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It was necessary for games. (Source: I dual-booted Windows XP and Gentoo Linux in 2002.)
Games is one of the blockers for me. I'm really hoping the Steam Deck changes things so that Windows is no longer needed at all.
Right now we're just on stage 1, where almost everything that runs on the Steam Deck needs a compatibility layer. I'm hoping that the next step is developers building for Linux as well as Windows to run better on the Steam Deck, which would mean zero performance loss playing on a Linux desktop.
Dude, I said I needed Windows for games in 2002. I've been Linux-only for gaming for the better part of a decade now.
As long as you're okay with skipping the few games from asshole developers who deliberately make it difficult, the transition you're hoping for already happened.
I donβt game much, but with the few games I do occasionally play Iβve had really good success at getting them to run on Linux under proton. Itβs way better than it was even a few years ago.
It's the "under proton" I don't like. It means the performance is never going to be 100% of what you get if you run it natively. Maybe in 90% of games the performance is close enough that I'd never notice, but I play enough games that for now it makes sense to have a dedicated game OS, which is all Windows is these days to me.
You're underestimating the performance gains from getting rid of the Windows overhead though. Somethings run so much better that it is kind of absurd.
Honestly, I don't see a difference performance wise. There was even this game I've played called Gunfire reborn that was running noticably better under proton compared to win10 on my system. The actual problem that's still ongoing is games with anti-cheat though. Apex Legends enabled EAC on linux and it works like a charm, but most game devs don't care.