What are your experiences using Linux for gaming? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 3 days ago by _Lory98_@discuss.tchncs.de to c/gaming@beehaw.org

68 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I'm planning on switching to Linux on my main PC as I don't want to move to Windows 11 and was curious about other people's experiences doing so.

I have a Steam Deck and everything there works out of the box, but I imagine that's a more curated platform compared to standard distros.

What are your experiences, good or bad?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] termus@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago

Helldivers 2 runs fine through Proton with it's anti-cheat. It was claimed to be kernel level.

[-] verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

My understanding is that actual kernel-level software would have to at least have a Linux-specific driver included. Otherwise if it really is running entirely through Proton, it's somehow faking the ring 0 access. I'm not entirely sure, but I do think that anti-cheat must work differently from the big ones like FACEIT and Valorant.

this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2025

51 points (98.1% liked)

Gaming

32360 readers

27 users here now

From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it's gaming you can probably discuss it here!

Please Note: Gaming memes are permitted to be posted on Meme Mondays, but will otherwise be removed in an effort to allow other discussions to take place.

See also Gaming's sister community Tabletop Gaming.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

alyaza@beehaw.org

TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org

gyrfalcon@beehaw.org

Whom@beehaw.org

The_Hunted_One@beehaw.org

chloyster@beehaw.org

remington@beehaw.org