really is a little absurd that “I’m considering switching to Linux on my laptop for better availability of games” is a real thought in my head. Valve have made strange things happen
Feb 2 at 11:08pmWeb
Show threadwohaliFeb 2
@misty and MS. chasing that AI brass ring is leading to them losing all of their existing market share in OSes, consoles, etc.....
Show threadMistyFeb 3
@wohali It's funny, when Windows 10 was new I genuinely thought it was a step up from previous versions. They've managed to make Windows so much worse so quickly.
Show threadLeelooFeb 3

@misty @wohali
Really? Windows 10 was the only Windows version that was so bad that Microsoft decided the only option was to force install it without users' consent.

It started downhill with Windows 8 and has been getting worse ever since. How was Windows 10 a step up for you?

Show threadsarah tonin Feb 3
@leeloo @misty @wohali not the only one, they did that to a few friends with 11, except this time much earlier
Show threadTed MielczarekFeb 4
@leeloo @misty @wohali Windows 7 feels like the last version of Windows that I thought had real promise for a better future. Windows 10 at least course-corrected the mess that was Windows 8 where they tried to make everything feel like a tablet, but I think you're right that they had already started to backslide into the mess we have today.
Show threadLeelooFeb 4
@tedmielczarek @misty @wohali
Windows 10 still looks like a tablet to me.
Show threadatapi ❤️Feb 2
@misty i'm curious as to what fucked up sequence of events led to this in your case
Show threadJonathan Arnold 🇺🇦Feb 2
@misty one of my 4 Guys Co-op group couldn't play for 2 weeks because Borderlands kept crashing his Windows 11 machine, decked out with a fancy new video card. While at the same time, another guy, with the same fancy card, played along just fine on his Linux box.
Show threadSnoopJFeb 2
@misty the fact that the Linux gaming renaissance is happening in part because one guy really loves 2B is like poetry, I love it
Show threadSylvainFeb 2

@SnoopJ

*gets out of cave*

What? Is N:A available on Linux now? It had been quite a deal breaker when I tried to switch to Linux last time.

@misty

Edit: I somehow completely f*cked my at's, and also typo...

Show threadSnoopJFeb 3
@axnxcamr @misty congratulations, this is the best thing I've read all day 
Show threadRaven667Feb 3
@axnxcamr @misty @SnoopJ this is the best bit of trivia to share, but a big part of Linux game compatibility is modern DirectX 11/12 support which exists because one developer wanted to play NeiR so badly that he made the drivers to do it. I believe he works for Valve now, but the important part is that Proton was *made* to play N:A
Show threadSnoopJFeb 3

@raven667 @axnxcamr @misty he did it, the mad-man did it.

her wish that someday, somehow, that she could save everyone of us, even though she's just one girl

he made it rEAL

Show threadConnor CadellinFeb 3
@axnxcamr @misty @SnoopJ we actually played it on Mint just a few weeks ago. Proton-GE, no complaints.
Show threadhazelnot Feb 3

@axnxcamr @misty @SnoopJ if by "N:A" you're referring to Nier Automata, it's been playable through Proton for years, I've played it on both my desktop and Steam Deck

...if it's something else then I have no idea 💀

Show threadSylvainFeb 4

Yes, I meant NieR:Automata.

I must admit that my process at the time has been installing Linux, installing Steam, playing a bunch of games and eventually wanting to play NieR:A, not seeing it in the available games and going back to Windows.

Maybe I ought to try again. 2026 might just be MY year of Linux on the desktop ;)

@hazelnot @misty @SnoopJ

Show threadSnoopJFeb 4

@axnxcamr @hazelnot @misty oh, dear, I had thought stepping out of the cave was a joke, because yes it's *very* much a thing now.

It's so much a thing that DXVK exists about it, and by extension Proton has become a shockingly viable target for games, especially with Valve's investment in this market segment.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2018/09/an-interview-with-the-developer-of-dxvk-part-of-what-makes-valves-steam-play-tick/

An interview with the developer of DXVK, part of what makes Valve's Steam Play tick

An interview with Philip Rebohle, the creator of DXVK that's used in Valve's Proton.

GamingOnLinux
Show threadSylvainFeb 4

@SnoopJ

Yeah, sorry to disapoint.

I've been a server room Linux user for decades, but all my attempts to switch my desktop have failed. I'm not a huge gamer either so I usually get the news after they are pretty cold.

I beat the Ender Dragon for the first time last Christmas.

I'm currently playing Dragon Warrior IV on the NES, not with an emulator.

I do kind of live in a cave.

Show threadSnoopJFeb 4

@axnxcamr no disappointment, I'm just happy to share the very good news and regret not doing so sooner!

Gaming on Linux is absolutely having a moment, and combined with the alarmingly rapid fall of Windows, things are getting kind of weird in a good way.

