ZylonBane on 18/8/2020 at 20:05
This all seems strangely familiar...
[video=youtube;twA9mV9R0hY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twA9mV9R0hY[/video]
Anarchic Fox on 23/8/2020 at 02:00
Quote Posted by Briareos H
What is most important to me is data privacy and security. Call me a fool if you want but it is not a non-issue. Fuck launchers and increasing attack surface.
Linux beckons. "Come," whisper the daemons, "come to a place where you can be both free and safe."
Pyrian on 23/8/2020 at 04:30
"Free to play games?"
"No, free from playing most games."
Anarchic Fox on 23/8/2020 at 04:49
The daemons grow angry. "You mock our Valve, who is one of us? You truly do not know that one game in five appears on Linux? Then drink of our Wine instead, and every game within windows will be yours."
SubJeff on 26/8/2020 at 06:44
Yeah, one in five isn't great.
Does it affect MP too? I still play 1v1 Company of Heroes 2 from time to time, and word in the CoH2 forums is Mac doesn't cross play with PC so the pool is smaller. To me that's more of a problem, for that type of game, than whether it runs or not.
Anarchic Fox on 26/8/2020 at 19:43
Gaming on Linux is a pain in the ass. I mainly brought it up as an opportunity for wordplay. :sweat:
Its advantages in privacy and stability are real, and (mainly thanks to Valve) it has made progress in catching up with Windows and Mac, but the recommendation was not a serious one.
Marecki on 27/8/2020 at 10:05
Personally I have been quite happy with Linux-only gaming for, what, over 3 years now? Especially now that Steam for Linux comes with native Wine support (Proton AKA Steam Play) so that instead of having a separate installation of Steam under Wine, I seamlessly get independent Wine prefixes for different games. Then again, I do not really play AAA games.
Anarchic Fox on 27/8/2020 at 15:47
It's downloading now, Yakoob! I'll let you know what I think.
Edit: I had fun with the first few levels, but the game chugs a bit on my eight-year-old graphics card. I'm getting a new card next month, so I'll return to the game then.
