If you're curious how well supported a particular game is on Linux, use protonDB.com to check. You'll also find helpful commands in the comments to make the game run optimally. Some multiplayer games use incompatible anti-cheat software, go to areweanticheatyet.com to check the status of each game. If you need help deciding which distro to choose then be sure to watch my follow-up video: ruclips.net/video/byz8YPzczxg/видео.html Also check out cloud gaming based on Linux Mint! ruclips.net/video/x32zu91duEo/видео.html
dont know if bf4 will work but im more about making solidworks works on linux and thats mostly what i need ,i have seen the other video where you talk about a script but it seems it dose not work and the documentation for it is not ready yet .
I moved on from Windows as well. The performance is lit. I can record / stream and I still get better performance on Linux than I ever did on windows. Valve did one thing right and that is bridging the gap of gaming on Linux with the Steam Deck. Developers are going to fall on board it's inevitable. Linux gaming is the future. The tinkering - it's very minimal usually. There's few situations where you have to go under the hood now.
Steam is showing Linux gaming around 2 percent of the market share. Calling it the future of gaming is a bit... aggressive. Still has a long way to go. Developers aren't going to feel compelled to support it until at least 20 percent of the total market share.
@@Robert-oe7uh not as long as you might think. Best do some research. Microsoft is already in the process. Valve is not the foremost authority on that percentage either. There are Linux gamers across all launchers. Does Valve include those figures? Nope.
With the drivers being built-in to the kernel and Wayland's "every frame must be perfect" philosophy, I've gotten the most stable gaming experience I've ever had. Very little stuttering, no tearing, and frame times are very consistent. I'm looking at installing Clear Linux on my Intel-based laptop. It will make for a great PC console given that it's optimized for the hardware in the same way that Playstation is optimized for its hardware. Hoping to get all the performance I can from that little UHD 630 iGPU.
Yep it truly is a great experience and I bet it's only going to get better! I haven't heard of Clear Linux before, thanks for bringing it up. I did a review on a $60 laptop from MicroCenter that has a quad core Intel atom CPU. Seems like a perfect candidate to try Clear Linux on. I found some benchmarks comparisons for Clear Linux and it looks really good, but I wasn't able to find any on GPU performance. Do you think it gives meaningful gains in GPU performance as well?
I think one of the main points for PlayStation is the games themselves are built for the hardware. With the PC ports, they're going to be optimized for general audience because there's so much variety. I think that's where a lot of their performance advantage is
@@chloe-sunshine7 Yep that's true, consoles are better optimized generally speaking. It does take more effort to optimize games on PC for a wide range of hardware and developers have tight deadlines to make which leads to poor optimization. Also **puts on tinfoil hat** I wouldn't be surprised if there's incentives for certain developers to be lazy with PC optimizations because that encourages gamers to purchase higher tier GPUs and upgrade sooner.
Your assumptions are wrong, while linux is mostly debloated from unwanted software, non native games runs if not the same as windows, but sometimes worse. While recent Total War Warhammer 3 runs perfect, since its a 64 bit native release, majority of games dont have ray tracing support on certain AMD and Nvidia cards because devs still cant implement it into Proton properly, speaking about the consoles, PS5 has a custom hardware that helps preventing any bottlenecks from the CPU, the most useful one is Hardware Decompressor unit, which is why games on PS5 dont have traversal stutters
I fully moved to arch on my desktop a few months back, and i have no regrets. everything runs great on my 6650 xt. and whatever i need windows for, i have a virtual machine with gpu passthrough thanks to my gtx 1650
Nice! I've been thinking about getting a 2nd GPU for passthrough but I don't think I'd use it much. I only use VM Windows for Fusion 360 and that's about it.
Linux Mint Cinnamon let's you use most emulators including an emulator called simple64 which let's you play your Nintendo 64 games on a Linux I highly would recommend trying it if you consider backing up your Nintendo 64 games pirate at your own risk.
I've often used Linux in the past, but it was always games that pulled me back to Windows. I am now finally ready to dump Windows once and for all and commit to gaming on Linux. It's awesome to hear how much gaming on Linux has improved over the past decade.
@@Coral_dude just ~80% of all games on steam run with little or no issues another 10 with modrate issues, and only 10% of all steam games are unplayable on linux
@@Coral_dudeyou can check the compatability of games with protondb. It's a community database that gives detailed ratings on how well games run or don't run.
One of the best things about linux is that yes, you may have to spend some time configuring something, but after that it will keep working if you don't change it, and the system won't decide someday that the configuration you made has to be reverted or modified without notice. And you can even carry it over when you switch distros to some extent (I have configurations that I made in arch working completely fine in fedora now)
Yep for the tinkerer Linux is absolutely amazing! I'm guessing if one wanted to carry over the configuration to a different distro, they would need to back up the home folder, or .config folder, is that correct?
@@PhazerTech yes and no. You can backup and carry over the entire home folder, but because each distro could use slightly different core packages (like for example the desktop environment) I prefer to cherry pick what I restore from a full backup. Generally my approach to this is to backup the entire home folder on another drive with rsync, and that is something I do periodically. Then, when I decide that I want to try another distro, I install it and then when I install a program I copy over its configuration
@@PhazerTech Never do that. You must backup or copy your home folder, and after installing your software (there are tools to backup your list, and install again all, even in other distros), cherry pick what to copy / paste, not without saving first your new configuration in case you need to restore it. It is not a lot of work, doing it "as needed".
@@mitcoes Never do what? All I said was to backup the home folder, I never said to restore the whole thing. But thanks for the suggestions in case others don't know👍
I could have sworn the first time I tried this, there were several apps that became tiny and wouldn't scale. But now that I've tried it again, mostly everything seems to be scaling fine (with a few exceptions) and the games allow me to select 4k. Thanks for the suggestion, seems to be working as intended!
Thanks for switching. "It's not perfect" you say, which is right. But the more people like you who make the switch, the more effort will be put into it and the better the experience will get! The potential for gaming on GNU/Linux is better than Windows actually. You can fine tune the OS to be a gaming only OS, and you can customize the desktop to be lightweight and relevant to gaming. These things you can't do in Windows, and so you can potentially remove overhead and improve performance for gaming. Plus well, the Kernel and hardware/software itself has room for improvement and could get better than their Windows counterpart, plus any gaming relevant middleware. Actually GNU/Linux could be the perfect OS for gaming, if more people made the switch and greater effort was made in development. Those two things are connected, so.. We need more people like you!
I just one day woke up and was so annoyed with windows that i ditched it completely. Sink or swim. Now, all the games not only run, but some of them run even better. I was at a point considering keeping my R9 380 in the system, since the performance boost i saw under linux in some games really made me think twice. But then i buckled and bought a RX6800XT, which on Linux just shreds everything :D
Lol nice, I like that approach! I had to settle for a 6700 XT since I didn't have the budget for anything more, but yea the 6800 XT is definitely a beast!
September 2024 update: Stormgate came out a few months ago and it's even playable with Proton. It has mixed reviews but I've been enjoying it. Tribes 3 also runs pretty well. I've been running Linux full-time for 2 weeks in the form of CachyOS on my laptop and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on my old desktop, both with Nvidia. I'm gonna put vanilla Arch on my all-AMD build that I almost have all the parts for. I've used Linux on and off since 2015 but now I have the confidence to stick to it. I take the time to troubleshoot pretty much everything I want to run. I have all my pain points sorted out aside from converting all my VST plugins.
Nice! I tried a few games of the Stormgate beta a few months ago and it even worked back then with Proton. Pretty impressive. And that's great you're taking the time to ease into Linux full time, everything should be smooth once you get it all setup. Also have you heard of Yabridge? It can run Windows VST plugins directly without converting anything.
@@PhazerTech I have used Yabridge before but when I last tried to install Softube almost a year ago, it didn't want to work but that was more of a WINE issue.
I switched about a year ago. I can play pretty much everything except for games with an anti-cheat that doesn't support Linux. Now, I just don't play them, because not only do I not want to install a rootkit such as vanguard to play a game, but also why would I pay for a game and risk getting banned (for using a VM) for a developer that doesn't even have plans to support linux in the future.
Excellent point, I wouldn't support developers who go out of their way to prevent compatibility. It's not a technical issue, it's a they don't want to issue.
Linux is in a far better state then it was 5 years ago when it comes to gaming, and for me, I would love to use something like SteamOS that has a lot of the things already setup so it's ready to go without having to tweak and config too much. SteamOS for me is showing real promising in that I would be fine with moving from Windows to SteamOS on my gaming rig, but I think a few things need to be done before that can happen, gaming for the most part isn't really an issue, it just works, but I feel that there will need to be easier solutions of being able to install other gaming store fronts, something I don't expect Valve to do as it wants to push Steam, but without those options or very easy ways to install them, gamers will stick to Windows. Then there's the app front, I'm fine with using Linux apps, a lot of the programs I use are open source and have a native Linux version, so that's not a problem, but having easy access to Windows apps that you can install and use just as easy as how Steam is doing it with Windows games through SteamOS and Proton. If you can run basically the same games and apps you run on Windows, that would encourage a lot more of us to switch and in time, I likely would find alternatives to those apps that are native to Linux, but for now and for some time, that gap needs bridging between Windows and Linux apps if Linux really wants to grow market share, and I feel Valve with SteamOS if they push hard on this could achieve this, this will including having a polished desktop environment that is easy to use and rarely if ever need to use the command line and where apps and games just work, I feel once Linux archives that, where games and apps just run as easy as they do on Windows, whiles having more or less full access to the same software, that will be the game changer that Linux needs in getting a lot of users that want to switch or don't care what OS they use but do care if the software is comparable or not and for me, Linux is getting more recognition because it can run a lot more of the software that users are used too, software compatibility has always been the thing that's kept Linux down and kept Windows in a dominant position, Valve have realised that with Proton, now we need this where it's easy to use for all apps. I know I might be asking a bit too much, but you've got to put things in the perspective of the average users, most don't care about what OS they use or the ideology behind it, but they do care about ease of use and that apps just work, in other words, the ease of use needs to get better, the command line should never or very rarely be needed, apps and games, regardless if they are Linux or Windows base just needs to work, without having to set things up for it to work, I'm more clued-up when it comes to the tech side but most are not and that's what makes the Steam Deck with SteamOS so appealing, it just works, so well in fact that most gamers don't care if it's Windows or Linux. Linux is close to that but there's still a few hurdles it needs addressing before I switch, Valve are doing a wonderful job on the gaming front but that needs to extend to other store fronts, once that's sorted and Windows apps work well through Linux, I'll switch from Windows to Linux and not look back.
I understand what you mean for casual users who aren't good with computers. But for those that are at least slightly competent it shouldn't really be an issue. Bottles is surprisingly user friendly and I haven't had any issues using it for Epic Games and Battle.net. It also supports GOG, Origin, etc.
I ditched Windows myself for ArchLinux, and honestly, I don't regret it. Everything works flawlessly under X11 and Xfce with my 5700XT and R7 3700X. I have multiple drivers I can switch between if needed also, namely Amdgpu (mesa and amdvlk) and amdgpu-pro. I have my main drive on a ZFS partition, my boot is standard FAT32 for EFI, and I have a bcachefs partition on my Steam and Gaming drive (which also doubles as a test bed to see if bcachefs can be stable for a main file system). Everything works, minus a few peskie titles using rootkit anticheats. Love it. No plans to ever go back.
I remember how much of a pain it was to game on Linux and it was what kept me using Windows for a long time. After Valve came along with Proton it became a different story.I still have a dual boot with a small Windows partition for those cases when I just can't get something to work but I think last I've booted there was around Christmas. Most of the games I play just work. Sometimes with small tweaks, but mostly out of the box. Then, there's always the general performance tweaking and arguments about that online; like which file system is the best performance-wise and gets that 1 fps more... You know, the regular. 😉
It's so good! I was like you until maybe 3 weeks ago until I wiped by Dual boot SSD and now, I only run Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on all of my machines. FFXIV runs like a dream and so do all of my steam games except FF13 and Warframe which need more tinkering. Things are only going to get better too! this is the worst it will be.
