I’m on Linux and I don’t have your HD2 issue at all.
My guess is you have a setting that’s somehilow donking things up.
And quite honestly those kinds of problems are something that exists on Windows too.
I switched several years back (first to Mint then Nobara, and I’ll probably be migrating to Bazzite or CachyOS down the road) and I haven’t looked back, it’s a bummer you’re having a bad experience but it won’t apply to everyone.
I disagree that those things happen on Windows, at least with any comparable frequency. I can count on one hand the number of games that have caused me serious problems on Windows over 20 years. By comparison I can count on one hand the number of games that have worked without any issues on Linux.
Granted, I haven’t tried nearly as many games on Linux but that does illustrate the point pretty well, which is that most people aren’t going to fuss with settings for hours just to get a game to launch. They’re going to get frustrated and say “this doesn’t work” then switch back to Windows. I really want gaming on Linux to be a viable replacement but I honestly don’t think I would recommend it to any of my less technically inclined friends. It would just be an annoyance to them.
I legit have the opposite problem. Everything I want to play works on Linux. Windows was installing an incorrect LAN driver to my system, first once a week, now it seems every day. Gone all the way through the registry, downloaded Intel’s dumb ass app. Even manually installed the driver and attempted to tell windows not to touch it. It breaks my Ethernet connection every day, and I’m not restarting my damn PC every time I want to use it.
I’m currently running bazzite and it’s a pretty solid option if you’re looking for a strictly gaming experience. Steam and Discord work great, modding can be a pain in the ass but that’s more to do with me not knowing my options than that OS. My biggest issue is that it isn’t great for everything else I do. Cad software, image editing, 3dprinting, every other hobby I have runs into constant stumbling points because bazzite doesn’t quite work like any of the other distros so even Fedora guides don’t work. Box buddy is supposed to fix that, but for the life of me I’ve never gotten it to successfully run anything.
Yeah, Bazzite being immutable is one of the reasons I’ve held off for so long. Its extra hoops are a learning curve, and I would argue the benefits of immutable are worth it, there’s just a time factor involved regarding learning. Hopefully as things develop, guides and workflows will simplify everything, and drag people over.
I’m on Linux and I don’t have your HD2 issue at all.
My guess is you have a setting that’s somehilow donking things up.
And quite honestly those kinds of problems are something that exists on Windows too.
I switched several years back (first to Mint then Nobara, and I’ll probably be migrating to Bazzite or CachyOS down the road) and I haven’t looked back, it’s a bummer you’re having a bad experience but it won’t apply to everyone.
I disagree that those things happen on Windows, at least with any comparable frequency. I can count on one hand the number of games that have caused me serious problems on Windows over 20 years. By comparison I can count on one hand the number of games that have worked without any issues on Linux.
Granted, I haven’t tried nearly as many games on Linux but that does illustrate the point pretty well, which is that most people aren’t going to fuss with settings for hours just to get a game to launch. They’re going to get frustrated and say “this doesn’t work” then switch back to Windows. I really want gaming on Linux to be a viable replacement but I honestly don’t think I would recommend it to any of my less technically inclined friends. It would just be an annoyance to them.
I legit have the opposite problem. Everything I want to play works on Linux. Windows was installing an incorrect LAN driver to my system, first once a week, now it seems every day. Gone all the way through the registry, downloaded Intel’s dumb ass app. Even manually installed the driver and attempted to tell windows not to touch it. It breaks my Ethernet connection every day, and I’m not restarting my damn PC every time I want to use it.
I’m currently running bazzite and it’s a pretty solid option if you’re looking for a strictly gaming experience. Steam and Discord work great, modding can be a pain in the ass but that’s more to do with me not knowing my options than that OS. My biggest issue is that it isn’t great for everything else I do. Cad software, image editing, 3dprinting, every other hobby I have runs into constant stumbling points because bazzite doesn’t quite work like any of the other distros so even Fedora guides don’t work. Box buddy is supposed to fix that, but for the life of me I’ve never gotten it to successfully run anything.
Yeah, Bazzite being immutable is one of the reasons I’ve held off for so long. Its extra hoops are a learning curve, and I would argue the benefits of immutable are worth it, there’s just a time factor involved regarding learning. Hopefully as things develop, guides and workflows will simplify everything, and drag people over.