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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

PooShooter: Toilet Invaders

Oh good, I was waiting for that one

[–] Mereo@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Gotta love an obscure game can be playable in Linux 😎

[–] ch1cken@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago
[–] kenoh@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

If diarrhea is so great, why did they never make a diarrhea 2?

This game:

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My son would enjoy this

[–] alf@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Proton is amazing! Most of the games I want to play are as good l, or better on Linux.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

💯 I use Linux as my daily driver and don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. It's come such a long way! Still not perfect but it's really incredible

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

since I quit playing multiplayer games due to toxicity there is really nothing I miss from windows

[–] Echolot@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How is the current Nvidia driver situation on Linux? I wanted to give it a shot on my gaming PC for a long time now but was deterred by the various driver horror stories…

[–] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

people always complain about nvidia drivers on linux, but personally my experience has never required anything more than sudo apt install nvidia-driver

[–] criticalimpact@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not great for my use case but your mileage may vary I need very high res with 240hz which is only in beta drivers atm so it's very difficult to find a distro I can use without messing about

[–] SmallAlmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I also have a 240hz but it works fine? I've never heard of this, although I still hate the nvidia drivers for many things

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I've been using Linux full time on my desktop since 2019 and while I don't think I'll buy nvidia again, the experience in the meanwhile has been fine. The things I can do with my computer are much more limited, especially when it comes to Wayland. But assuming you're just using your computer like a normal person you can stick to Xorg and basically have a totally normal computer experience.

Personally, one of the worst parts about nvidia proprietary drivers with Wayland is that I cannot use the night light feature in Gnome, which makes my display unreasonably uncomfortable during night time usage. When will nvidia provide the necessary support for the thing that makes it work? Who knows.

[–] jayrhacker@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the mean time for integration into SteamOS?

[–] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Proton updates are delivered through the normal game update system, so they're usually pretty fast.