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what are pros and cons of linux?
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90% of games run on Linux. If you are talking about League and Roblox u are better off not being able to run them. It saves your soul lol.
Linux cured my addiction. If I were still on Windows would have kept coming back to league of cancer. Special thanks to Riot games for permanently closing the door on Linux
U are based, well done friend
Rockstar recently broke GTAO on Linux. The Crew Motorfest doesn't work. Those are my main two gaming issues.
Insta360's software does not support Linux at all. (I've gotten it running through bottles, but it has not been very stable for me, and I haven't gotten hardware acceleration working).
Adobe not working hasn't been an issue for me, as even when I ran Windows I refused to pay through the nose for it, but for a lot of people that's how they make money. A friend of mine is currently going through the transition and definitely misses the Adobe software - though he doesn't miss paying for it.
My experience with older Windows games, as well, has been that they just work with Proton (often when people trying to run it on Windows need to download an obscure dll from a stranger's google drive just to get it to launch).
more than 90%. pretty much everything except some of the big multiplayer games. also i think roblox runs on linux