Experience: I have a bit of experience with Linux. I started around 2008, distro-hopped weekly, decided on Debian until around 2011, when I switched to Windows as I started getting interested in gaming. Tried switching back around 2015, this time using Arch Linux for about a month, but had some bad experiences with gaming and switched back to Windows. I have had a Debian and Arch VM in Virtual Box since then for testing different applications and a more coherent environment to work with servers.

Understanding: Which brings me to now, I am really interested in using Linux for gaming, I know there is Proton from Valve and that they have been really pushing Linux gaming forward with it.

Thoughts: I have been contemplating dual booting by installing Debian to an SSD and simply using the UEFI boot menu to choose instead of having to install to the EFI of Windows.

I guess, I should just do it, as it won’t affect my Windows installation, and I could test different games and if all works well, move over. This would also allow me to try different distributions, though my heart is for Debian, I even like Debian Unstable.

Note: I am sorry for the wall of text, I am just kind of anxious I guess.

  • @Nithanim
    3•11 months ago

    If the game is on steam it is pretty easy. I just install the newest custom proton from glorious eggroll. And before i start a game for the first time is select this instead of the default proton. Then it just works generally. I don’t check protondb anymore, only in case of problems. I can’t even recall a game that doesn’t work currently. Granted, i don’t play AAA, only indie games.

      • @Nithanim
        2•11 months ago

        List of the best:

        • against the storm
        • deep rock galctic
        • astroneer
        • dyson sphere program
        • escape simulator
        • factorio (native linux)
        • hardspace shipbreaker
        • outer wilds
        • timberborn
        • valheim (native linux)
        • vampire surviors
        • talos principle
        • war for the overworld

        Maybe:

        • monster sanctuary
        • grow home/up (ubisoft development but without the bullshit what you normally get)
        • len’s island
        • superliminal
        • wreckfest
        • guild wars 2 (not indie and not non-AAA but still good; but you have to tweak a lot for performant gameplay)

        Thats a quick list that i got at a glance from steam. It is a collection of a lot of very different genres, so there should be at least something in there for everyone.

        Some of them I have not played in years and not sure about their current state but i am sure that they only became better.

          • @Nithanim
            1•11 months ago

            No problem! I hope you like some of them :)

            • @[email protected]English
              2•11 months ago

              I want to upvote you, but my Lemmee app won’t let me get to your comment, but I can react to it. I’m gonna have fun with some of these games for sure. One more thing, could you tell me what the post is where this comment chain finds itself? Then I could upvote you.

              • @NithanimEnglish
                1•11 months ago

                Glad that you might find some games interesting! The comment chains on lemmy are not working too great for me either. In the web UI of programming.dev and the liftoff app your comment in my notifications is fully interactable and therefore I am able to vote or reply. But if I remember correctly, the web UI is fully broken and shows my reply instead of your comment in my notifications if I reply. The context stuff is also interesting. On the web UI the context is not complete and I have no idea how it chooses what it shows. In the liftoff app it shows the context but a lot more than what I personally would call “context” (the complete tree of the root comment that was replied to). AND I am sorry, I missed your notification. The notifications in the liftoff app are so subtle that I basically have to check manually if I have any. And I don’t check because I don’t expect any.

                Addendum: for Guild Wars 2 I have a shitty “guide” if you need one: https://gist.github.com/Nithanim/443362f7b76d9a8d18abea2cb0daa00e