Cappu MichelinoApr 23

Hi everyone,

Just decided to give this whole mastodon a chance. I come from the land which everyone seems to forget, Belgium. My hobbies include playing mahjong -despite not being very good at it-, coding more specifically anything to do with p2p software and networking and recently dipping my toes in freebsd. Excited to meet you all! Hope to find some more nerdy people, learn a ton and maybe play some matches!

#Introductions #Raphus #RiichiMahjong #Coding #BSD

Show threadAntero Hytönen
@cappuccino I used FreeBSD long time ago. Funny thing, I switched to Linux because of gaming.
Apr 23 at 7:32pmWeb
Show threadCappu MichelinoApr 23
@anzah Totally valid, heared gaming under linux has improved tremendously! We were forced in school to use centos and I just ended up dreading linux for the longest time after. But after reading about jails and loving the concept I finally mustered the courage to try something non microsoft.
Show threadAntero HytönenApr 23

@cappuccino has come long way as gaming platform since I switched. With Proton these days the compatibility is along the lines that incompatibilities are rare.

Unless you play multiplayer with games that have anticheat. Then it's really good idea to check the compatibility before buying and even then it's possible that the game stops working after an update.

Show threadCappu MichelinoApr 24
@anzah Oh I might actually give it a shot too see if I can get some steam games running. Is the proton compatibility also still trough wine or do you use other software for this?
Show threadAntero HytönenApr 24

@cappuccino it uses Wine underneath. You don't even need to know that though. If you start a game from Steam it most likely works without any tinkering.

In some cases the game might default to unmaintained native Linux port or the default Proton version is just not compatible. In those cases you can force certain Proton version.

Long time Steam users might need to change the default Proton version when a major release comes out. But maybe Valve will automate that too at some point.