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Today, I left windows behind for good (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by lorty@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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I did it. For a few years now I've wanted to make the jump but lazyness and a bit of worry that my main game wouldn't work very well kept me from it.

Then some effing windows update caused ridiculous stuttering on games (or maybe it was a auto-update of some other hidden thing, I couldn't figure it out) so I decided that if I needed a system wipe, might as well as try gaming on linux.

Honestly? Much easier than I expected. Install Steam, turn two options on and 90% of your library is ready to go. I had to tinker with getting freesync to work (ended up just switching to wayland, which just worked) but other than the plugins I use for my main game requiring a bit of more work, smooth as butter really.

So yeah, if you are a lazy gamer like I am, next time you do a system wipe or get a new computer, try installing linux first. Don't even bother Dual booting it, if you don't like it just reinstall (setup your usb drive with ventoy and the images you want to try out.)

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[–] Frozyre@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't think you're lazy if one tiny inconvenience was enough for you to overhaul your system to get a different OS.

You know, I can think of more reasons to jump to a different OS than just a brief bit of stuttering. But you do you.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Maybe it sounds overdramatic but if the point of a computer is to play games (and I did spend a lot of money for it) and it stutters consistently to the point that the "80" FPS I'm getting looks worse than a consistent 30, then yeah, I'm going to do something about it. And since the simplest way was wiping the system and reinstalling, then going for linux at least at first makes sense.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Maybe I wasn't clear in the OP but it was not a bit of stuttering: I could go to certain areas in game and get consistent stuttering and frametime problems, which is worse than just lowered but consistent FPS.