CarlLandry357Mar 2

Is Linux gaming a meme?

https://lemmy.world/post/43760214

Show threadwltrMar 2
If you’re not trolling and actually expecting some serious reply: no, it’s not a meme. It’s quite fast and playable. All the games that I tried were very playable.
Show threadCarlLandry357Mar 2
But maybe you use a high-end gaming PC? No?
Show threadwltrMar 2
I’ve got a cheap old ten years old low-end laptop and didn’t know what to do about it. I installed Steam and played Half-Life 2 and Dota 2 (both aren’t very new, I know). They were very snappy. Also, I tried WarCraft 3 via Wine, and it was very good also. I didn’t know what else to test, but for the record Windows itself wasn’t very snappy with it.
Show threadCarlLandry357
How powerful was the laptop’s processor? Did you mean game like Dota 2 run smooth on a laptop? I think that’s for a desktop PC.
Mar 2 at 12:01pmWeb
Show threadarcterusMar 2
“cheap old ten years old low-end laptop”
Show threadwltrMar 2
It’s some low-end Intel i3 processor. It was super smooth, and considering that laptop basically a garbage (Nvidia GPU, which is not used in Linux, I use the integrated Intel one), it played quite well for me. It looks like the difference with Windows is not in its favour. It’s really easy to try it, especially if you have a spare hardware. Eg Dota 2 is free to play, so all you need is to install Steam and download the game. I use Fedora Silverblue, which I can recommend for an average user. (I use Arch on my primary laptop and PC.) Also, I’ve heard good things about Bazzitte, but I personally don’t like Linux distros based on other distros.