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

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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?

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[-] verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

In my experience it either works or it doesn't, based on whether the devs have blocked it or not. The only extra step I've needed to do for anti-cheat on Steam games is installing a Proton runtime for the given anti-cheat, which are just in the tools section.

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