I am and always was a casual gamer, I like playing puzzles, strategy and builder games, sometimes I play with friends some 7 days to die or AoE2. I am on Linux Mint for more than a year now and was surprised how easy gaming was. From time to time I had problems with weird DirectX error messages, but all in all everything just worked.

My setup:

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Super
  • 32 GB DDR4 RAM

So last week my girlfriend worked on my computer (we are not living together), she wrote some bills for customers and did some table stuff in calc. When I asked her at the end of the day how it was to work on Linux, she shrugged and said “Oh I didn’t notice” lol (using Cinnamon as DE btw).

Today she bought Until Dawn the remake on Steam while she is here and because she really wanted to play she downloaded it to my PC. She just started to play and everything was great. I wondered again if I should say something like “you see how great you can game in Linux”, but then it came to my mind - she doesn’t care and she didn’t even question it! The Linux Desktop got so mature, that non-tech people just don’t notice!

I think the biggest “problem” with Linux adoption is that it does not come preinstalled on computers, and this kind of proves my point I guess.

Yeah that’s all, I just wanted to share this with you guys.

P.S.: There were some bugs btw. but it turned out they have nothing to do with the OS.

  • Die4EverAEnglish
    19·
    7 hours ago

    Yes, in the same way that you don’t typically need to tinker with Linux

    In the end they’re not so different, except Windows intentionally does anti-consumer things that make people want to tinker.

    • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      3 hours ago

      No joke my linux laptop hardest part was the initial install. Steam made gaming seemless. No ms account login, no asking for ai, no drivers. Just install and boom im playing my games. Its so nice.

        • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          I put Windows on my laptop last year-ish, same exact one with Linux on it now. Took around 2.5x slower to start it up. Win 11 at the time. Fresh off a new image.

          Linux takes less than 10 sec. And thats without any optimization and a “heavy” distro like PopOS.

          Mint is a good option too :)

          • TotallyWorthLife (She/Her)@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            I prefer Mint Cinnamon because it’s the closest I have to my long time experience with Windows. It feels closer to it, more intuitive even if vastly different.

            • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
              2·
              2 hours ago

              Its good to have choice. Ive seen experienced users use Mint to the reasons you stated. I know a lot of people recommend it as a “beginner” linux, but if you can install stuff without issues, then its just as advanced as the other stuff.

              I like Pop because it feels as stable as Debian while keeping up with the packages like other distros.

              Ive tried Gentoo and Arch for a bit there and got the custom OS itch out. But I still respect people that do that kind of work for the rest of us. Stability for all.