- cross-posted to:
- pcgaming@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- pcgaming@lemmy.ca
tl;dw their performance numbers don’t match up to what we’ve seen in the past. Some pretty significant decreases in performance over Windows. I think there’s clearly some sort of configuration error there. They also ran into the old dual-boot problem where Windows overwrites the Linux partition.
In my opinion this is lazy and irresponsible reporting. I don’t at all mean to discount his experience, they are legitimate concerns, and it’s fine to show the struggles of using Linux, but it’s very clear he (admittedly) doesn’t know what he’s doing, and they need to consult an expert (or even a casual user) to figure out what the problem is before reporting. He said in the last video that Bazzite reached out to him to let them know if he has any problems so they could help but he obviously did not do that. As is, it just makes Linux/Bazzite look bad.
I hope he follows up with another video discussing the solutions.
What do you think?
A few months ago, I switched from gaming on Windows to full time gaming on Linux. I have the same hardware for both but my Linux gaming experience is much jankier than it was on Windows. I have more available resources (Mint is much leaner than 11, even with cutting out Windows bloat), but games have odd hang ups and crashes that never happened before my switch.
Discord also works poorer in Linux, so I have to mess with that during gaming sessions as well. It worked much better after I removed the version I installed through snap but now I have to manually download and install an update every time it wants an update, which is frequently. Discord definitely worked better on Windows.
Also, my buddy and I built identical gaming computers at the same time and he stayed on Windows. My computer will crash or stutter on lower settings in games while his doesn’t at the default detected settings, which are usually higher since I had to back mine off to ward off the issues.
That all said, it feels like I am gaming on XP in 2003-4. Games mostly work but GPU (NVIDIA) drivers are a pain in the ass and I occasionally have to do some troubleshooting to get things to work and and deal with crashes that I did not have before the switch.
I think the switch is for the best overall but I won’t pretend like Linux gaming is equal (or better) to gaming on Windows. I am learning a ton about Linux but overall, out of the box, I miss Windows features and accessories and Linux needs a lot more configuration to do the same things. And even then, it is still not at the same quality for quite a few features.
hmmmm i wonder what the issue could be
Doesn’t matter for everyday Joe ^^ Linux ain’t just workin -> it just ain’t worth it
Certainly not Linux’ fault if developers write shitty Electron apps and then put a bunch of OS-specific stuff in it.
Also, try Vesktop? I like that I can customize my experience a little more with the plugins.
All my homies hate Snap.
I didn’t say it was any fault of Linux that Discord doesn’t work as well. Just that it’s a fact that it doesn’t work as well, regardless of the reason. It has issues in Windows, too.
I’d never heard of Vesktop. I read up on it a bit and I might swap over to it today if I have some time to work on it.
I was trying out different installation types and Discord was my only foray into Snap. Probably not using it again. haha
Discord being worse on Linux is entirely Discord’s fault, there has been a thread on their forums for literal years asking for proper support. Just use Vesktop, use it on Windows and Linux, it’s a direct upgrade.
I’ll check out Vesktop. Will it stream my games/desktop (I use this sporadically depending on with group of friends I’m gaming with) just fine to people using Discord? Can I still use it for quests (very rarely do I do this but the occasional game pops up on there)?