@@HikingFeral Yeah. Sometimes the problem is resolved by really weird means. Like with Hunter: COTW, you had to set mouse polling below certain value or the mouse would go haywire ingame. Once set, no problems whatsoever Sometimes a problem gets solved by just disabling the Steam overlay. I couldn't get Warframe to work until 2 years ago. ProtonDB has been invaluable to me especially with the more obscure solutions.
Very encouraging stuff! I'm still running the good ol' Windows 7 as my daily driver, but with Valve recently announcing the end of support for W7-8 systems for Steam, and Wee10-11 being the utter trash that they are, I've been planning to make the leap into the world of Penguin operating systems instead. I'm definitely interested of hearing your takes and tips for those creative applications as well; as a visual designer myself, Adobe and Autodesk have been my necessary evils for many years. Any sort of detailed set-up guides would be highly appreciated!
That's great you're planning to make the switch! As far as Adobe goes, you're probably out of luck since it's notoriously hard to get working with Wine. But I'm happy to say Fusion 360 is working great! I mentioned it in the follow-up video, check it out & let me know what you think ruclips.net/video/ILu8YQ1vwso/видео.html
@dreaper5813 Yea that's an issue with a lot of things today. Some people seem to think the more money they spend on something, the better it must be, and that cheaper alternatives must be complete crap. It's the same mentality the Apple cult has. Every company wishes they could be like Apple.
For installing new applications I hoenestly prefer GUIs. The first I'd install after installing Endeavor would be to isntall Octopi for Arch (Pacman), KDE's Discover (with packagegit and packagekit-qt5 to enable the Arch repo on Discover), and set up Flatpak. I prefer to install as much as possible as Flatpak to keep my root mostly just system components than clutter it with apps. Once KDE Discover is setup, it can handle all the updates of the system components and even without entering the root password all the time making it a simple one click solution.
The latest Windows 11 was the final straw for ditching Windows. I don't want copilot. I've used Linux for years on laptops, servers, etc but never used it for my main gaming machine. I was completely missing out. I now run ChimeraOS on my living room PC and Bazzite on my main gaming desktop. I can't say there's been no issues, but it's far less than the last time I tried this a year or so ago. Everything just seems to work now with somethings needing minor tweaks. Seriously I love Valve for making the Steam deck and pushing Linux forward for gaming. I never thought any of this would been possible 10 years ago and I remember thinking it was pretty novel that I could even run ANY games on Linux. I'm hoping that more people will keep ditching Winblows.
Nice, I recently tried ChimeraOS and was impressed with how well it delivered a console like experience. Valve truly are heroes for PC gaming, and judging from the comments I've been receiving lately, many people and now switching over to Linux!
I've been dual booting Windows and Fedora for a couple of years now. A lot of the games I like to play can be made to work great in Linux but the problem has been online multiplayer. Lots of anti cheat software simply doesn't like it. On the other hand, compatibility with old Windows 98 era games via Wine has been excellent. I have my old Pentium II 450 PC but it's too slow to play some late Windows 98 stuff smoothly and Windows 11 just doesn't like some of them unless they've been patched . I also keep Windows around because I regularly VPN into the work network where I work on Visual Studio projects and MSSQL Databases. Linux also has yet to support HDR content as far as I'm aware.
Excellent points, for some people it makes sense to hold onto Windows - mainly for work or for certain multiplayer games. Hopefully developers choose to move to Linux friendly anti-cheat software. But yea I find it ironic how Linux can play the old school games better than Windows can!
That overlay, that's RTSS, right? RivaTunerStatisticsServer that is. How did you get that to work in linux? Because it's tools like that and Reshade I'm worried about moving to linux from Windows as a gamer. EDIT: Nevermind, turns out it's most likely MangoHUD. The answer was just one quick search away. Still thinking of Reshade.
Gaming on Linux is just as viable as Windows. You won't regret moving on. If you need any help with anything should you choose to transition, hit me up.
@@SuperTime2Changehello, if you could tell me the best linux that are really friendly..easy and not complicated, very stable and good for laptops That are good/stable for any game and browsering and so on, things like this Would really appreciate it if you just tell me the best version for this one, i saw there is a lot of systems of linux.. like unbuntu, mint, proton, pro! And other names i really forgot 😅, and thanks in advance! ❤
I am a CentOS.developer. I just switched to Nobara Linux from Windows 11. I need a few games to work well. They are Starfied, Satisfactory, Foundry, The Crust, Railway Empire 2, and No Man's Sky. That is every game i have spent more than 3 hours in over the last month. All of them, including mods for them, all seem to work fine. I am quite happy to finally be rid of windows.
The few games I do play aren't the issue for me moving to Linux sadly. It's good to see gaming has improved enough (a lot of that thanks to valve) that linux is becoming a viable choice though.
same man, i ditched windows for garuda os dragonized gamer, its arch with kde just like steamdeck, i like swapping between pc and steamdeck its amazeballs
I think we have to thank Steam and Valve in general, the Steam Deck was what finally bridged the gap between game companies and Linux, a handheld console that would increase video game sales by millions and the only condition was to create tools that would make the games linux compatible, this benefited the entire gaming community and linux users in general, and more people will slowly but surely start to see the kind of unnecessary Nuisance that is windows and hopefully ditch it for good.
I was deciding to switch to linux from windows. I mainly use my pc for gaming and learning some programming . So what would be the best distro to do so? I heard pop is good.
For new users I think Ubuntu based distros are a good choice. Pop is good, but Mint and Kubuntu are great choices too. The main difference between them is their default desktop environment. Personally I prefer Kubuntu because of the KDE desktop, so I recommend trying them and see which one you like best.
@@PhazerTech I forgot to mention, I got an Nvidia card, and I heard it has some issues with Linux. Will I face any major issues? I don't play multiplayer games that much; I mostly play single-player.
@@shivam4426 In general AMD is preferable but Nvidia works fine. Some people say Pop is better for Nvidia users, but the other distros work perfectly fine, you just need to select "install 3rd party drivers" when you're installing the distro.
I just installed Linux Mint on a older Dell Optiplex 990 and am totally blown away buy the gaming performance on this system now. I have a GTX 1070 card and I think an I5 Intel 3.1ghz quad core processor with 16 gig of ram and this system rocks games with Linux Mint. I think it smokes my newer system with an I7 Intel 4.6ghz with a RTX 3060 16 gig of ram on Windows 10!!!! I'm going to try soon loading Linux Mint on the newer system just need to install UEFI on a GPT partition as I have a nvme ssd.
@@PhazerTech yep and you don't have all the tech debt of "compatibility" and not to mention spyware. I still think there are some things to learn from windows and I think diversity/choice is good, but I just don't see Microsoft fixing all the problems they've made before people switch to Linux and have no reason to switch back like me.
@@SuperTort0ise I agree spyware is probably the biggest issue along with compatibility. Things like forcing users to make an account when installing Windows 11 clearly shows which direction MS wants to continue down. There's workarounds for many of these things but I'm sure updates can undo a lot of these "hacks". Also I find it funny how much effort MS has put into getting Ubuntu integrated so well into Windows. Then they say "why install Linux on your system when you can run it in Windows!?" 😂
What gaming distros do you guys recommend? I want a KDE beginner friendly distro. I've been running Ubuntu GNOME as a daily driver for more than a year now, but I don't game on it. I want to recreate the Windows 7 look with Seven Black on KDE. I don't know if I should use Kubuntu or Manjaro.
Both Kubuntu and Manjaro are great distros. If you want the least hassle then go with Kubuntu since you already have experience with Ubuntu. If you want the latest packages, go with an Arch based distro such as Manjaro, but personally I prefer EndeavourOS over Manjaro.
The ONLY thing thats preventing me from switching to Linux is the games i play are mainly online and more often that not they wont run on Linux properly because the games anticheat wont run = game no launch or wont connect to a server..if game studios can make it so all online games anticheats run properly within Linux i think alot more people would ditch the spyware Windows!
which distro are you using? i am using garuda linux kde dr460ized gaming edition. i used to have crashes randomly with games, then i changed display session from plasma-x11 to plasma-wayland and now the games dont have any crashes.
For me Linux better and many friends like it too but some want easy way so we make disto Arch base for game so no body ask me what app need xD thanks for the video.
the moment you said that solidowrks runs on linux i was hooked ,you have no idea for how long i have been searching on way to run it on linux to ditch windows , i will wait for the video on how to make solidworks runs on linux for sure and big thanks for that
Yes it's definitely possible, check out this repo. github.com/cryinkfly/SOLIDWORKS-for-Linux If you go to the releases section, the author noted he's currently working on a big update. I haven't tested it myself since I'm currently using Fusion 360 instead, so you might want to wait for the update. Also I already made the follow-up video to this, check it out here ruclips.net/video/ILu8YQ1vwso/видео.html
@@PhazerTech i have just stumbeld upon that script but it seems that its must be modifed to the folder where the install is located dont know for sure , but the documentation section is empty to so i guess i will keep trying .thats the video that i found talking about that script
@@blackend00 Sorry, it seems like they need to work out some issues, but the author said he is working on them and there are a few other people helping and have made their own forks. Hopefully it won't be too long! This thread has more info github.com/cryinkfly/SOLIDWORKS-for-Linux/issues/29
You will end up going back to Windows to play video games. Linux is not yet viable enough. I spent 10 years trying to make the switch and I can't for the same reasons.
So my use case is verity gaming with friends. We will try new online multiplayer games frequently maybe sometimes 3-4 times a night till we find a game we get hooked on for a while. As of right now we just install and go no real down time waiting for people to get up and going. If I do this I want to make sure I won't be missing out on the action or holding up the group. So my real question is how easy is it to get going from downloading, installing and playing online with friends?
I'm not familiar with Verity, do you mean Sounds of Verity? If so then you're in luck because it has native Linux support, meaning you don't need to mess with proton or make any config changes. It should be just as quick and straight forward as it is in Windows! www.protondb.com/app/816270
The ONLY reason Winblows is still relevant is the Developers don't make a Linux specific version. Yes, DIRECT X and Open GL are VERY different and "porting" is not easy, requiring expert Programmers Also the GPU Mfg needs to make in-house drivers specifically for Open GL
I am not doing Ubuntu I keep downloading Steam and it won't let me on the new update it has I get a snap error trying to download it. I want to use Linux but I might use Mint for the themes you can have on it.
It doesn't make a big difference. Nobara is great because it has a lot of gaming related apps and tools already pre-installed. But you can install all those tools on any other distro. I suggest trying a few distros and see which one you like best. My recommendations are EndeavourOS, Kubuntu, and Nobara.
Does wayland have more latency than X11? I am only looking for the absolute lowest latency since the only game I play is cs2. I noticed that it runs better on linux than on windows.
Just climbed back into EndeavourOS KDE last night after messing around with Fedora SilverBlue Gnome, Debian 12 KDE and Manjaro Gnome with an NVidia card with various levels of success finally falling back to EOS as mentioned. Got a full NVidia setup, Davinci installed and running and working on dialing in audio with OBS in about the time it took me to install NVidia drivers with some of the other distros. All the other distros I tried are getting to the point where they're definitely valid options but atm EndeavourOS feels so much closer to the metal with little getting in the way of a true to form Arch install. DOOM 2016 and Witcher 3 are the titles that drove me to Linux for gaming back around 2017 when DOOM just stopped working after the 1800 series of Windows 10 patches burnt in. I generally install Wine GE Custom or Proton GE system wide followed up with Proton or Wine Tricks. Excellent video.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment, should be very helpful for Nvidia users. I'm also on EndeavourOS as my daily driver and it's great for the most part. It's as close as you can get to vanilla Arch. But tbh there's the occasional bug you just gotta deal with until a new update fixes it or roll back to a previous version of the software, which can get annoying. It's not that frequent but it does happen, so I've been thinking about switching to Fedora as my daily driver just to avoid those occasional bugs, but it's hard to migrate to a new distro after spending so much time customizing this one, so I might stay. Overall Endeavour is an excellent OS with bleeding edge features.
