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Very positively surprised by how seamless the switch from Windows was (feddit.org)
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Today, I switched the last of my Windows machines to Linux: my gaming PC. I've been using Linux on servers for many years but was a bit apprehensive for gaming.

Turns out it just... works. Just installed steam and turned proton on, have zero performance or other issues. I'm using Ubuntu 25.04 for the 6.14 kernels NT emulation performance tweaks. Aside from there not being a catalyst driver for it and so I can't undervolt my card everything is great.

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[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had same experience. Linux install was less headache compared to windows since the only drivers I needed were nvidia.

It just works. Crazy how windows makes you forget that.

[–] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Fr try reinstalling Windows on a laptop and watch, helplessly, as the installation medium comes with zero drivers. Multi-billion dollar company my ass...

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

like an hour and a half superslow install, cachyos was so fast I thought it was an error

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Installing linux: step 1: install linux. (If distro eithout nvidia drivers, step 2: run 3 commands in console or use discover)

Installing windows: step 1: install windows. Step 2:activate windows, step 3: install drivers for every piece of hardware attatched to your pc, step 4 use cmd, regedit and/or sketchy download to debloat windows

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago

step 2: run 3 commands in console or use discover

Just one, no? Usually the installation instructions will tell you which package to install for your GPU.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago

By installing drivers do you mean: search the manufacturers website online, navigate through all the scam website to try to find the legit one, dig through the website to find your hardware, download a random executable file, execute it, select next next next, no I don't want to install mcafee, next, install.

[–] afaix@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Step 5. Watch it reboot overnight and download even more useless bloat

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh and step 7: Spend 10 minutes quitting, restarting discord and then restarting your pc to fix innumerable and common audio bugs caused by terrible windows drivers.

[–] afaix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah, and every restart takes 10 minutes of “preparing updates”

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Or quit out of your game to restart and install updates.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To its credit (of which there is little), Windows can handle most things these days just fine without externally obtained drivers. Gradually improving since 7 onwards. The only sore spots really are proper gfx drivers and printers. 10 and beyond will also gracefully handle being drive-swapped into completely different hardware.

If it's a reinstall, activation is automatic for OEM licences.

Step 4, yes, what a shitshow. Way too many hoops and hurdles to go through just to get a functional OS without the bloat and guff.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

"just fine" is not what gamers want, besides sometimes new drivers offer sizeable boosts to stability and framerates.

[–] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

the last few times step 4 ended badly, all of the debloat tools i found did a bit too much

[–] whats_all_this_then@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Installing windows step 4 if you're playing games not off the main stores, install:

  • DirectX 9 Jun 2010
  • Visual C++ Redistributables (2008 - whatever the latest is)
  • .NET Framework 3.5 (if you wanna play older games. You have to do this from from programs and features)
[–] enthusiasm_headquarters@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Use Wine and Proton instead,

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

I did not count it since steam does it automatically usually.

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Both Microsoft and Nvidia are multi-trillion dollar companies.