On: Microsoft Is Forcing Me to Buy MacBooks

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There is still the problem of gaming. With tools like CrossOver from CodeWeavers and shadow.tech things are getting better as well as some native support on Steam, but at this point I still need a dedicated Windows desktop specifically for gaming and nothing else (I use a MacBook Pro for personal projects, work, and Alpine for Docker to run production services at work).

[acomjean → autotune]

I’m running games on a Linux machine just fine. It’s kinda remarkable. Steam lead the way and there especially since the steam deck runs Linux now . There is an app that will configure and launch your GOG and epic games too. (Ive tried it with a couple epic games to great effect)

If you are hard core and looking for top performance and need anti heat, maybe windows is still the way to go. I sometimes use my partners windows machine to game. It’s good but not that different from my machine. (We both have laptops with nvidia cards.

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Besides anti-cheat gaming just mostly works these days on Linux. It's pretty nuts how much it's improved with things like Proton.

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I'll have to look into it again. I am still scarred from the early days of trying to get a given Linux distro working painlessly on the laptop.

[beebeepka → autotune]

Linux gaming is pretty good on rolling releases, especially with AMD GPUs. I am no FOSS nut, nor a Linux guru. Not even a tinkerer.

These days all you have to do is install steam, right click a game, enable compatibility, hit play. It takes less effort than dealing with windows.