@@PhazerTech I roll around a great deal distro wise and found some stuff that had me take another look at Debian. I love the freedom and power that comes with Arch, but am considering point release options for my desktop too. Pretty committed to keeping Arch around so probably tossing it on my laptop with Hyprland (usually 600-800MB of RAM at idle or lite ops). Fedora Workstation is pretty solid and I really liked SilverBlue but had problems trying to work things out with toolboxes (silverblue containers). Fedora is pretty solid; there is Nobara (Fedora based) and RegataOS (openSuse based) with both targeting gaming and multimedia. Nobara is developed by a fella that worked or works at IBM and I think did Glorious Eggroll Wine and Proton both, so...
2:39 With Metro, have you tested that card on Windows to compare performance? Do you have any performance issues looking down the tracks towards the bridge on The Volga?
I haven't done a direct comparison but I think performance is similar. To be honest there are other areas that saw the framerate drop into the 40s which is a bit too low for me, so I didn't play much of it yet. I could drop the resolution to 1080p to get stable 60 fps but I think I'd prefer playing the vanilla edition for the extra performance, or wait to get a better card to experience the enhanced edition without compromises. When I ran the benchmark in Windows a few months ago I also remember seeing the framerate drop into the 40s towards the end of the benchmark.
As much as I love Linux and have used it daily for years, I must admit that for gaming it's not all sunshine and rainbows. There are indeed some games that are native to Linux or run without any issues with wine. But for my library more often than not games don't work out of the box, or even fail to install (looking at you GOG), and I find myself spending hours searching for solutions, tinkering with configs, cluttering my system with obsolete i386 dependencies and playing with wine prefixes just to get the game barely running, and there is no guarantee that it will work flawlessly or will work at all. So I ended up with Linux+Windows dualboot to spend my free time on actual gaming instead of troubleshooting.
Yeah this has been my experience as well. The best compromise is dual booting. I also couldn't get a bootleg SNES emulator to run on Linux, only Windows can run it.
I've had the same experience, particularly in modded games. I like that Linux is rapidly getting better but it still has far to go before it can replace windows for most people.
Phazer, I am happy to see your channel's growth. You are, truly, a philospher among ants. Your Linux gaming updates for compatability are better than Linus Tech Tips. Your vocal cadence is eerily similar to my head voice when I read technical manuals. Keep it up. 👑👑👑
Hey Jack, thanks for following along and I appreciate the motivating words! I'm doing my best to provide helpful videos, although when I started I had no idea what I was doing when it comes to video production. Others have said I sound robotic hahah so maybe I could put more effort into sounding like I'm not reading from a script. Just trying to speak as clear as possible, so thanks for that! 🙏
So is it already or will it ever be at the point to fully make the switch back to linux? I use a console for some gaming but would love for it to replace my xbox entirely. I hate having different systems to play different games esp aaa titles cod im looking at you.
It entirely depends on the games you play. Most AAA games will work fine but there will be some exceptions, especially for some online games that use anti-cheat software. Unfortunately COD is one of those games that doesn't work. Check out my pinned comment for links where you can search for games and their compatibility.
@@PhazerTech thanks for the help i knew about proton db, so let me ask you running linux theres no way to replace console? I havent tried to run xbox gamepass on linux, i just hate having to but the next gen console if it can ve avoided, it is good to know that most games contiune to be cross play but linux is limited in those incidences
@@chrismussel399 I don't have any experience with Xbox game pass, but it looks like it's possible with Linux. Check out this link: www.makeuseof.com/how-to-play-xbox-games-on-linux-cloud-gaming-remote-play/
I installed nobara on secondary ssd afrer watching chris titus's video , sadly i have nvidia gpu so with wayland its not perfect currently. Hoping kde 6 and nobara 40 will enable hdr as its not as bright currently and hopefully ill be able to leabe windows completely
One thing I need this year to erase Windows from my NVMe is to Epic Games (dash that) Tim Sweeney to suck up his "fears" about cheaters in Fortnite because of Linux users and enable support for it. Like, "Custom Kernels" excuse are so full of bullshit, like, just make a check for some compatible Kernel versions and some custom ones, like Xanmod, Liqourix. Like that's easily can be done in couple lines of code. Until then... Qemu passthrough and Dual-boot for such titles that is
Way I see it is if the anti-cheat doesn't support Linux, It's not a good enough of a game to waste my time on. That's the mentality people need to have more of. That's the only way these companies and corporations will smarten up and realise that they are not the ones in control. Adapt to change and technology or get left behind. If the anti-cheat doesn't work on Linux, then they're games that aren't worth supporting. That's just my opinion though. If it doesn't work, I won't play it. Simple as that. Sucks sometimes, but whatever. There's other games out there to play.
@@SuperTime2Change I feel the same way. Companies should want to make the consumer happy, not the other way around. Vote with your dollar, if everyone did the same then companies won't have a choice :)
@@PhazerTech and vote with our operating system as is a big deal. Windows is restrictive, slow, invasive of privacy and its filesystem is so proprietary and clunky it's ridiculous. There's literally no reason to stay on Windows anymore. Windows is a capitalist OS. FOSS is the future and Microsoft hates it.
Ok, but Arch updates cause breakages far more often than Windows updates cause breakages. I don't like Windows, but let's be realistic here, the criticism it receives for this is very valid...
With an AMD card pretty much any distro should work fine, just depends on preference. Ubuntu based distros are usually good for beginners. I recommend Kubuntu because I prefer the KDE desktop and it's a good all purpose distro. If gaming is your number one priority there are also gaming focused distros such as Nobara (Fedora based) and Garuda Linux (Arch based). These come with a collection of packages pre-installed, but again, you can install these things on any distro.
Hi dude, was thinking about testing a full Linux for a month (or less if it doesn't work out), I will go with Ubuntu, from my research Arch has some issues with Proton, not that I don't like solving problems, but I want it to just work, I also like the wide support and its large and IMO very helpful community. BUT, I recently found out, AMD released test drivers with frame generation support, they call it "AMD Fluid Motion Frames" and, it, is, Amazing. Playing Star Citizen at 60 Fps in cities and 144 Fps on stations, moons, and basically everywhere with only a small input lag of some 10ms. I couldn't find anything on Linux support, do you know about it? Better, did you get it running? Cheers
You can't go wrong with either distro. Ubuntu might be slightly more noob friendly, but Arch has the latest software updates by default. Not sure where you read about Arch having problems with Proton but it's not true. SteamOS is based on Arch, after all. As far as AMD Fluid Motion Frames goes, it hasn't been implemented in Linux yet as far as I know, but since AMD's software is all open source it's just a matter of time before it happens. My guess is it will be done sometime in 2024. Best of luck with your Linux test run, cheers.
Great video! I am still thinking to do the switch to Linux definitely! What distro did you use in the video? Or what are you using right now? Thanks a lot!
Thanks glad you enjoyed it! I'm using EndeavourOS which is an Arch based distro. Arch is preferred for gaming since it has the most up to date packages. I made a video about it: ruclips.net/video/2U1_Vi6zsNA/видео.html
I'm using EndeavourOS with the standard kernel. As I mentioned in the video an Arch based distro will provide the latest drivers, but Ubuntu based distros are completely fine too. Doesn't make a big difference.
Thanks dude! I don't have any VR headsets myself, but from what I've read the support seems to be decent but could still use some work. The Index appears to have better support than the other headsets.
I have Windows 7 and with Steam announcing they are stopping support for the OS, I will have to buy another desktop PC. I don't want Windows 10 or 11, or 12 when it comes out, So I am looking into Linux. Will I be able to play my entire Steam library through Linux and does Daz Studio work on Linux as well? Oh and where can I buy Linux as well?
You should be able to play the vast majority of your Steam games on Linux without issues, but there might be a few that don't work or have bugs. Linux is free and there's many different distros available. SteamOS is based on Arch Linux, so an an Arch based distro will give the best performance. Some great distros based on Arch are EndeavourOS, Garuda Linux, and Manjaro. However if you're completely new to Linux then you might want to start with an Ubuntu based distro, such as Pop OS. The difference in performance in small. Check out my pinned comment for more info on this. As far as Daz Studio goes, it looks like it's possible to get it working but there isn't a native Linux version, so you'll need to run the Windows version through Wine which may or may not be perfect. Check out this thread for more info: www.reddit.com/r/Daz3D/comments/v4ov39/daz_studio_on_linux/
@@PhazerTech Hey thanks for the reply and the link! This Linux OS does look good, but since I'm a total newbie, I will need to do a lot of research! Thanks again!
Yes you're absolutely correct good sir! I just recently bought a 1440p 170Hz monitor which is a much better fit for this GPU compared to the 4k 60hz monitor I was using in this video.
Last time i tried the switch, i too encountered scaling problems on a 27' 4K screen. Most Linux people don't use 4K screens, so it's a problem with low priority, but i don't want to flick the scaling switch every time i boot up a game. I don't have any issue to do some tinkering, but it should be a one time set-up without repeating it when starting an application. But it's absolutely important, that i make the switch in the near future, because the only way we get native games on Linux is by actually increasing it's market share. Valve gave it a huge push with their steam deck, now we need to step in.
I was able to find a work around for the scaling issue by increasing the system font size instead and now I can leave the scaling to 100%. But yea I agree, there needs to more adoption!
Ah, not super in to gaming. Was guessing that lol. No way in hell can any heavy gamer really drop windows entirely for Linux gaming. Sure it's much better now a days but to drop it entirely for a big time gamer isn't possible with easy anti cheat being a serious issues on games like cod or destiny 2 plus so much more not working on Linux.
Yea games that contain anti-cheat software is something I forgot to mention. Some anti-cheats do work with Linux, but there's still quite a few that don't. There's no reason why they shouldn't work though. The issue is really a lack of support from certain developers, for whatever reason they refuse to make it compatible. But I have hope this is something that will continue to improve as well.
@PhazerTech Alright I did some testing, and I'm not sure where you learned that from. But I don't think it's true. But if you can link me to some info on this, I wasn't able to find anything. Some games will set the target resolution to the monitors native spec in fullscreen mode. But that doesn't have anything to do with FSR. The best example I tested was cyberpunk. If you enable FSR (or any others), then set resolution to less than the monitor. In windowed mode you obviously see the target resolution is what you set it to, but in either fullscreen mode it will stretch the resolution you set to fill the screen. But that's not native, and it doesn't have anything to do with FSR.
@@ostrava_ There's a difference between FSR and FSR 2. Games like Cyberpunk that have FSR in the menu are using FSR 2 which is more advanced and has optimizations specifically for that game. FSR (not 2) on the other hand can be enabled in any game, even if the game doesn't have options for it. It's not as good as FSR 2 but it's better than the monitor's built in upscaling. In Windows it's baked into the AMD drivers but in Linux it's baked into Proton. Here's an article talking about it on Pop OS support.system76.com/articles/use-amd-fsr/
@@PhazerTech Hmm, that doesn't sound quite right. Even the article has incorrect information, FSR doesn't use AI upscaling. FSR has to be implemented in the specific game by the developers. What you're describing is RSR. RSR is implemented at the driver level and is worse than FSR (per AMD). There do seem to be options to force FSR if the game hasn't implemented it, but until someone does testing to prove it's equivalent - I don't think it's comparable. I see the same behavior I described before in Baldur's Gate 3. Which has FSR1. And it is an option in the menu, so I'm not sure where you got that from. The resolution specified in the menu is the desired resolution. FSR (and the other ones) render the game at a lower resolution and output at the selected resolution. If you select 1440p in the menu, and it outputs 4k; then it's not the result of a normal FSR implementation.
I don't know if I really like EndeavourOS much after trying it for a few days. I'm more of a GUI focused user, so the terminal is a bit difficult for me to get used to. Coming from Windows, where pretty much everything has a GUI, to EndeavourOS Linux was a bit diffiicult for me to get my head around, since there wasn't much help for someone like me who likes the GUI system approach...
