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Hi all, I bought a gaming PC with the intention of installing Linux to play recent games. I chose AMD for the GPU because I know the drivers are more optimized on Linux.

After receiving and assembling my machine, I installed Fedora without any problem. I found a lot of software on Github to replace the proprietary software for my AIO and headphones. Everything worked the first time except.... Steam! Unable to launch it, black window which restarted in a loop.

After searching on the internet, I found that it was enough to modify PrefersNonDefaultGPU on steam to solve my problem (but I understand that ordinary people do not want to bother with this kind of hack and prefer the windows experience that works out of the box).

Then I installed Cyberpunk and.... well the game runs at 120fps in ultra, what more can I say... Oh yes, the keyboard preset is in Qwerty even though I have an azerty keyboard (sorry Baguette) and in the first hour of play, I was able to notice a bug in a rather disturbing shadow/light and in the drops of water on a windshield which appeared and disappeared in a strange way.

So with my €1500 machine I got a little upset... and I wanted to install Windows out of curiosity.

Installation is...complicated! No driver for my network card, a ton of software that I don't need, in short, Windows...

I installed steam, launched Cyberpunk and... my keyboard is recognized, 120 fps too (I am offered raytracing which does not interest me and makes me lose fps but it is available) and in the first hour of play NONE bug.

So here I am, I hate Windows, but it runs my games better than Linux and I'm really lost. I've just discovered Nobara, I would have loved to try it but I'm tired of starting the first 3 hours of cyberpunk again and I'm convinced that I'll have some graphical bugs with it.

(also another problem, there are too many Linux distributions, too much choice kills choice)

TDLD: I bought an expensive computer to play under Linux, but a few bugs made me reluctantly install Windows.

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[–] the_q@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They aren't. You're just used to doing things one way and expect other software to work the same way.

[–] sunflower_name@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t expect apps to work the same way. I was trying to adapt to these new apps. They just don’t do what I want them to do. They’re amazing for base users. Not for doing it for living.

[–] the_q@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hmm... I guess me being a graphic designer that uses Linux and open source software doesn't count as making a living. Oh well.

[–] sunflower_name@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cool

I’ve spent a year trying to adapt to these dumbass apps. It didn’t work out for me.

[–] the_q@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago