Gaming on Linux is NOT Ready... - Daily Driver Challenge Finale
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Published 2022-01-01
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It's been a month of Luke and Linus running Linux at home, and the frustrations are piling up. Just how easy is it to play whatever games you want on a Linux distro? What's the final verdict on daily driving Linux in 2021?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:52 The Premise
2:35 Steam
5:05 Windows Native Games
7:07 Native Linux Support
8:20 Fragmentation
9:58 Troubleshooting
13:00 Proton DB
15:00 Conclusion
17:20 Outro
All Comments (21)
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For me, hats off for game companies that have Linux version of their games.
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Honestly, I think the Linux community needs this kind of feedback occasionally. Please come back to this challenge again periodically, because every bug a high profile YouTuber runs into is one that's going to pick up more traction to get fixed. Plus, for you it'll be a good measuring-stick for when the fabled Year of the Linux Desktop has arrived.
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I’d like to think Linus’s son is just happily playing whatever game his dad wants to, but then hops onto a discord channel with Luke and goes “suit up nerd we’re playing Warzone.”
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I want a remake of this video one year later, with all the work Valve has done on proton as well as community driven projects such as heroic launcher and emudeck!
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Out of all this, I just love that Luke, Linus and his son play games together
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My TL;DR with Linux gaming after like 2 years of daily driving it is: It can be hit or miss, with the misses being a potential timesink to turn into a hit, or just unfixable on your side.
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I would LOVE a remake of this series, a LOT has happened since this video came out and gaming on linux has come a long way since then.
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I feel like LTT could implement this into a yearly challenge, seeing how rapid the Linux gaming scene seems to be moving with valve, steam deck and proton. Coming from a Windows user wishing to migrate to Linux.
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I'd like to thank LTT for the video, even though nothing said is shocking or out of blues for me, going though it, verifying and documenting the experience should be very valuable to the community.
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I appreciate the honest approach they took here. Everyone knew that there was going to be a portion of the Linux community that was going to flip the F out regardless of the outcome and calling them windows or console shills, but this has pretty much been my recent experience as well, although I admit that Proton seems to be in better shape now than it was last year. I will admit that it's literally ten times better today than when I tried to make the same transition ten years ago.
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This series convinced me to try and use linux with a windows vm. Those videos were for me a bit like a advertisement, even though they were pointing out the problems. Would like to see more videos about Linux, they are enjoying to watch
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I have had CrossCode in my wishlist for so long and finally bought it after being reminded of its existence thanks to this video. I haven't finished it yet but it is sooo good I wish I bought it sooner. Instant favorite.
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I daily drive Linux, and I do game on it, but gaming is definitely at the bottom of the list of reasons that I run Linux
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Please keep up the series with other activities other than gaming. The attention that you guys brought to some issues made a lot of developers aware of the problems and they got fixed. Kudos to KDE team here.
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You should revisit this challenge soon (or just wait until SteamOS releases) to see how far it's come because of the Steam Deck and Valve's work on Proton.
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One year later Steam deck has launched and has been a huge success. And linux gaming has come a long way as a result.
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The script work on this episode was amazing. Amazing to see both of you talk back to back in similar avenues. Give props to the writers!
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As much as I love Linux and I’m competent in it, I totally recognize that I’m somewhat of a masochist.
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Thank you Linus! This challenge encouraged me to switch to Linux(Ubuntu). I am happy I did! I am sure other people did this, too. All of the issues you mentioned are 100% true. The more eyes on Linux the better! Hopefully, you will try this again next year or so and see if it gets any better! Thanks for giving this a go!
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an update on this challenge is badly needed. I already ditched Windows 😂