Also, Assetto Corsa was quite difficult to get running in Endeavour. With Assetto being my favorite game on Steam, I at least want to have that game to play 🙂 All the car and track mods for AC just keep me coming back for more...!
@@ZeldaACFan17 There are tools that provide a GUI for all the software packages and updates, but of course, to install those apps you'll need to use the terminal. Like I said, Linux does take more fiddling around but that's also why it's more customizable. But no worries, I guess it's not for everyone. I do agree Assetto Corsa is more difficult to get working than the majority of games on Linux.
@@PhazerTech The terminal does get easier to use the more I try it though 🙂 Maybe I could try using help commands to figure out what each terminal command means and what they do?
@@ZeldaACFan17 Yes that's true, nobody can learn it overnight, just takes time to get used to it. And yes, entering ' --help' or ' -h' after a command will give you more information on the options you can use. This video seems to be a good one that goes over common commands and should give a better understanding of how terminal works ruclips.net/video/s3ii48qYBxA/видео.html There's many tutorials out there for doing all sorts of things, it's just a matter of searching for them on Google or YT. Following tutorials is the best way to learn, and over time you'll start to remember everything. Of course it's not necessary to learn Linux, but I think people who are interested in computers should definitely try it since they'll learn a lot.
Ditto. Already built my PC with Linux in mind, ran Windows 11, hated it, began to dualboot to test Linux and with Proton I was finally able to wipe Windows and use that space for more games and projects. Linux gaming is improving and we're at a point where you don't need to buy a license for an Operating system that shovels ads in your face.
True, because of anti cheat software there's some games that require workarounds or simply don't work yet. This hasn't affected me personally since I don't play many multiplayer games, but here's the list in case anyone's interested. areweanticheatyet.com/
@@PhazerTech lel my two games that im playing right now are on broken here XDD and i didnt know some fighting games like dragon ball z fighter or Jump force are on anti-cheats (but they are still broken at it says here sadly :'D) this will gonna take long to support on this..... unless this will be like forever not gonna happen on linux sadly...
The kernel drivers allow AMD GPUs to work straight out of the box, but they don't contain the latest Mesa library as far as I know. This is required for games that use Vulkan or OpenGL APIs.
I have only 1 question! I have a lot of games on my hard drive saved as zip files (I ripped them from their CDs, because CDs get easily f'd up) and on Windows I simply uncompress them & Install them normally. So far, I haven't seen any good functioning approach for this kind of installation on Linux. Besides Wine etc, does anyone have any other recommendations for installing my ripped games from my zip files on Linux? Nice video too!
Thank you! I think Bottles would be a good choice for what you're trying to do. It uses Wine under the hood but is much more user friendly, just install the .exe like you normally would.
@@PhazerTech I tried bottles, but it was a bit malfunctioning. It's okay! I still have a lot of tools I use to debloat my Windows installations, so no problem! Thanks for the response!
Honestly I would switch if I could use Chimera OS or HoloISO. I unfortunately have an NVIDIA GPU and as we all know, NVIDIA is notorious for being absolute shit on linux thanks to their proprietary drivers
Yep unfortunately peoples experience with Nvidia can be hit or miss. I know some people have had luck, but others haven't. Personally I'd try either Pop OS or EndeavourOS since they have Nvidia drivers preinstalled.
Lol I know, especially after all the customization I've made to my desktop, the overall experience is just that much better it's impossible to go back!
I currently use EndeavourOS which is Arch based, but to be honest I think an Ubuntu based distro would be the easiest for most people. Pop OS is popular if you have an Nvidia card, but personally I prefer the KDE desktop so I suggest Kubuntu.
@@PhazerTech Been on the look out for "what's the best for gaming distro" nowadays, and came across a lot of content with Mint, Pop_OS and this Solo project Nobara which has good reviews. So I'm curios as to what other people are using and what they recommned. Ty 😁
@@100eura Nobara looks like an excellent choice and is pre-optimized for gaming, but I haven't tried it myself yet. The only thing to keep in mind is that it's based on Fedora, while most guides/tutorials are for Ubuntu distros, so for people who are new to Linux I think Ubuntu would be easier.
I don't think it works in Bottles either unfortunately. It seems like Xbox-Cloud is the only way to play it on Linux at the moment areweanticheatyet.com/?search=fortnite
i love linux its the best os but sadly i have an nvidia gpu so no good wayland for me (i will sell it and by an amd) but other than the nvidia gpu acting up it is a verry good experience
General Question to the Community. is the Performance on Nvidia cards also as good as on Windows? Because i know that the NVIDIA drivers are weird blablabla
Depends entirety on the game. Some better, some worse. NVIDIA still have a lot of catching up to do on Linux if they want to compete with AMD on gaming, but they're perfectly serviceable and generally work fine. If gaming is what you want to do on Linux get rig of that NVIDIA card.... if you want to game AND uses Pro production software stick with NVIDIA.
I just switched to Linux, but it hasn't been free from issues. I have mostly solved the majority of them but I have MAJOR frametime issue (not fps) in Darktide, can you help? It wont run with gamemode on. 5800X3D, 6700XT, Fedora, Mesa 24.1.2, Proton 9.2 and GE Proton 9.7.
Haha yup, Zelda is one of my favorites as well. I grew up with Nintendo and PC games mostly, but I played the other consoles at friends houses. I see you've used the same font in your profile pic as well, Nice! 😁
I've been looking at Linux because I simply want more customization, to make my PC look and feel more unique 🙂 With Windows there are lots of programs to help bring more customization in, but having all those programs running at startup might slow the whole system down... And not only that, but Windows has a lot of stuff that I don't ever use, like server specific programs, or faxing and printing utilities... I mainly use my PC for gaming, so I don't want to waste space with things I don't use
@@ZeldaACFan17 That's awesome, racing games are a lot of fun! I wish I had a wheel and pedal set since racing games just aren't the same with a controller or mouse/keyboard. (Mario Kart is an exception.. it's fun no matter what). If you're new to Linux then I suggest you check out my guide on installing EndeavourOS. ruclips.net/video/2U1_Vi6zsNA/видео.html Linux does have a learning curve but once you get the hang of it it's super nice. Customization is certainly a strong point on Linux! Also be sure to check the protondb site for each game you want to run. Some games will run without tweaks, others will require some tweaks to get working. Read the comments to see how others got it working. www.protondb.com/app/244210
@@PhazerTech I think a distro with the KDE desktop would be a good one for me, for the customization aspect, although I want a distro that's good for games too.
I am a pretty tech-savvy guy Linux for virtually all of my productivity and computing needs. However, games are something I do in my free time - I don't want to worry about editing config files, updating drivers, setting custom launch options and so on. I could figure it out if I wanted to, but, for something I do in my free time just to relax and have fun, nothing beats the plug-and-play experience that you get in Windows. That's why I have two drives in my system, one that boots Ubuntu linux that I use for basically everything, and another drive with an extremely minimal installation of Windows that I ONLY use for running games. Until Linux just "works" out of the box like Windows, I'm not going to bother trying to get it to work with games. Just not worth my time.
The vast majority of games just "work" out of the box. All you need to do is enable proton in Steam. Only a handful of games need special launch options. Also you're getting confused about updating drivers, that's a Windows thing. I've never had to go out of my way to update the drivers in Linux. Honestly you should try it out first before knocking it down.
@@KillianDefaoite Well Metro Exodus is one of those games you need to set launch options. Make sure proton is enabled then copy and paste the command from the first comment here: www.protondb.com/app/412020 But like I said, from my experience the vast majority of games don't need custom launch options.. just enable proton and it works.
Im dualbooting right now windows and gentoo linux, love linux but I need windows for photoshop and lightroom, some multiplayer games wont work on linux too :(
If you're curious how well supported a particular game is on Linux, use protonDB.com to check. You'll also find helpful commands in the comments to make the game run optimally. Some multiplayer games use incompatible anti-cheat software, go to areweanticheatyet.com to check the status of each game.
If you need help deciding which distro to choose then be sure to watch my follow-up video: ruclips.net/video/byz8YPzczxg/видео.html
Also check out cloud gaming based on Linux Mint! ruclips.net/video/x32zu91duEo/видео.html
dont know if bf4 will work but im more about making solidworks works on linux and thats mostly what i need ,i have seen the other video where you talk about a script but it seems it dose not work and the documentation for it is not ready yet .
I moved on from Windows as well. The performance is lit. I can record / stream and I still get better performance on Linux than I ever did on windows. Valve did one thing right and that is bridging the gap of gaming on Linux with the Steam Deck. Developers are going to fall on board it's inevitable. Linux gaming is the future. The tinkering - it's very minimal usually. There's few situations where you have to go under the hood now.
I absolutely agree, the future of Linux gaming looks bright! 💯
Steam is showing Linux gaming around 2 percent of the market share. Calling it the future of gaming is a bit... aggressive. Still has a long way to go. Developers aren't going to feel compelled to support it until at least 20 percent of the total market share.
@@Robert-oe7uh not as long as you might think. Best do some research. Microsoft is already in the process. Valve is not the foremost authority on that percentage either. There are Linux gamers across all launchers. Does Valve include those figures? Nope.
@@leed9720yeah cloud gaming is so close yet so far, the bandwidth required for a good experience still lacks in most places of the world.
@@brunob.7792oh? It's been well over a year since I completely transitioned away from Windows. Pretty sure that's a lot more than a few months.
With the drivers being built-in to the kernel and Wayland's "every frame must be perfect" philosophy, I've gotten the most stable gaming experience I've ever had. Very little stuttering, no tearing, and frame times are very consistent.
I'm looking at installing Clear Linux on my Intel-based laptop. It will make for a great PC console given that it's optimized for the hardware in the same way that Playstation is optimized for its hardware. Hoping to get all the performance I can from that little UHD 630 iGPU.
Yep it truly is a great experience and I bet it's only going to get better! I haven't heard of Clear Linux before, thanks for bringing it up. I did a review on a $60 laptop from MicroCenter that has a quad core Intel atom CPU. Seems like a perfect candidate to try Clear Linux on. I found some benchmarks comparisons for Clear Linux and it looks really good, but I wasn't able to find any on GPU performance. Do you think it gives meaningful gains in GPU performance as well?
Used to use a uhd 630. Ran Solus. Was the most smooth experience I've ever had.
I think one of the main points for PlayStation is the games themselves are built for the hardware. With the PC ports, they're going to be optimized for general audience because there's so much variety. I think that's where a lot of their performance advantage is
@@chloe-sunshine7 Yep that's true, consoles are better optimized generally speaking. It does take more effort to optimize games on PC for a wide range of hardware and developers have tight deadlines to make which leads to poor optimization. Also **puts on tinfoil hat** I wouldn't be surprised if there's incentives for certain developers to be lazy with PC optimizations because that encourages gamers to purchase higher tier GPUs and upgrade sooner.
Your assumptions are wrong, while linux is mostly debloated from unwanted software, non native games runs if not the same as windows, but sometimes worse. While recent Total War Warhammer 3 runs perfect, since its a 64 bit native release, majority of games dont have ray tracing support on certain AMD and Nvidia cards because devs still cant implement it into Proton properly, speaking about the consoles, PS5 has a custom hardware that helps preventing any bottlenecks from the CPU, the most useful one is Hardware Decompressor unit, which is why games on PS5 dont have traversal stutters
I keep discovering more Tux-Tubers.
This is awesome.
Loving the perspective.
Haha Tux-Tubers, I like that! It truly is a great time to be a Linux user.
Glad you enjoyed the video, stick around for more!
For me I mainly play indie games which have big linux support natively so it works perfect.
I fully moved to arch on my desktop a few months back, and i have no regrets. everything runs great on my 6650 xt. and whatever i need windows for, i have a virtual machine with gpu passthrough thanks to my gtx 1650
Nice! I've been thinking about getting a 2nd GPU for passthrough but I don't think I'd use it much. I only use VM Windows for Fusion 360 and that's about it.
Linux Mint Cinnamon let's you use most emulators including an emulator called simple64 which let's you play your Nintendo 64 games on a Linux I highly would recommend trying it if you consider backing up your Nintendo 64 games pirate at your own risk.
