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Just switched back to Linux (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So after one of my recent comments about if Linux is ready for gaming, I decided to pick-up a new Intel based wifi adapter (old one was broadcom and the drivers on fedora sucked and would drop connection every few minutes).

So far everything is great! Performance wise I can usually run every game about one tier higher graphically (med -> high) with the same or better performance than on Windows. This is on an rx 5700 and an ultrawide.

Bazzite is running great as always. Still getting used to the immutability of the system as I usually use Arch btw, but there are obviously workarounds to that.

Overall I'm still getting used to the Steam "processing vulkan shaders" pretty much every time a game updates, but it's worth it for the extra performance. Now I'm 100% Linux for my gaming between my Steamdeck and PC.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Overall I’m still getting used to the Steam “processing vulkan shaders” pretty much every time a game updates

Start game, see popup, go to kitchen to grab some snacks, bring out trash, have a quick chat with the neighbor, go back inside, use the bathroom, come back to computer - game is just starting.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Usually takes like 30 seconds or less on my games.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lucky you!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I wonder if it’s the games we play or our systems. Only one that has ever taken more for me is Spider-Man.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For me more often it goes like this:

Friend: Wanna play [game]?

Me: sure. launches game

Friend: Alright the game lobby's ready, come and join it.

Me: (Processing vulkan shaders, 2%) I'll be there in a bit, it's taking a while to start.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I only have this with Overwatch not sure why