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 :)
Every OS will give you problems. The particular set of problems just differ.
In theory Linux can provide better performance. It’s fundamentally better at process management and networking.
London stock exchange switched to Linux servers many years ago, because milliseconds equalled lotsa money.
But in practice it’s more complicated. Better fundamentals don’t always matter if your preferred game has optimizations in Windows drivers and was specifically written and tested and optimized for Windows, but not for Linux. Those optimizations will often beat any low level advantages.
Linux can be more performant and you have more options to tweak (selection of distro and DE, throwing components out that you don’t need, configure your own kernel if you want to).
But out of the box it often won’t be. Or rather it will be better in some cases and worse in others.
Performance by itself is usually not something that will sustain you on Linux.
To me the main reason is that I don’t like sharing ownership of my computer with a company. And that’s what you get with MS and Apple. They partially own your system and will make decisions for you and grab data from you.