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Linux hits 4% on the desktop πŸ§πŸ“ˆ (gs.statcounter.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 27 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

I believe I said it in a different post but 2023 was the year of the Linux desktop. Hardware like Bluetooth and webcams just work. Applications and games have gotten so much easier install thanks to Flatpak and Steam.

Now Plasma 6 is upon us. HDR could be supported this year. At this point avoid Linux only if it's missing a specific app you need.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I like Linux, and I don't plan to use anything else, but yesterday my internet broke because swapping the GPU changed the name of the network interface

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That is pretty annoying. I'm thinking of buying a new GPU myself. My Internet also runs off PCIE so I could go through the same thing as well? I wish I had another GPU to try this out.

    I did look it up, it seems to come from the way BIOS names resources. Im surprised software such as Network Manager does not pick up on stuff like this.

    https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/744194/why-does-my-network-interfaces-name-change-when-i-plug-a-different-pcie-device

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It certainly could happen. You won't have a problem, either NM will figure it out or you can easy change the network manually. It's just that Linux is inaccessible to a typical person until stuff like that doesn't happen:

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    To be fair, typical people also don't swap their GPU.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    only if it’s missing a specific app you need.

    Like most video games.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nowadays all video games work on linux unless developers deliberately make it so they can't

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I admit I don't play video games anymore. Especially not in the last year (I did have my eyes on Baldur's Gate). Perhaps I'll start Palworld in a few weeks. I got a lot of games off Humble Bundle (I subscribed to Humble Choice for a year and honestly even with the discounts it wasnt worth it) and Fanatical.

    The only game I couldn't get working was the Batman Arkham Trilogy. Everything else I was able to manually force on Proton and play it. Monster Hunter World, Temtem, and GTAV were probably the games I played the most.

    Mods suck for the most part on Linux. Though, I never try to mod new games.

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