Gaming on Linux hasn't been great so far...
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It's been a little while since we did our first Linux video... so today we talk about the performance comparison between Linux and Windows with bonus footage...

Follow-up video to https://lemmy.world/post/32690521

Spoiler alert: the main reason he says the experience “hasn’t been great” is because shortly before posting the video his Linux install mysteriously broke and he had no idea why. Therefore, he recommended dual-booting Windows just in case.

Cue sea of comments explaining that the reason for the error he was getting was that Windows screwed up his bootloader (i.e. the problem was caused by dual-booting to begin with, LOL).

  • Ronno@feddit.nlEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    How does that help anything? The channel is trying it out, a channel that is objectively more technically skilled than the average PC gamer. So if they can’t make it work, or can’t make it work seamlessly enough, then there is an issue. It reinforces the image that gaming on Linux is difficult, which frankly, it is.

    • barryamelton@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 hours ago

      His install is broken because Windows breaks the dual booting, and Microsoft has refused to fix it for a decade already…

      • squaresinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 hours ago

        I hate that the Linux community is so quick to fall into blame mode.

        That user has an issue using Linux. It’s an issue that’s not uncommon and it does stop that user from using Linux.

        As an user, does it matter who’s at fault that his Linux install isn’t working as expected?

        Say you buy a brand new Fiat, and 5 kilometers out of the dealership the transmission just dies.

        Are you going to say “Using this car sucks” or are you going to say “The subcontractor that made the clutch mechanism in that transmission sucks”?

        If your car dies, you are not getting to work today. This sucks. You don’t care who is at fault, using an unreliable car sucks.

        To get back to Linux: If some beginner goes through the trouble and fails, it’s very little help to call them out for being a beginner or to aim the blame.

        OOP’s assessment is correct: Linux is nice, but there are pitfals for people who aren’t versed in all the things that can go when using Linux. And yes, this one was caused by Windows, but that really doesn’t help a novice user who’s Linux won’t boot anymore.