@@TechnoMinded-qp5in why would i when i could just install the emulators on arch
I've often used Linux in the past, but it was always games that pulled me back to Windows. I am now finally ready to dump Windows once and for all and commit to gaming on Linux. It's awesome to hear how much gaming on Linux has improved over the past decade.
Can you just play any title now? The thing that has held me back is the catalogue
@@Coral_dude just ~80% of all games on steam run with little or no issues another 10 with modrate issues, and only 10% of all steam games are unplayable on linux
@@Coral_dudeyou can check the compatability of games with protondb. It's a community database that gives detailed ratings on how well games run or don't run.
One of the best things about linux is that yes, you may have to spend some time configuring something, but after that it will keep working if you don't change it, and the system won't decide someday that the configuration you made has to be reverted or modified without notice. And you can even carry it over when you switch distros to some extent (I have configurations that I made in arch working completely fine in fedora now)
Yep for the tinkerer Linux is absolutely amazing! I'm guessing if one wanted to carry over the configuration to a different distro, they would need to back up the home folder, or .config folder, is that correct?
@@PhazerTech yes and no. You can backup and carry over the entire home folder, but because each distro could use slightly different core packages (like for example the desktop environment) I prefer to cherry pick what I restore from a full backup.
Generally my approach to this is to backup the entire home folder on another drive with rsync, and that is something I do periodically. Then, when I decide that I want to try another distro, I install it and then when I install a program I copy over its configuration
@@PhazerTech Never do that. You must backup or copy your home folder, and after installing your software (there are tools to backup your list, and install again all, even in other distros), cherry pick what to copy / paste, not without saving first your new configuration in case you need to restore it.
It is not a lot of work, doing it "as needed".
@@_marvix_1088 Yes that's what I was thinking, backup the entire home folder but only restore the configs for the apps you need to be restored.
@@mitcoes Never do what? All I said was to backup the home folder, I never said to restore the whole thing. But thanks for the suggestions in case others don't know👍
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You can fix this by changing the option
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Apply scaling themselves
I could have sworn the first time I tried this, there were several apps that became tiny and wouldn't scale. But now that I've tried it again, mostly everything seems to be scaling fine (with a few exceptions) and the games allow me to select 4k. Thanks for the suggestion, seems to be working as intended!
@@PhazerTech Yeah, the problem with the option is in the name, if an application is not HiDPI aware then it's going to not scale at all.
Thanks for switching. "It's not perfect" you say, which is right. But the more people like you who make the switch, the more effort will be put into it and the better the experience will get!
The potential for gaming on GNU/Linux is better than Windows actually. You can fine tune the OS to be a gaming only OS, and you can customize the desktop to be lightweight and relevant to gaming. These things you can't do in Windows, and so you can potentially remove overhead and improve performance for gaming.
Plus well, the Kernel and hardware/software itself has room for improvement and could get better than their Windows counterpart, plus any gaming relevant middleware. Actually GNU/Linux could be the perfect OS for gaming, if more people made the switch and greater effort was made in development. Those two things are connected, so.. We need more people like you!
Thanks, I'll do my part and continue to make Linux content. I agree there's massive potential here and that gaming will continue to grow on Linux!
I just one day woke up and was so annoyed with windows that i ditched it completely. Sink or swim.
Now, all the games not only run, but some of them run even better. I was at a point considering keeping my R9 380 in the system, since the performance boost i saw under linux in some games really made me think twice.
But then i buckled and bought a RX6800XT, which on Linux just shreds everything :D
Lol nice, I like that approach! I had to settle for a 6700 XT since I didn't have the budget for anything more, but yea the 6800 XT is definitely a beast!
September 2024 update: Stormgate came out a few months ago and it's even playable with Proton. It has mixed reviews but I've been enjoying it. Tribes 3 also runs pretty well. I've been running Linux full-time for 2 weeks in the form of CachyOS on my laptop and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on my old desktop, both with Nvidia. I'm gonna put vanilla Arch on my all-AMD build that I almost have all the parts for. I've used Linux on and off since 2015 but now I have the confidence to stick to it. I take the time to troubleshoot pretty much everything I want to run. I have all my pain points sorted out aside from converting all my VST plugins.
Nice! I tried a few games of the Stormgate beta a few months ago and it even worked back then with Proton. Pretty impressive. And that's great you're taking the time to ease into Linux full time, everything should be smooth once you get it all setup. Also have you heard of Yabridge? It can run Windows VST plugins directly without converting anything.
@@PhazerTech I have used Yabridge before but when I last tried to install Softube almost a year ago, it didn't want to work but that was more of a WINE issue.
I dumped windows last month and it's the best move. Everything runs better. I've been using ubuntu and bottles.
I switched about a year ago. I can play pretty much everything except for games with an anti-cheat that doesn't support Linux. Now, I just don't play them, because not only do I not want to install a rootkit such as vanguard to play a game, but also why would I pay for a game and risk getting banned (for using a VM) for a developer that doesn't even have plans to support linux in the future.
Excellent point, I wouldn't support developers who go out of their way to prevent compatibility. It's not a technical issue, it's a they don't want to issue.
Linux is in a far better state then it was 5 years ago when it comes to gaming, and for me, I would love to use something like SteamOS that has a lot of the things already setup so it's ready to go without having to tweak and config too much.
SteamOS for me is showing real promising in that I would be fine with moving from Windows to SteamOS on my gaming rig, but I think a few things need to be done before that can happen, gaming for the most part isn't really an issue, it just works, but I feel that there will need to be easier solutions of being able to install other gaming store fronts, something I don't expect Valve to do as it wants to push Steam, but without those options or very easy ways to install them, gamers will stick to Windows.
Then there's the app front, I'm fine with using Linux apps, a lot of the programs I use are open source and have a native Linux version, so that's not a problem, but having easy access to Windows apps that you can install and use just as easy as how Steam is doing it with Windows games through SteamOS and Proton.
If you can run basically the same games and apps you run on Windows, that would encourage a lot more of us to switch and in time, I likely would find alternatives to those apps that are native to Linux, but for now and for some time, that gap needs bridging between Windows and Linux apps if Linux really wants to grow market share, and I feel Valve with SteamOS if they push hard on this could achieve this, this will including having a polished desktop environment that is easy to use and rarely if ever need to use the command line and where apps and games just work, I feel once Linux archives that, where games and apps just run as easy as they do on Windows, whiles having more or less full access to the same software, that will be the game changer that Linux needs in getting a lot of users that want to switch or don't care what OS they use but do care if the software is comparable or not and for me, Linux is getting more recognition because it can run a lot more of the software that users are used too, software compatibility has always been the thing that's kept Linux down and kept Windows in a dominant position, Valve have realised that with Proton, now we need this where it's easy to use for all apps.
I know I might be asking a bit too much, but you've got to put things in the perspective of the average users, most don't care about what OS they use or the ideology behind it, but they do care about ease of use and that apps just work, in other words, the ease of use needs to get better, the command line should never or very rarely be needed, apps and games, regardless if they are Linux or Windows base just needs to work, without having to set things up for it to work, I'm more clued-up when it comes to the tech side but most are not and that's what makes the Steam Deck with SteamOS so appealing, it just works, so well in fact that most gamers don't care if it's Windows or Linux.
Linux is close to that but there's still a few hurdles it needs addressing before I switch, Valve are doing a wonderful job on the gaming front but that needs to extend to other store fronts, once that's sorted and Windows apps work well through Linux, I'll switch from Windows to Linux and not look back.
I understand what you mean for casual users who aren't good with computers. But for those that are at least slightly competent it shouldn't really be an issue. Bottles is surprisingly user friendly and I haven't had any issues using it for Epic Games and Battle.net. It also supports GOG, Origin, etc.
I ditched Windows myself for ArchLinux, and honestly, I don't regret it.
Everything works flawlessly under X11 and Xfce with my 5700XT and R7 3700X. I have multiple drivers I can switch between if needed also, namely Amdgpu (mesa and amdvlk) and amdgpu-pro.
I have my main drive on a ZFS partition, my boot is standard FAT32 for EFI, and I have a bcachefs partition on my Steam and Gaming drive (which also doubles as a test bed to see if bcachefs can be stable for a main file system).
Everything works, minus a few peskie titles using rootkit anticheats. Love it. No plans to ever go back.
I remember how much of a pain it was to game on Linux and it was what kept me using Windows for a long time. After Valve came along with Proton it became a different story.I still have a dual boot with a small Windows partition for those cases when I just can't get something to work but I think last I've booted there was around Christmas. Most of the games I play just work. Sometimes with small tweaks, but mostly out of the box.
Then, there's always the general performance tweaking and arguments about that online; like which file system is the best performance-wise and gets that 1 fps more... You know, the regular. 😉
It's so good! I was like you until maybe 3 weeks ago until I wiped by Dual boot SSD and now, I only run Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on all of my machines. FFXIV runs like a dream and so do all of my steam games except FF13 and Warframe which need more tinkering. Things are only going to get better too! this is the worst it will be.
@@HikingFeral Yeah. Sometimes the problem is resolved by really weird means. Like with Hunter: COTW, you had to set mouse polling below certain value or the mouse would go haywire ingame. Once set, no problems whatsoever Sometimes a problem gets solved by just disabling the Steam overlay. I couldn't get Warframe to work until 2 years ago. ProtonDB has been invaluable to me especially with the more obscure solutions.
Very encouraging stuff!
I'm still running the good ol' Windows 7 as my daily driver, but with Valve recently announcing the end of support for W7-8 systems for Steam, and Wee10-11 being the utter trash that they are, I've been planning to make the leap into the world of Penguin operating systems instead.
I'm definitely interested of hearing your takes and tips for those creative applications as well; as a visual designer myself, Adobe and Autodesk have been my necessary evils for many years. Any sort of detailed set-up guides would be highly appreciated!
That's great you're planning to make the switch! As far as Adobe goes, you're probably out of luck since it's notoriously hard to get working with Wine. But I'm happy to say Fusion 360 is working great! I mentioned it in the follow-up video, check it out & let me know what you think ruclips.net/video/ILu8YQ1vwso/видео.html
@@dreaper2087 Agreed, there's no reason to stick with Adobe since there are good open source alternatives.
@dreaper5813 Yea that's an issue with a lot of things today. Some people seem to think the more money they spend on something, the better it must be, and that cheaper alternatives must be complete crap. It's the same mentality the Apple cult has. Every company wishes they could be like Apple.
Try alternative software for those programs; little by little unto you feel confortable.
@@PhazerTech Can you name some good alternatives?
My man is a techie, a skater, a musician, and intelligent. Your my moms friends son that I cannot compete with 🤣
lol thanks bud 😂 But no need for competition, we can work together! 👍
For installing new applications I hoenestly prefer GUIs. The first I'd install after installing Endeavor would be to isntall Octopi for Arch (Pacman), KDE's Discover (with packagegit and packagekit-qt5 to enable the Arch repo on Discover), and set up Flatpak. I prefer to install as much as possible as Flatpak to keep my root mostly just system components than clutter it with apps. Once KDE Discover is setup, it can handle all the updates of the system components and even without entering the root password all the time making it a simple one click solution.
Thanks, these are great tips for people who want GUIs for installing and updating software.
The latest Windows 11 was the final straw for ditching Windows. I don't want copilot. I've used Linux for years on laptops, servers, etc but never used it for my main gaming machine. I was completely missing out. I now run ChimeraOS on my living room PC and Bazzite on my main gaming desktop. I can't say there's been no issues, but it's far less than the last time I tried this a year or so ago. Everything just seems to work now with somethings needing minor tweaks. Seriously I love Valve for making the Steam deck and pushing Linux forward for gaming. I never thought any of this would been possible 10 years ago and I remember thinking it was pretty novel that I could even run ANY games on Linux. I'm hoping that more people will keep ditching Winblows.
Nice, I recently tried ChimeraOS and was impressed with how well it delivered a console like experience. Valve truly are heroes for PC gaming, and judging from the comments I've been receiving lately, many people and now switching over to Linux!
