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    [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Possibly, but it doesn’t really change that things that just work on Windows (e.g. your preferred choice of GPU and games) doesn’t on Linux.

    Sure, but that's like saying that windows doesn't work well on a raspberrypi. You put an operating system on badly supported hardware and you're going to have problems. Not much windows or linux can do about that. The major difference in this case is that the issue is with the hardware vendor NVIDIA, the trillion dollar company that ignored and refused to support Linux for more than a decade.

    Admittedly, I only tried 2 games on steam. One worked flawlessly. The other one was Red Alert 2 that does not work flawlessly even on modern Windows.

    It needs a tweak to run on ProtonDB for Red Alert 2. As for the other things, yeah, it's understandable that it doesn't work well on linux. Unfortunately, they are made specifically for windows and in development. Some of them could work if they're written in (I think) Unity or Unreal Engine which have a simple toggle to compile for linux. Maybe sending a quick message to the developer to tick that box could help.

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    [–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

    Sure, but that's like saying that windows doesn't work well on a raspberrypi. You put an operating system on badly supported hardware and you're going to have problems. Not much windows or linux can do about that. The major difference in this case is that the issue is with the hardware vendor NVIDIA, the trillion dollar company that ignored and refused to support Linux for more than a decade.

    Again, I have hardware that I am selecting an OS for. What do I care how it runs on HW I don't have or whose fault it is?

    [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    You're ramming a square peg into a circular hole and saying the experience is underwhelming 🤷

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    [–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Yeah, since most people have a circular hole just like me, I am telling them that Linux does not fit. What is strange about that? Especially in the context of the original comment I relied to about people moving to Linux from Windows due to end of support.