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What are your experiences using Linux for gaming? (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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I'm planning on switching to Linux on my main PC as I don't want to move to Windows 11 and was curious about other people's experiences doing so.

I have a Steam Deck and everything there works out of the box, but I imagine that's a more curated platform compared to standard distros.

What are your experiences, good or bad?

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

They won't run on proton. "Kernel-level" means it's well below the level that Proton runs at.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Helldivers 2 runs fine through Proton with it's anti-cheat. It was claimed to be kernel level.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    My understanding is that actual kernel-level software would have to at least have a Linux-specific driver included. Otherwise if it really is running entirely through Proton, it's somehow faking the ring 0 access. I'm not entirely sure, but I do think that anti-cheat must work differently from the big ones like FACEIT and Valorant.

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