Show threadhazelnot Feb 4
@axnxcamr @misty @SnoopJ ah, the "available games" is basically just games that either have native Linux ports or are officially SteamOS verified or something like that, I just enabled Proton for my entire library in the settings cause there are a lot more games that work despite not being officially verified than games that don't work at all (most of those are multiplayer games with anticheat)
Show threadabbiistabbii Feb 2
@misty Love how Linux has become a viable gaming option so I can finally just dump windows totally.
Show threadRusty ShacklefordFeb 2
@misty
Join us  
Show threadOriginalboy2Feb 2
@misty a shame that my favorite game is r6 siege :c
Show threadARGVMI~1.PIFFeb 2

@misty

s/strange/glorious/

Show threadJoe Cooper 🇺🇦 🍉Feb 3
@misty as my music gear has gotten older, I'm finding more and more doing audio work in Linux is better than Windows, because Windows broke drivers and Linux never has. So, Linux supports a LOT more hardware, if you consider old stuff. (This is true of old GPUs, USB devices, printers, scanners, etc. as well. But, audio is just where I actually care whether some cool old thing I have still works or not.)
Show threadBoloMKXXVIIIFeb 3
@swelljoe @misty Yep. I tend to keep peripherals for a loooong time. Under Linux they keep on working. Under Windows, you have to hope you can find a driver when the next Windows version is forced on you.
Show threadsb arms & legsFeb 3
@misty
It can be done!
Show threadAmanda BergeFeb 3
@misty mod support. I can’t imagine playing Skyrim with original inventory system.
Show threadhazelnot Feb 3
@StaleCricket70 @misty what do you mean?
Show threadAmanda BergeFeb 3
@hazelnot @misty SkyUI a mod for Skyrim puts everything into tables, color coded, tabs.

I haven’t done reading into if mods work in Skyrim on Linux. But given how finicky getting mods to work in the first place….
Show threadXkokFeb 3
@misty
My MS laptop is sitting somewhere collecting dust. My SteamDeck has become my daily driver. Games and (lebre)office, who knew such a union could exist?
Show threadDave Wilburn Feb 3

@misty

I think the only real areas where that isn't true are competitive games with kernel level anti-cheats.

But also those games and the gamers that play them kinda suck, so... Good?

Show threadChris RealFeb 3

@misty

It was inevitable. I've used Linux on my laptop for ten years, and seen it get closer and closer to game-ability all this time. Paying for an OS? Being forced to be injected with bloated updates? These issues haven't affected me again, ever.

It's not absurd, because open-source had been working towards replacing corporate, in ALL aspects, since it's inception.

Since coders woke up to discover their code was being monetized, then weaponized, then monopolized against their creators.

This was inevitable. Enjoy your gaming.😏

Show threadNeko MayFeb 3
@misty And yet, if Apple would support Vulkan and OpenGL....
Show threadHakusoFeb 3
@misty
I did and literally every game works. I'm fiddling with a bit of stutter as gramerate limiting seems a bit underdeveloped and my native refresh rate is beyond insane. All good, though.
Show threadМя ��Feb 3

@misty recently, l was setting up a new laptop, and ended up with fedora linux (and a windows vm), just to not deal with missing device drivers. I expected literally opposite, but no

(Working Autocad & Revit was a must, and they're still too much for Wine/Proton)

Show threadDragan EspenschiedFeb 3
@misty Well I am considering switching from Linux to Windows so I'm not constantly distracted by all these games. Productivity pro move!
Show threadMistyFeb 3
@despens The ultimate productivity hack!
Show threadRoyFeb 3
@misty I can recommend Linux Mint Debian Edition.
Show thread🇺🇦 haxadecimal 🚫👑Feb 3
@misty
Valve and Microsoft, arguably.
Show threadMercuryCDXFeb 3
@misty I’ve been using it on my desktop PC for almost a year now and it is wild how Wine/Proton seems to just have better compatibility with some older Windows games than Windows 11 did (which I assume is even worse now on that front)
Show threadDaniël Franke Feb 3
@misty It keeps blowing my mind repeatedly just how well Linux runs Windows games these days, like, if a game isn't competitive or brand new, I don't even check the compatibility anymore.
Show threadVissFeb 3
@misty im literallt waiting for ubuntu to support sound on my asus rog zephyrus g16 properly. everything else works
Show threadMark DominusFeb 3
@misty Same: https://mathstodon.xyz/@mjd/115600709086730505
Show threadpluhmenFeb 3
@misty Since then MS was about distraction and Linux in education. This distinction crumbles down in leisure computing nowadays. Well done Valve, well done.
Show threadMatt PanaroFeb 3
@misty ever since I got a SteamDeck I've hoped they'd make a laptop, a phone…
Show threadJessica PhoenixFeb 3

@misty Peripheral support is good but still iffy around the edges. Say, if you're a trans girl who wants to deepen the Mechsploitation-shaped hole in her brain by playing Mech games with a HOTAS setup.

(Purely hypothetical, I don't assure you)

Show threadSteBocFeb 4
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Show threadGlyphFeb 5
@misty @phildini strange and wonderful