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    7 months ago

    Genuinely confused here, are you saying I didn’t play BG3, HL:A, etc on my Linux desktop and I just dreamt for last few years?

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      7 months ago

      I am saying you played stuff that happened to run okay and not some other use cases where it struggles. I must probably take your word and pretend that it is true in some way even though everything I know about VR nvidia experience on Linux disagrees with your comment.

      Bg3 or alyx is not a good example. Rather consider skyrimvr 1000 mods and cyberpunk pathtraced.

      It’s just how it is when megacorp pours money into compatibility with one ecosystem and specifically refuses to provide support for another. It could work amazingly if they only had minuscule amount of goodwill

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        7 months ago

        Don’t believe, check how countless others are doing it https://www.protondb.com I’m not sure where your experience comes from and that’s a shame it’s been a negative one (and I won’t dig into why, e.g how you did try and when), it just hasn’t been mine.

        PS : I wouldn’t consider a game with 1000 mods a “normal” gaming experience. It sounds like it’s yours, and that’s perfectly fine, but I don’t believe this to be representative.

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          7 months ago

          My use case is extreme as I stated before I think? I thought 4090 is enough indication of extreme tbh and that you wouldn’t want to run 3/4 supported Linux with a card like this.

          I am definitely not an average gamer. There is nothing average about 4090 and VR. Not to mention elaborate expensive router setup for wireless VR.

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            7 months ago

            Except that’s my point though, I even started with that… I do have a 4090 also and use it to play VR on Linux. That part IS a “normal” experience. It’s the 1000mods that isn’t. To clarify I mention BG3 and HLA only because it’s AAA. I also play indie VR games on Linux and they “just work”. One of them being built by a friend who was even positively shocked to learn that.

            I brought ProtonDB up in the previous post, is that due to the SteamDeck running Linux (but on AMD, not NVIDIA) there has been a huge effort on Valve’s part to make the compatibility layer “just work” so the experience a gamer had with Linux just few years ago is not the same as today.

            Another source beside ProtonDB https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/three-gaming-focused-linux-operating-systems-beat-windows-11-in-gaming-benchmarks even though I find benchmarks to be a bit artificial at least not my opinion against another.

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              7 months ago

              I don’t know what’s your point honestly. Great if you have fun then that’s cool.

              I just like to use the best tool for the job at hand and that happens to be windows in this case.

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                7 months ago

                In YOUR case, my point is precisely that you please don’t discourage others who might want to use Linux to play, including in VR, including on high end hardware, to have outdated beliefs.

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                  7 months ago

                  I don’t really subscribe to any belief system or ideology based software choice. I guess feel free to round the rough edges as you preach your favourite software. We are all a little biased on the best days

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                    7 months ago

                    Not sure what to say… you’re the one who said “I wish I wasn’t a vr gamer sometimes so I could unsubscribe from this os permanently” then I should you its possible then you try to argue with me it’s not. It’s weird. Stopping now as I don’t think it’s productive for either of us, take care.