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.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] Redscare867@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don’t game much, but with the few games I do occasionally play I’ve had really good success at getting them to run on Linux under proton. It’s way better than it was even a few years ago.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[–] helios@social.ggbox.fr 3 points 11 months ago

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.