[try to download some software to fix ONE issue in a game, get stuck for ten minutes on the C++ 2015 redistribution screen, software still doesn’t work]

  • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net
    4·
    3 days ago

    One of the many reasons I spent yesterday switching to Mint. Spent a while fucking around trying to get my drives to work but I only ruined everything and had to reinstall from the start once.
    After I worked out Darktide really wanted to be on the same disk as Steam and needed an additional proton package it ran smoother than it did on Windows.

  • batsforpeace [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    yeah I’m on 10 ltsc and too lazy to change (except for migrating to a newer SSD to speed it up) but I see people are saying Bazzite linux is good for gaming now

    • tombruzzo [none/use name]@hexbear.net
      2·
      3 days ago

      I put Bazzite on an old laptop I bought off my work. I think it comes with a few extra packages for gaming, but most of it is handled through Steam and Proton.

      You can get it to boot straight into Steam Big Picture mode like SteamOS so it’s great for handhelds or loungeroom PCs.I think there’s an option to not do that but you need to make that decision when you download the image version.

      It’s kind of like the ‘SteamOS at home’ distro that’s almost as good. The go-to gaming option if your hardware isn’t supported by SteamOS

    • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net
      2·
      3 days ago

      As far as my last few days of reading about distros can tell, all of them are good for gaming - Proton does the heavy lifting, and the only thing it seems completely unable to deal with is kernel level anticheat. Bazzite is built to streamline gaming, particularly across multiple devices (eg PC and handheld), but as long as you can work out how to install Steam you can game on any distro.