Been wanting to switch to Linux for so long but honestly I'll keep using templeos
Honestly I don't blame you, God's third temple contains all the games you'll ever need.
I've been dual booting Windows and Fedora for a couple of years now. A lot of the games I like to play can be made to work great in Linux but the problem has been online multiplayer. Lots of anti cheat software simply doesn't like it. On the other hand, compatibility with old Windows 98 era games via Wine has been excellent. I have my old Pentium II 450 PC but it's too slow to play some late Windows 98 stuff smoothly and Windows 11 just doesn't like some of them unless they've been patched . I also keep Windows around because I regularly VPN into the work network where I work on Visual Studio projects and MSSQL Databases. Linux also has yet to support HDR content as far as I'm aware.
Excellent points, for some people it makes sense to hold onto Windows - mainly for work or for certain multiplayer games. Hopefully developers choose to move to Linux friendly anti-cheat software. But yea I find it ironic how Linux can play the old school games better than Windows can!
That overlay, that's RTSS, right? RivaTunerStatisticsServer that is. How did you get that to work in linux? Because it's tools like that and Reshade I'm worried about moving to linux from Windows as a gamer.
EDIT: Nevermind, turns out it's most likely MangoHUD. The answer was just one quick search away. Still thinking of Reshade.
Yes you're correct, it's MangoHUD. And yes there are Linux alternatives for reshade. I use vkBasalt.
Thank you for making this video
I am fed up with MS and would like to move away from it and even help others move away from it
Glad it was helpful for you! I felt the same way.
Gaming on Linux is just as viable as Windows. You won't regret moving on. If you need any help with anything should you choose to transition, hit me up.
@@SuperTime2Change Thanks, it's really good to have support
@@SuperTime2Changehello, if you could tell me the best linux that are really friendly..easy and not complicated, very stable and good for laptops
That are good/stable for any game and browsering and so on, things like this
Would really appreciate it if you just tell me the best version for this one, i saw there is a lot of systems of linux.. like unbuntu, mint, proton, pro! And other names i really forgot 😅, and thanks in advance! ❤
I am a CentOS.developer. I just switched to Nobara Linux from Windows 11. I need a few games to work well. They are Starfied, Satisfactory, Foundry, The Crust, Railway Empire 2, and No Man's Sky. That is every game i have spent more than 3 hours in over the last month. All of them, including mods for them, all seem to work fine. I am quite happy to finally be rid of windows.
The few games I do play aren't the issue for me moving to Linux sadly. It's good to see gaming has improved enough (a lot of that thanks to valve) that linux is becoming a viable choice though.
I would expect a lot of things to run better on Linux. Linux is not bloated like Windows or if it is at all, it is not as bad as Windows.
same man, i ditched windows for garuda os dragonized gamer, its arch with kde just like steamdeck, i like swapping between pc and steamdeck its amazeballs
I think we have to thank Steam and Valve in general, the Steam Deck was what finally bridged the gap between game companies and Linux, a handheld console that would increase video game sales by millions and the only condition was to create tools that would make the games linux compatible, this benefited the entire gaming community and linux users in general, and more people will slowly but surely start to see the kind of unnecessary Nuisance that is windows and hopefully ditch it for good.
Absolutely! Valve is an example of a company that's actually doing good things for society.
Waiting for FSR3. From January on, gaming will be much better!
I joined Linux Master Race a month ago. It's so glorious.
You got that right bud! It's a great time to be a Linux user.
I was deciding to switch to linux from windows. I mainly use my pc for gaming and learning some programming . So what would be the best distro to do so? I heard pop is good.
For new users I think Ubuntu based distros are a good choice. Pop is good, but Mint and Kubuntu are great choices too. The main difference between them is their default desktop environment. Personally I prefer Kubuntu because of the KDE desktop, so I recommend trying them and see which one you like best.
@@PhazerTech I forgot to mention, I got an Nvidia card, and I heard it has some issues with Linux. Will I face any major issues? I don't play multiplayer games that much; I mostly play single-player.
@@shivam4426 In general AMD is preferable but Nvidia works fine. Some people say Pop is better for Nvidia users, but the other distros work perfectly fine, you just need to select "install 3rd party drivers" when you're installing the distro.
I just installed Linux Mint on a older Dell Optiplex 990 and am totally blown away buy the gaming performance on this system now. I have a GTX 1070 card and I think an I5 Intel 3.1ghz quad core processor with 16 gig of ram and this system rocks games with Linux Mint. I think it smokes my newer system with an I7 Intel 4.6ghz with a RTX 3060 16 gig of ram on Windows 10!!!! I'm going to try soon loading Linux Mint on the newer system just need to install UEFI on a GPT partition as I have a nvme ssd.
Nice dude! Linux does wonders for older systems.
I now have Linux Mint installed on all my PCs, not looking back. @@PhazerTech
Awesome, we need more Linux gamer streaming
Linux is becoming better at windows compatibility then windows.
I've been using Linux for a couple years and see no reason to use windows anymore.
Haha I know right? For example there are 16 bit games that no longer work on Windows, but they work fine on Wine.
@@PhazerTech yep and you don't have all the tech debt of "compatibility" and not to mention spyware.
I still think there are some things to learn from windows and I think diversity/choice is good, but I just don't see Microsoft fixing all the problems they've made before people switch to Linux and have no reason to switch back like me.
@@SuperTort0ise I agree spyware is probably the biggest issue along with compatibility. Things like forcing users to make an account when installing Windows 11 clearly shows which direction MS wants to continue down. There's workarounds for many of these things but I'm sure updates can undo a lot of these "hacks".
Also I find it funny how much effort MS has put into getting Ubuntu integrated so well into Windows. Then they say "why install Linux on your system when you can run it in Windows!?" 😂
my only problem with linux gaming is i mostly play niche/cheap/NOT AAA games, so half of them arent supported even with things like proton and WINEs
What gaming distros do you guys recommend? I want a KDE beginner friendly distro. I've been running Ubuntu GNOME as a daily driver for more than a year now, but I don't game on it.
I want to recreate the Windows 7 look with Seven Black on KDE. I don't know if I should use Kubuntu or Manjaro.
Both Kubuntu and Manjaro are great distros. If you want the least hassle then go with Kubuntu since you already have experience with Ubuntu. If you want the latest packages, go with an Arch based distro such as Manjaro, but personally I prefer EndeavourOS over Manjaro.
Ditched Windows completely. Never touched this OS again.
I'm glad to be part of this awesome community. Windows feels old and clunky..
The ONLY thing thats preventing me from switching to Linux is the games i play are mainly online and more often that not they wont run on Linux properly because the games anticheat wont run = game no launch or wont connect to a server..if game studios can make it so all online games anticheats run properly within Linux i think alot more people would ditch the spyware Windows!
I agree, there's no reason why those games can't have compatible anti-cheat software, the issue is those developers don't want to!
@@PhazerTech gotta love capitalism. lol
which distro are you using? i am using garuda linux kde dr460ized gaming edition. i used to have crashes randomly with games, then i changed display session from plasma-x11 to plasma-wayland and now the games dont have any crashes.
I'm using EndeavourOS. Both X11 and Wayland work for me, but Wayland is definitely more advanced with better features.
For me Linux better and many friends like it too but some want easy way so we make disto Arch base for game so no body ask me what app need xD
thanks for the video.
the moment you said that solidowrks runs on linux i was hooked ,you have no idea for how long i have been searching on way to run it on linux to ditch windows , i will wait for the video on how to make solidworks runs on linux for sure and big thanks for that
Yes it's definitely possible, check out this repo.
github.com/cryinkfly/SOLIDWORKS-for-Linux
If you go to the releases section, the author noted he's currently working on a big update. I haven't tested it myself since I'm currently using Fusion 360 instead, so you might want to wait for the update. Also I already made the follow-up video to this, check it out here
ruclips.net/video/ILu8YQ1vwso/видео.html
@@PhazerTech i have just stumbeld upon that script but it seems that its must be modifed to the folder where the install is located dont know for sure , but the documentation section is empty to so i guess i will keep trying .thats the video that i found talking about that script
@@blackend00 Sorry, it seems like they need to work out some issues, but the author said he is working on them and there are a few other people helping and have made their own forks. Hopefully it won't be too long! This thread has more info github.com/cryinkfly/SOLIDWORKS-for-Linux/issues/29
@@PhazerTech i hope it get solved soone i will just keep a eye on the thread and keep trying with bottels .
I am currently trying to make the switch. I am hoping for some good smooth gameplay that I have yet to achieve. I am sick of windows.
You will end up going back to Windows to play video games. Linux is not yet viable enough. I spent 10 years trying to make the switch and I can't for the same reasons.
@jmdb7895 for games like League of Legends and Pubg, yes, I'm already doing windows. Small indie games that are Linux compatible works fairly well.
So my use case is verity gaming with friends. We will try new online multiplayer games frequently maybe sometimes 3-4 times a night till we find a game we get hooked on for a while.
As of right now we just install and go no real down time waiting for people to get up and going.
If I do this I want to make sure I won't be missing out on the action or holding up the group.
So my real question is how easy is it to get going from downloading, installing and playing online with friends?
I'm not familiar with Verity, do you mean Sounds of Verity? If so then you're in luck because it has native Linux support, meaning you don't need to mess with proton or make any config changes. It should be just as quick and straight forward as it is in Windows! www.protondb.com/app/816270
The ONLY reason Winblows is still relevant is the Developers don't make a Linux specific version.
Yes, DIRECT X and Open GL are VERY different and "porting" is not easy, requiring expert Programmers
Also the GPU Mfg needs to make in-house drivers specifically for Open GL
Most of the gaming on Linux now run on Vulkan, actually - DXVK is a port of DirectX on Vulkan. And it works surprisingly well.
I am not doing Ubuntu I keep downloading Steam and it won't let me on the new update it has I get a snap error trying to download it. I want to use Linux but I might use Mint for the themes you can have on it.
Which is the best gaming distro ? Is Nobara great or you have that is much better
It doesn't make a big difference. Nobara is great because it has a lot of gaming related apps and tools already pre-installed. But you can install all those tools on any other distro. I suggest trying a few distros and see which one you like best. My recommendations are EndeavourOS, Kubuntu, and Nobara.
Great video, very informative. You should be the Linux guy in commercials.
lol thank you! 😆👍
Did the same two years ago. Zero regrets.
Does wayland have more latency than X11? I am only looking for the absolute lowest latency since the only game I play is cs2. I noticed that it runs better on linux than on windows.
Wayland is newer and was designed to have low latency, so I suggest using Wayland for gaming.
Just climbed back into EndeavourOS KDE last night after messing around with Fedora SilverBlue Gnome, Debian 12 KDE and Manjaro Gnome with an NVidia card with various levels of success finally falling back to EOS as mentioned. Got a full NVidia setup, Davinci installed and running and working on dialing in audio with OBS in about the time it took me to install NVidia drivers with some of the other distros. All the other distros I tried are getting to the point where they're definitely valid options but atm EndeavourOS feels so much closer to the metal with little getting in the way of a true to form Arch install. DOOM 2016 and Witcher 3 are the titles that drove me to Linux for gaming back around 2017 when DOOM just stopped working after the 1800 series of Windows 10 patches burnt in.
I generally install Wine GE Custom or Proton GE system wide followed up with Proton or Wine Tricks.
Excellent video.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment, should be very helpful for Nvidia users. I'm also on EndeavourOS as my daily driver and it's great for the most part. It's as close as you can get to vanilla Arch. But tbh there's the occasional bug you just gotta deal with until a new update fixes it or roll back to a previous version of the software, which can get annoying. It's not that frequent but it does happen, so I've been thinking about switching to Fedora as my daily driver just to avoid those occasional bugs, but it's hard to migrate to a new distro after spending so much time customizing this one, so I might stay. Overall Endeavour is an excellent OS with bleeding edge features.
