Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year ago"I would like to switch to Linux, but it's just not good for gaming"lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square217fedilinkarrow-up1518arrow-down179file-text
arrow-up1439arrow-down1image"I would like to switch to Linux, but it's just not good for gaming"lemmy.dbzer0.comSonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square217fedilinkfile-text
(The “Windows” slices of the pies are entirely made up by Baldur’s Gate 3, which also runs well over Linux)
minus-squareanon_8675309@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down32·1 year agoIf only one could have two OS on one machine and somehow boot into the one you want to play a game on.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoSure, but at the point you’re doing that the allure is lost on a lot of folks. Why boot to two when they only want to play a game and one does it without needing the other. This is an answer to a question that wasn’t posed.
minus-squareEthanice@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year agoAll the inconvenience of Linux with all the inconvenience of Windows. You might as well throw MacOS on there, too.
minus-squareRed_October@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoIt’s so weird, usually it’s Mac users saying that to me.
minus-squareFranklin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoIt’s a hassle, most people are one size fits all
minus-squareBURN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThat’s great until you decide you want to play more than one game and have to restart your computer 5+ times per day. Then you’ve somehow made the experience exponentially worse than staying on either one
minus-squareanon_8675309@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoDo something more with one’s life than play that many games.
minus-squareBURN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI do It also requires windows only applications. So the problem still stands. Switching between the two OS’s is a terrible experience.
If only one could have two OS on one machine and somehow boot into the one you want to play a game on.
Sure, but at the point you’re doing that the allure is lost on a lot of folks.
Why boot to two when they only want to play a game and one does it without needing the other.
This is an answer to a question that wasn’t posed.
All the inconvenience of Linux with all the inconvenience of Windows. You might as well throw MacOS on there, too.
It’s so weird, usually it’s Mac users saying that to me.
It’s a hassle, most people are one size fits all
That’s great until you decide you want to play more than one game and have to restart your computer 5+ times per day. Then you’ve somehow made the experience exponentially worse than staying on either one
Do something more with one’s life than play that many games.
I do
It also requires windows only applications. So the problem still stands. Switching between the two OS’s is a terrible experience.