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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Because of how good Proton has become, I'm considering dropping Windows and switching to Arch for gaming at my next upgrade.

Two players developing improvements to Steam OS and Proton can only make things better.

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If you want to switch I really recommend looking up what apps you need and if there's a cross-platform alternative try using it before switching OS. It makes it so much easier if you're used to the applications.

[–] psudo 2 points 10 months ago

I made the switch around a year ago and only have a handful of games that don't work.

I've played with Linux for the last 15-20 years, so I knew what I was getting into, but also things are in a way better state now than they used to be.

[–] sleepybisexual 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Good call :3

Not a PC gamer myself but if you're new to Linux arch is prolly a bad idea

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I took a class regarding Linux administration, and I've dabbled here and there, but most importantly, I spun up a VM to practice the initial installation process.

The wiki is super helpful, but it's a bit spaghettified at times. 😅

Though now I'm wondering if I might prefer NixOS. I have Bazzite on a laptop and my Deck, and I like its atomic behavior a lot, but Nix is kind of a unique take on atomic distros.

[–] sleepybisexual 1 points 8 months ago