@@PhazerTech I roll around a great deal distro wise and found some stuff that had me take another look at Debian. I love the freedom and power that comes with Arch, but am considering point release options for my desktop too. Pretty committed to keeping Arch around so probably tossing it on my laptop with Hyprland (usually 600-800MB of RAM at idle or lite ops). Fedora Workstation is pretty solid and I really liked SilverBlue but had problems trying to work things out with toolboxes (silverblue containers). Fedora is pretty solid; there is Nobara (Fedora based) and RegataOS (openSuse based) with both targeting gaming and multimedia. Nobara is developed by a fella that worked or works at IBM and I think did Glorious Eggroll Wine and Proton both, so...
I'm using Nobara 36 on an SD card with windows on the M.2 but I'm hoping to completely switch before windows 10 loses support.
Interesting, are you on a laptop? How well does Nobara run on an SD card?
2:39 With Metro, have you tested that card on Windows to compare performance? Do you have any performance issues looking down the tracks towards the bridge on The Volga?
I haven't done a direct comparison but I think performance is similar. To be honest there are other areas that saw the framerate drop into the 40s which is a bit too low for me, so I didn't play much of it yet. I could drop the resolution to 1080p to get stable 60 fps but I think I'd prefer playing the vanilla edition for the extra performance, or wait to get a better card to experience the enhanced edition without compromises. When I ran the benchmark in Windows a few months ago I also remember seeing the framerate drop into the 40s towards the end of the benchmark.
Linux is the way forward, great video.
As much as I love Linux and have used it daily for years, I must admit that for gaming it's not all sunshine and rainbows. There are indeed some games that are native to Linux or run without any issues with wine. But for my library more often than not games don't work out of the box, or even fail to install (looking at you GOG), and I find myself spending hours searching for solutions, tinkering with configs, cluttering my system with obsolete i386 dependencies and playing with wine prefixes just to get the game barely running, and there is no guarantee that it will work flawlessly or will work at all. So I ended up with Linux+Windows dualboot to spend my free time on actual gaming instead of troubleshooting.
Yeah this has been my experience as well. The best compromise is dual booting. I also couldn't get a bootleg SNES emulator to run on Linux, only Windows can run it.
I've had the same experience, particularly in modded games. I like that Linux is rapidly getting better but it still has far to go before it can replace windows for most people.
Phazer, I am happy to see your channel's growth. You are, truly, a philospher among ants. Your Linux gaming updates for compatability are better than Linus Tech Tips. Your vocal cadence is eerily similar to my head voice when I read technical manuals. Keep it up. 👑👑👑
Hey Jack, thanks for following along and I appreciate the motivating words! I'm doing my best to provide helpful videos, although when I started I had no idea what I was doing when it comes to video production. Others have said I sound robotic hahah so maybe I could put more effort into sounding like I'm not reading from a script. Just trying to speak as clear as possible, so thanks for that! 🙏
@@PhazerTech nope, it's perfect.
So is it already or will it ever be at the point to fully make the switch back to linux? I use a console for some gaming but would love for it to replace my xbox entirely. I hate having different systems to play different games esp aaa titles cod im looking at you.
It entirely depends on the games you play. Most AAA games will work fine but there will be some exceptions, especially for some online games that use anti-cheat software. Unfortunately COD is one of those games that doesn't work. Check out my pinned comment for links where you can search for games and their compatibility.
@@PhazerTech thanks for the help i knew about proton db, so let me ask you running linux theres no way to replace console? I havent tried to run xbox gamepass on linux, i just hate having to but the next gen console if it can ve avoided, it is good to know that most games contiune to be cross play but linux is limited in those incidences
@@chrismussel399 I don't have any experience with Xbox game pass, but it looks like it's possible with Linux. Check out this link: www.makeuseof.com/how-to-play-xbox-games-on-linux-cloud-gaming-remote-play/
I installed nobara on secondary ssd afrer watching chris titus's video , sadly i have nvidia gpu so with wayland its not perfect currently. Hoping kde 6 and nobara 40 will enable hdr as its not as bright currently and hopefully ill be able to leabe windows completely
That's true, I don't have an HDR monitor but as far as I know that's something that's still being worked on.
Just need ea to stop forcing malware that bans linux users for cheating when they are not
One thing I need this year to erase Windows from my NVMe is to Epic Games (dash that) Tim Sweeney to suck up his "fears" about cheaters in Fortnite because of Linux users and enable support for it. Like, "Custom Kernels" excuse are so full of bullshit, like, just make a check for some compatible Kernel versions and some custom ones, like Xanmod, Liqourix. Like that's easily can be done in couple lines of code. Until then... Qemu passthrough and Dual-boot for such titles that is
Let's hope Linux gaming continues to grow so certain developers won't have a choice but to support it!
The only thing holding me back from the switch is that some games use an anticheat that has no work around on linux
Yup that's true, hopefully those developers change their anticheat software.
Way I see it is if the anti-cheat doesn't support Linux, It's not a good enough of a game to waste my time on. That's the mentality people need to have more of. That's the only way these companies and corporations will smarten up and realise that they are not the ones in control. Adapt to change and technology or get left behind. If the anti-cheat doesn't work on Linux, then they're games that aren't worth supporting. That's just my opinion though. If it doesn't work, I won't play it. Simple as that. Sucks sometimes, but whatever. There's other games out there to play.
@@PhazerTech and their attitudes and perspective views on Linux gaming in general.
@@SuperTime2Change I feel the same way. Companies should want to make the consumer happy, not the other way around. Vote with your dollar, if everyone did the same then companies won't have a choice :)
@@PhazerTech and vote with our operating system as is a big deal. Windows is restrictive, slow, invasive of privacy and its filesystem is so proprietary and clunky it's ridiculous. There's literally no reason to stay on Windows anymore. Windows is a capitalist OS. FOSS is the future and Microsoft hates it.
people give arch shit for breaking something after an update as if windows doesnt shit itself for you against your will on a quarterly basis
Ok, but Arch updates cause breakages far more often than Windows updates cause breakages. I don't like Windows, but let's be realistic here, the criticism it receives for this is very valid...
hey guys newbie wannabe Linux user here..is PopOS a good option for both overall use and gaming?
Is it good and stable?
Pop OS is a good choice if you own an Nvidia GPU.
@@PhazerTech i'm using AMD graphics card. I saw there was a separate installation file for Nvidia.
With an AMD card pretty much any distro should work fine, just depends on preference. Ubuntu based distros are usually good for beginners. I recommend Kubuntu because I prefer the KDE desktop and it's a good all purpose distro. If gaming is your number one priority there are also gaming focused distros such as Nobara (Fedora based) and Garuda Linux (Arch based). These come with a collection of packages pre-installed, but again, you can install these things on any distro.
Hi dude, was thinking about testing a full Linux for a month (or less if it doesn't work out), I will go with Ubuntu, from my research Arch has some issues with Proton, not that I don't like solving problems, but I want it to just work, I also like the wide support and its large and IMO very helpful community. BUT, I recently found out, AMD released test drivers with frame generation support, they call it "AMD Fluid Motion Frames" and, it, is, Amazing. Playing Star Citizen at 60 Fps in cities and 144 Fps on stations, moons, and basically everywhere with only a small input lag of some 10ms. I couldn't find anything on Linux support, do you know about it? Better, did you get it running? Cheers
You can't go wrong with either distro. Ubuntu might be slightly more noob friendly, but Arch has the latest software updates by default. Not sure where you read about Arch having problems with Proton but it's not true. SteamOS is based on Arch, after all. As far as AMD Fluid Motion Frames goes, it hasn't been implemented in Linux yet as far as I know, but since AMD's software is all open source it's just a matter of time before it happens. My guess is it will be done sometime in 2024. Best of luck with your Linux test run, cheers.
I use linux mint and run the latest mesa drivers. No issues.
Nice, yea the advantage in Arch is that the latest drivers are already the default ones, no extra work required.
Mostly had a problem with getting xbox controller to work propyl by doing like 50 thousand command (jk no more then 10) and now works fine.
lol nice 😆 I game on an Xbox controller too
Great video! I am still thinking to do the switch to Linux definitely! What distro did you use in the video? Or what are you using right now? Thanks a lot!
Thanks glad you enjoyed it! I'm using EndeavourOS which is an Arch based distro. Arch is preferred for gaming since it has the most up to date packages. I made a video about it: ruclips.net/video/2U1_Vi6zsNA/видео.html
Thinking about going back to Pop OS. I do miss it.
what version of Linux are you using? I think that's a very important point
I'm using EndeavourOS with the standard kernel. As I mentioned in the video an Arch based distro will provide the latest drivers, but Ubuntu based distros are completely fine too. Doesn't make a big difference.
Hey nice Linux content, man. What about PCVR, how's development going on that?
Thanks dude! I don't have any VR headsets myself, but from what I've read the support seems to be decent but could still use some work. The Index appears to have better support than the other headsets.
I have Windows 7 and with Steam announcing they are stopping support for the OS, I will have to buy another desktop PC. I don't want Windows 10 or 11, or 12 when it comes out, So I am looking into Linux.
Will I be able to play my entire Steam library through Linux and does Daz Studio work on Linux as well?
Oh and where can I buy Linux as well?
You should be able to play the vast majority of your Steam games on Linux without issues, but there might be a few that don't work or have bugs. Linux is free and there's many different distros available. SteamOS is based on Arch Linux, so an an Arch based distro will give the best performance. Some great distros based on Arch are EndeavourOS, Garuda Linux, and Manjaro. However if you're completely new to Linux then you might want to start with an Ubuntu based distro, such as Pop OS.
The difference in performance in small. Check out my pinned comment for more info on this.
As far as Daz Studio goes, it looks like it's possible to get it working but there isn't a native Linux version, so you'll need to run the Windows version through Wine which may or may not be perfect. Check out this thread for more info: www.reddit.com/r/Daz3D/comments/v4ov39/daz_studio_on_linux/
@@PhazerTech Hey thanks for the reply and the link! This Linux OS does look good, but since I'm a total newbie, I will need to do a lot of research!
Thanks again!
I have the same GPU as you and let me tell you that you are handsomely display-bottlenecked in some of your examples :p
There's some juice left, sir !
Yes you're absolutely correct good sir! I just recently bought a 1440p 170Hz monitor which is a much better fit for this GPU compared to the 4k 60hz monitor I was using in this video.
Last time i tried the switch, i too encountered scaling problems on a 27' 4K screen. Most Linux people don't use 4K screens, so it's a problem with low priority, but i don't want to flick the scaling switch every time i boot up a game. I don't have any issue to do some tinkering, but it should be a one time set-up without repeating it when starting an application. But it's absolutely important, that i make the switch in the near future, because the only way we get native games on Linux is by actually increasing it's market share. Valve gave it a huge push with their steam deck, now we need to step in.
I was able to find a work around for the scaling issue by increasing the system font size instead and now I can leave the scaling to 100%. But yea I agree, there needs to more adoption!
Ah, not super in to gaming. Was guessing that lol. No way in hell can any heavy gamer really drop windows entirely for Linux gaming. Sure it's much better now a days but to drop it entirely for a big time gamer isn't possible with easy anti cheat being a serious issues on games like cod or destiny 2 plus so much more not working on Linux.
Yea games that contain anti-cheat software is something I forgot to mention. Some anti-cheats do work with Linux, but there's still quite a few that don't. There's no reason why they shouldn't work though. The issue is really a lack of support from certain developers, for whatever reason they refuse to make it compatible. But I have hope this is something that will continue to improve as well.
Windows is Over (for me) Party. Done dealing with that BS finally.
If you have the resolution set to 1440p, then it isn't being upscaled to 4K by fsr. right? that doesn't make any sense.
If you set the game's resolution to something less than your monitors resolution, then FSR will upscale it to your monitor's resolution.
@PhazerTech Alright I did some testing, and I'm not sure where you learned that from. But I don't think it's true. But if you can link me to some info on this, I wasn't able to find anything.
Some games will set the target resolution to the monitors native spec in fullscreen mode. But that doesn't have anything to do with FSR. The best example I tested was cyberpunk. If you enable FSR (or any others), then set resolution to less than the monitor. In windowed mode you obviously see the target resolution is what you set it to, but in either fullscreen mode it will stretch the resolution you set to fill the screen. But that's not native, and it doesn't have anything to do with FSR.
