Hello r/linux_gaming!
Long story short, I’m tired of Windows, lately it’s been giving me problems after problems and after talking to a friend of mine that uses Fedora Linux, it caught my attention more than ever.I was already interessted in switching to Linux for the longest, but now that I’ve been having tons of problems with Windows, this might be the right time to do so.
After searching a bit, I’ve came to the conclusion that I might switch to Linux Mint (more specifically, the Cinnamon Edition).I have some questions that I’ve been searching but never got a consistent answer (since it’s probably more of personal preference).
Performance wise, does anyone know if Linux is actually better than Windows?
I’ve seen some videos and benchmarks and it looks like it really depends on the title, but overall, do you know if it’s actually better than Windows?
So, to people who are familiar with Mint, or actually use Mint, what Edition would be the best for me?
I’m currently using a laptop as my main device:
- CPU - I5-12450H
- GPU - RTX 3050 Mobile
- RAM - 16GB
Does anyone know the current state of VR Gaming in Linux?
I play a lot of VRChat, and I just wanna know how the current state of VR Gaming is on Linux.From a friend of mine, he says that due to how Linux handles games overall, he has a way better performance than when we was on Windows, but I don’t really have no way to prove that since I can find little to no benchmarks (on VRChat).
Where can I download Steam games in Linux?
I can’t really find a consistent answer on this one…
Is it a good idea to Dual Boot between Windows and Linux?
Sadly, I can’t fully switch to Linux, since I still have tons of stuff that I’m too used on doing in Windows. So, what are your thoughts on Dual Booting between Windows and Linux?
I’m sorry for the amount of questions, I’m just really tired of the OS I’m currently using and I’m just really looking for something fast and lighter, but thank you for reading my post, have a good day :)
Depends. Linux does use less resources; so best case scenario, Linux gets more performance.
However, since must games don’t run natively on Linux, they have to be run through a compatibility layer like Proton, which has about an 5-8% performance hit.
Not sure, since I don’t own a VR headset. I heard Vive and Index headsets work pretty well, but Oculus not so much. VR Chat does have a gold rating on ProtonDB.
Steam.
It’s fine, as long as you keep them on seperate drives. But considering you have a laptop, this might not be something you can do.
You can put the on the same drive, but Windows Update can break your Linux install.
Woop-- I did not know that, thank you for telling me, I’ll keep that in mind.
And also, thank you for giving me a bit of insight :)