I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
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Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.
  • corey931@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Bazzite (based on Fedora I believe) is basically plug-n-play with controllers including rumble too and it’s immutable. Great for morphing a PC into a stable gaming console

  • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Some of y’all are showing your bubble side; outside of our communities here, Linux very much is obscure. That said, there really does seem to be a leak in the mainstream and it’s nice to see it mentioned in a publication. Even if just a little gain, thanks in large part to Steam raising awareness for gamers, US decline in Europe and Canada, and Windows 11 blunders with security.

    I’ve gone from people being completely oblivious when I mention Linux, to going “oh, like steam deck?” but there’s still plenty of others who still are oblivious. Then again, mentioning file extensions goes over the heads of 95% of who I talk to, so I wouldn’t have too high hopes.

    • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Switching the household’s PCs to avoid the Windows 11 BS here. All my stuff is good so far, but the kids have a few games that don’t work - Minecraft Bedrock, Fortnite, and Roblox.

  • Suavevillain@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I’ll take whatever positive press Linux can get at this point. More people switching over is a good thing.

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I am brave enough to say it: The ocean has water in it.

    Praise me for my braveness.

    • NotSteve_@piefed.caEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I get the sentiment but the article is more targeted at the PC gaming crowd that isn’t exactly tech-illiterate but probably only knows Linux from memes about it requiring you to recompile a kernel to install Chrome or some other BS like that

      I think a good portion of Lemmy and the fediverse already know it’s been at this level for a long while now but I’m excited to see articles like this since it means the tide is turning against Windows for the average user

  • YurkshireLad@lemmy.caEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I installed Steam on Debian 13 and it wouldn’t run from the desktop shortcut. I had to edit the config for it to start. I installed and tried two games at random and neither worked. So I uninstalled it. Even completely removing Steam needed several shell commands. I’ve been using Linux on and off since its early days so this was very disappointing.

    • Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      6 months ago

      fwiw I’m running Debian 12 and had no issues getting steam to run, and all games I’ve tried run great (with a few exceptions but not many).

      I really really wouldn’t recommend Debian as an OS for games. It’s a server/workstation OS. I use it because I like Debian, not because it’s a good idea.

      I remember changing my grub config to pass arguments to the kernel for gaming performance. I bet you wouldn’t need to do this on a distro designed for gaming like Bazzite.