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(The "Windows" slices of the pies are entirely made up by Baldur's Gate 3, which also runs well over Linux)

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[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What video card are you using?

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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

This past weekend I installed Ubuntu on an old Dell laptop and Mint on an old Toshiba. I just want to be able to play Open RA with some friends.

It runs on Ubuntu, but not on Mint. I don’t have the specs of either laptop handy, but is this a software or hardware issue?

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[–] pineapplelover@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Where are you guys getting this pie chart data from?

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[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Building a machine that does everything is coming to a household near you! The rest of us, well we've been building custom gaming machines for one or two games for a long time.

The tooling is just getting better everyday. I don't think Windows gaming will ever die but I think the experience has gotten bad enough that people have begun seeking alternatives. If this wasn't true I don't think that the SteamDeck would be so successful.

With that being said, I don't tell everyone to try Linux. I do think that Linux is good for gaming but just hard to use for most gamers. I'll probably buy a steam deck OLED in March just to "do my part" even though I have far too many custom machines and not enough time to enjoy playing the games.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mostly play old games that struggle even in windows sadly. I'll probably need a windows machine or VM until I die.

[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

don't use linux myself, but i've heard wine has great backward compatibility with older games.

but you probably tried installing them yourself, so...

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