β² 1415 βΌ I heard it's starting to get better (lemdro.id) submitted 2 years ago by AbsolutelyNotCats@lemdro.id to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 106 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] DosDude 127 points 2 years ago (9 children) With proton, this is less and less the case. permalink fedilink source hideshow 18 child comments replies: [β] AbsolutelyNotCats@lemdro.id [S] 51 points 2 years ago Indeed, God bless proton permalink fedilink source parent [β] intelati@programming.dev 33 points 2 years ago Basically, I tried proton and I'll never go back. The overhead of windows is so heavy permalink fedilink source parent [β] batmangrundies@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) I just made the jump again and I don't think I'll be going back to Windows. I'm getting improved performance in many of my favourite titles. Very happy to be free of windows finally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) If rainbow 6 ever gets Linux support, I think I can fully uninstall windows. Unfortunately if I need to have windows installed for something, I might as well compartmentalize Linux for productivity, and windows for gaming permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] bigdog_00@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago This is understandable, I still have a Win10 install on a separate disk in case I want to run VR on my Oculus CV1. Otherwise it's all Linux babyyyy permalink fedilink source parent [β] zcode@infosec.pub 10 points 2 years ago Was amazed at how good this is. permalink fedilink source parent [β] heehaw@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) what is proton? what does it do? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] moody@lemmings.world 23 points 2 years ago Proton is a translation layer that uses Wine and other tricks to allow you to run Windows games on Linux. It's a Valve project that is making a ton of progress on compatibility. It's a huge part of the success of the Steam Deck. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago A compatibility layer that lets you run native windows games on Linux through Steam. It's gotten better and better over the years and supports a majority of popular games now. permalink fedilink source parent [β] metaStatic@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) if only I could multibox. turns out a compatibility layer takes up system resources. who knew. edit: also fuck minimize on focus loss, I'm not even sorry for my Windows partition while that's a thing. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Itβs just a even more evil cheating if still do it permalink fedilink source parent [β] Poopmeister@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I've recently installed Linux. Have a hdd full with steam games (for windows) Is there any way to get that to work without needing to format the drive and install the games again? Looked a bit at it but every article seems to suggest formating the drive to get it to work with proton. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Water1053@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's technically possible but not recommended as the NTFS format has some quirks under Linux. Give yourself the best chance at everything working and do full reinstalls after a format. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago "Has some quirks" is putting it mildly. I had a couple of drives that I thought were dead because I kept getting errors. I reformatted them to ext4 and they were fine. permalink fedilink source parent [β] whitecapstromgard@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I think the real gamechanger was Vulkan. OpenGL was just not suited for this. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] AbsolutelyNotCats@lemdro.id [S] 51 points 2 years ago Indeed, God bless proton permalink fedilink source parent
[β] intelati@programming.dev 33 points 2 years ago Basically, I tried proton and I'll never go back. The overhead of windows is so heavy permalink fedilink source parent
[β] batmangrundies@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) I just made the jump again and I don't think I'll be going back to Windows. I'm getting improved performance in many of my favourite titles. Very happy to be free of windows finally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) If rainbow 6 ever gets Linux support, I think I can fully uninstall windows. Unfortunately if I need to have windows installed for something, I might as well compartmentalize Linux for productivity, and windows for gaming permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] bigdog_00@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago This is understandable, I still have a Win10 install on a separate disk in case I want to run VR on my Oculus CV1. Otherwise it's all Linux babyyyy permalink fedilink source parent
[β] ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) If rainbow 6 ever gets Linux support, I think I can fully uninstall windows. Unfortunately if I need to have windows installed for something, I might as well compartmentalize Linux for productivity, and windows for gaming permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] bigdog_00@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago This is understandable, I still have a Win10 install on a separate disk in case I want to run VR on my Oculus CV1. Otherwise it's all Linux babyyyy permalink fedilink source parent
[β] bigdog_00@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago This is understandable, I still have a Win10 install on a separate disk in case I want to run VR on my Oculus CV1. Otherwise it's all Linux babyyyy permalink fedilink source parent
[β] zcode@infosec.pub 10 points 2 years ago Was amazed at how good this is. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] heehaw@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) what is proton? what does it do? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] moody@lemmings.world 23 points 2 years ago Proton is a translation layer that uses Wine and other tricks to allow you to run Windows games on Linux. It's a Valve project that is making a ton of progress on compatibility. It's a huge part of the success of the Steam Deck. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago A compatibility layer that lets you run native windows games on Linux through Steam. It's gotten better and better over the years and supports a majority of popular games now. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] moody@lemmings.world 23 points 2 years ago Proton is a translation layer that uses Wine and other tricks to allow you to run Windows games on Linux. It's a Valve project that is making a ton of progress on compatibility. It's a huge part of the success of the Steam Deck. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago A compatibility layer that lets you run native windows games on Linux through Steam. It's gotten better and better over the years and supports a majority of popular games now. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] metaStatic@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) if only I could multibox. turns out a compatibility layer takes up system resources. who knew. edit: also fuck minimize on focus loss, I'm not even sorry for my Windows partition while that's a thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Itβs just a even more evil cheating if still do it permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Poopmeister@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I've recently installed Linux. Have a hdd full with steam games (for windows) Is there any way to get that to work without needing to format the drive and install the games again? Looked a bit at it but every article seems to suggest formating the drive to get it to work with proton. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Water1053@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's technically possible but not recommended as the NTFS format has some quirks under Linux. Give yourself the best chance at everything working and do full reinstalls after a format. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago "Has some quirks" is putting it mildly. I had a couple of drives that I thought were dead because I kept getting errors. I reformatted them to ext4 and they were fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Water1053@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's technically possible but not recommended as the NTFS format has some quirks under Linux. Give yourself the best chance at everything working and do full reinstalls after a format. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago "Has some quirks" is putting it mildly. I had a couple of drives that I thought were dead because I kept getting errors. I reformatted them to ext4 and they were fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago "Has some quirks" is putting it mildly. I had a couple of drives that I thought were dead because I kept getting errors. I reformatted them to ext4 and they were fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] whitecapstromgard@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I think the real gamechanger was Vulkan. OpenGL was just not suited for this. permalink fedilink source parent
