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Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just randomly wondering, which distro did you use on what hardware?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I used Linux Mint 21 first, which didn't (correctly) support my ancient wi-fi card or graphics driver. I then tried 22, which was much better, but failed to run a number of games, exhibiting a variety of issues not listed on ProtonDB.

I then switched to Bazzite, which ran those same games correctly, but its OS-integrated file explorer was oversimplified far past what Windows does, it failed to install several Linux-native applications, alt-tab behavior was frequently glitchy around games, and often I would come back from sleep mode with bizarre graphical glitches forcing me to restart.

I'm not even highlighting the poor usability, or the stuff I might be able to reconfigure. I'm okay with taking time to tweak my OS how I want it, but not when that's just a matter of having it work correctly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I totally get it. in terms of ease of use and setup, if you ever do give it another go, try fedora. I had similar gaming issues with multiple Linux distros, gave fedora a go, and everything worked pretty much right out of the box, I was super impressed. ymmv ofc but keep it in mind for the future!

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

Isn't Bazzite just Fedora with more stuff baked in. If anything, Bazzite is supposed to be even easier and more compatible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

it meant to be yes. unfortunately having more stuff baked in can lead to more issues than good on some systems. kde neon is meant to be kubuntu with more stuff baked in but ime it causes more issues than good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

That sucks it didn't work well for you. Hopefully the useability is more improved the next time you may be willing to try again.