@@PhazerTech This behavior could be RSR, but I'm not familiar with that since I'm currently using nvidia.
@@ostrava_ There's a difference between FSR and FSR 2. Games like Cyberpunk that have FSR in the menu are using FSR 2 which is more advanced and has optimizations specifically for that game. FSR (not 2) on the other hand can be enabled in any game, even if the game doesn't have options for it. It's not as good as FSR 2 but it's better than the monitor's built in upscaling. In Windows it's baked into the AMD drivers but in Linux it's baked into Proton. Here's an article talking about it on Pop OS support.system76.com/articles/use-amd-fsr/
@@PhazerTech Hmm, that doesn't sound quite right. Even the article has incorrect information, FSR doesn't use AI upscaling. FSR has to be implemented in the specific game by the developers. What you're describing is RSR. RSR is implemented at the driver level and is worse than FSR (per AMD). There do seem to be options to force FSR if the game hasn't implemented it, but until someone does testing to prove it's equivalent - I don't think it's comparable.
I see the same behavior I described before in Baldur's Gate 3. Which has FSR1. And it is an option in the menu, so I'm not sure where you got that from.
The resolution specified in the menu is the desired resolution. FSR (and the other ones) render the game at a lower resolution and output at the selected resolution. If you select 1440p in the menu, and it outputs 4k; then it's not the result of a normal FSR implementation.
The biggest issue is if you're playing competitive shooters, the anti cheat software ain't made for linux, yet.
@lindenreaper8683 Still many games use anti cheat that does not work on Linux, Battle Eye is one of those anti cheats
I don't know if I really like EndeavourOS much after trying it for a few days. I'm more of a GUI focused user, so the terminal is a bit difficult for me to get used to. Coming from Windows, where pretty much everything has a GUI, to EndeavourOS Linux was a bit diffiicult for me to get my head around, since there wasn't much help for someone like me who likes the GUI system approach...
Also, Assetto Corsa was quite difficult to get running in Endeavour. With Assetto being my favorite game on Steam, I at least want to have that game to play 🙂 All the car and track mods for AC just keep me coming back for more...!
@@ZeldaACFan17 There are tools that provide a GUI for all the software packages and updates, but of course, to install those apps you'll need to use the terminal. Like I said, Linux does take more fiddling around but that's also why it's more customizable. But no worries, I guess it's not for everyone. I do agree Assetto Corsa is more difficult to get working than the majority of games on Linux.
@@PhazerTech The terminal does get easier to use the more I try it though 🙂 Maybe I could try using help commands to figure out what each terminal command means and what they do?
@@ZeldaACFan17 Yes that's true, nobody can learn it overnight, just takes time to get used to it. And yes, entering ' --help' or ' -h' after a command will give you more information on the options you can use. This video seems to be a good one that goes over common commands and should give a better understanding of how terminal works ruclips.net/video/s3ii48qYBxA/видео.html
There's many tutorials out there for doing all sorts of things, it's just a matter of searching for them on Google or YT. Following tutorials is the best way to learn, and over time you'll start to remember everything. Of course it's not necessary to learn Linux, but I think people who are interested in computers should definitely try it since they'll learn a lot.
Going right to a distro like EndeavorOS was... a brave choice
The worst part of Windows is how they have OEMs in their pockets. I don't want a £100 Windows 11 key with my laptop thanks.
Ikr.. they could probably knock down the price a bit by excluding a bloated OS that many people won't even use.
Ditto. Already built my PC with Linux in mind, ran Windows 11, hated it, began to dualboot to test Linux and with Proton I was finally able to wipe Windows and use that space for more games and projects. Linux gaming is improving and we're at a point where you don't need to buy a license for an Operating system that shovels ads in your face.
Very true, Windows is becoming a joke with ads!
The only thing keeping me from switching are online multiplayer games with unsupported anti cheat software.
this, and not to mention not only that, especially emulators (android, some consoles ones)
True, because of anti cheat software there's some games that require workarounds or simply don't work yet. This hasn't affected me personally since I don't play many multiplayer games, but here's the list in case anyone's interested.
areweanticheatyet.com/
@@PhazerTech lel my two games that im playing right now are on broken here XDD and i didnt know some fighting games like dragon ball z fighter or Jump force are on anti-cheats (but they are still broken at it says here sadly :'D)
this will gonna take long to support on this..... unless this will be like forever not gonna happen on linux sadly...
@@lionelsioco123 Sorry to hear that. Improvements are being made rapidly so hopefully those games get fixed sooner than later.
I just keep a 250 gigabyte SSD with Windows on it in the box for when I want to play something that still doesn't run.
i use arch btw and thanks for the tutorial as it got tf2 working for me (on arch, btw)
Nice buddy, glad to hear it! This is relevant 😆: ruclips.net/video/2U1_Vi6zsNA/видео.html
with AMD no need to worry aboout drivers any more is build in the kernel
The kernel drivers allow AMD GPUs to work straight out of the box, but they don't contain the latest Mesa library as far as I know. This is required for games that use Vulkan or OpenGL APIs.
I have only 1 question! I have a lot of games on my hard drive saved as zip files (I ripped them from their CDs, because CDs get easily f'd up) and on Windows I simply uncompress them & Install them normally. So far, I haven't seen any good functioning approach for this kind of installation on Linux.
Besides Wine etc, does anyone have any other recommendations for installing my ripped games from my zip files on Linux?
Nice video too!
Thank you! I think Bottles would be a good choice for what you're trying to do. It uses Wine under the hood but is much more user friendly, just install the .exe like you normally would.
@@PhazerTech I tried bottles, but it was a bit malfunctioning. It's okay! I still have a lot of tools I use to debloat my Windows installations, so no problem! Thanks for the response!
Honestly I would switch if I could use Chimera OS or HoloISO. I unfortunately have an NVIDIA GPU and as we all know, NVIDIA is notorious for being absolute shit on linux thanks to their proprietary drivers
Yep unfortunately peoples experience with Nvidia can be hit or miss. I know some people have had luck, but others haven't. Personally I'd try either Pop OS or EndeavourOS since they have Nvidia drivers preinstalled.
I tried to switch back to windows and I couldn't 😂
Lol I know, especially after all the customization I've made to my desktop, the overall experience is just that much better it's impossible to go back!
Which Distros you guys use?
I currently use EndeavourOS which is Arch based, but to be honest I think an Ubuntu based distro would be the easiest for most people. Pop OS is popular if you have an Nvidia card, but personally I prefer the KDE desktop so I suggest Kubuntu.
@@PhazerTech Been on the look out for "what's the best for gaming distro" nowadays, and came across a lot of content with Mint, Pop_OS and this Solo project Nobara which has good reviews. So I'm curios as to what other people are using and what they recommned.
Ty 😁
@@100eura Nobara looks like an excellent choice and is pre-optimized for gaming, but I haven't tried it myself yet. The only thing to keep in mind is that it's based on Fedora, while most guides/tutorials are for Ubuntu distros, so for people who are new to Linux I think Ubuntu would be easier.
But one of my most played games does not work in Linux -- Fortnite. Does Bottles work for this?
I don't think it works in Bottles either unfortunately. It seems like Xbox-Cloud is the only way to play it on Linux at the moment areweanticheatyet.com/?search=fortnite
Nope, Epic need to enable their own anti cheat software on Linux for the game to run... and yes there is a Linux version of their anti cheat software.
@@notjustforhackers4252 they still havent done it tho lol
i did too and i love it
what distro are you running
I'm running EndeavourOS, check out my video on it here: ruclips.net/video/2U1_Vi6zsNA/видео.html
i love linux its the best os but sadly i have an nvidia gpu so no good wayland for me (i will sell it and by an amd) but other than the nvidia gpu acting up it is a verry good experience
What distro? I didn't hear it.
I'm currently using EndeavourOS, but any Arch based distro will give the same results.
General Question to the Community. is the Performance on Nvidia cards also as good as on Windows? Because i know that the NVIDIA drivers are weird blablabla
Depends entirety on the game. Some better, some worse. NVIDIA still have a lot of catching up to do on Linux if they want to compete with AMD on gaming, but they're perfectly serviceable and generally work fine. If gaming is what you want to do on Linux get rig of that NVIDIA card.... if you want to game AND uses Pro production software stick with NVIDIA.
I just switched to Linux, but it hasn't been free from issues. I have mostly solved the majority of them but I have MAJOR frametime issue (not fps) in Darktide, can you help? It wont run with gamemode on.
5800X3D, 6700XT, Fedora, Mesa 24.1.2, Proton 9.2 and GE Proton 9.7.
Try different Proton versions. Also gamemode isn't a necessity so if it works without it that should be fine.
Let's Go! So glad you include starCraft!! Time to hit that ladder button again!
Yeah buddy!!
Zelda font in your profile pic and intro! 😀 Zelda is one of my favorite game series 😊
Haha yup, Zelda is one of my favorites as well. I grew up with Nintendo and PC games mostly, but I played the other consoles at friends houses. I see you've used the same font in your profile pic as well, Nice! 😁
@@PhazerTech My other favorite game is Assetto Corsa, a car racing sim 😉 The AC in my username stands for that, Assetto Corsa 🙂
I've been looking at Linux because I simply want more customization, to make my PC look and feel more unique 🙂 With Windows there are lots of programs to help bring more customization in, but having all those programs running at startup might slow the whole system down... And not only that, but Windows has a lot of stuff that I don't ever use, like server specific programs, or faxing and printing utilities... I mainly use my PC for gaming, so I don't want to waste space with things I don't use
@@ZeldaACFan17 That's awesome, racing games are a lot of fun! I wish I had a wheel and pedal set since racing games just aren't the same with a controller or mouse/keyboard. (Mario Kart is an exception.. it's fun no matter what).
If you're new to Linux then I suggest you check out my guide on installing EndeavourOS. ruclips.net/video/2U1_Vi6zsNA/видео.html
Linux does have a learning curve but once you get the hang of it it's super nice. Customization is certainly a strong point on Linux!
Also be sure to check the protondb site for each game you want to run. Some games will run without tweaks, others will require some tweaks to get working. Read the comments to see how others got it working. www.protondb.com/app/244210
@@PhazerTech I think a distro with the KDE desktop would be a good one for me, for the customization aspect, although I want a distro that's good for games too.
I am a pretty tech-savvy guy Linux for virtually all of my productivity and computing needs. However, games are something I do in my free time - I don't want to worry about editing config files, updating drivers, setting custom launch options and so on. I could figure it out if I wanted to, but, for something I do in my free time just to relax and have fun, nothing beats the plug-and-play experience that you get in Windows.
That's why I have two drives in my system, one that boots Ubuntu linux that I use for basically everything, and another drive with an extremely minimal installation of Windows that I ONLY use for running games.
Until Linux just "works" out of the box like Windows, I'm not going to bother trying to get it to work with games. Just not worth my time.
The vast majority of games just "work" out of the box. All you need to do is enable proton in Steam. Only a handful of games need special launch options. Also you're getting confused about updating drivers, that's a Windows thing. I've never had to go out of my way to update the drivers in Linux. Honestly you should try it out first before knocking it down.
@@PhazerTech I tried to play Metro Exodus on Ubuntu 22.04 and couldn't get it to work. OTXO did work out of the box though
@@KillianDefaoite Well Metro Exodus is one of those games you need to set launch options. Make sure proton is enabled then copy and paste the command from the first comment here: www.protondb.com/app/412020
But like I said, from my experience the vast majority of games don't need custom launch options.. just enable proton and it works.
@@PhazerTech Ok. Thanks for the advice.
microsoft's obsession with bloat and their hatred of the user will be their downfall
Money is all that matters to them, users be damned.
Im dualbooting right now windows and gentoo linux, love linux but I need windows for photoshop and lightroom, some multiplayer games wont work on linux too :(
Keep in mind there are alternatives for Adobe software that are native on Linux!