Is Linux GOOD For Gaming in 2024

Hey there, gamers! Welcome back to our channel. Today, we're diving deep into the world of gaming on Linux. Yup, you heard that right! Linux isn't just for coding wizards and tech geeks anymore; it's making waves in the gaming community too. But is it all sunshine and rainbows, or are there some storm clouds lurking? Let's find out together.

5 Reasons Why Linux is Good for Gaming:
1. Linux supports more games than ever before.
2. Plug-and-play support for many controllers.
3. Pre-installed Nvidia drivers on select distributions.
4. Recent drivers have improved shader compilation on AMD GPUs.
5. Tons of utility tools.

5 Places Where Linux Still Lacks As Compared to Windows:
1. Restrictive DRM doesn't like Linux.
2. Third-party launcher woes on Linux.
3. Linux emulator support is a little lacking.
4. Linux sports fewer third-party tools.
5. Windows gives you the latest and greatest, day one.

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[Dojan]

Ugh. With ML models becoming so accessible, the internet is slowly dying. Everything is fucking AI generated.

[guyvvbhvgdcvhyf-ylol]

I've been gaming exclusively on Linux for the last five years with no more issues than when I was on Windows.
And the best is that I'm not going to end up with ads in my start menu. XD

[IshayuG]

That’s quite some AI voice you got there, huh?

Well, you’re wrong about launchers for sure. Linux’s are generally community run and they are designed to let the user run and manage their games as easily as possible. They do not try to restrict you to certain stores - not even Steam. (You can add external games)

It just runs the dumb proprietary launchers for you, runs the game, and closes them back down.

[PropaneWP]

I wish this AI could pick one pronunciation of 'Linux' and go with it.

[AhmdHaSSan]

Sehr gutes Video. Bin mit dem C64 und anschließend mit einem 386 SX25 groß geworden. Dos 5.0 und recht schnell, 6.22 und Windooof 3.1. War eigentlich immer zufrieden.... aber nachdem 8.1 raus kam, war ich unzufrieden und ich habe Linux ausprobiert, natürlich nur im Dual Boot oder auf virtueller Ebene. Nachdem Windoof 10 raus kam, habe ich mehr und mehr mit Linux experimentiert und ca. 70 Distros ausprobiert. Windows 11 habe ich ca. ein Jahr benutzt und bin mittlerweile Windooof frei. Im Moment benutze ich PopOS zu zocken und Manjaro im Dual Boot zum Arbeiten. Für den Notfall habe ich noch eine externe SSD mit Windows 11, aber hauptsächlich nutze ich nur noch Linux. Mittlerweile nutze ich neben PopOS und Manjaro, auch noch eine dritte SSD mit Batocera, damit ich meine Retro Games unbeschwert zocken kann...

[kurt]

Actually no.1 reason to game on linux is because windows sucks more and more with each update. Never mind all the data Microsft gets about you, but your PC is not even your PC anymore. You are forced to sign in with your Microsoft account, so their server decide when and if you are allow to use your pc, Microsft reads everything you type in Office, you got ads in everything now from file browser, start menu, even in the shut down screen. You wrote something in a Word document that Microsoft does not like, you can't use your pc anymore. I am not buying a 2-3000 Euro PC to beg Microsoft for permision to use it.

[peterjansen]

DRM-problems are as good as solved since the SteamDeck launched (Valve fixed it for most of the games back then). I don't think that we should mind some games getting blocked on Linux due to kernel-level anti-cheat not being supported, we should not want that to run on our system anyway, it is too dangerous and too privacy-invading. Yes, it happens at times that launchers break, the EA-launcher broke a few times in the last years but it always got fixed, the Ubisoft launcher is a mess, I would recommend to avoid Ubisoft-games if you game on Linux. For example, Far Cry 3 still didn't work properly the last time that I tried it, a few years ago. In regard to gaming on Linux in general, mostly it is fine (outside the mentioned issues) but there are some exceptions. Most of the games which I play have native-level performance, some small differences (both bad and good) but near the same level. Here an example of an exception. I have been playing Borderlands3 recently and that game still is a bit broken 5 years after launch. I can't exactly put my finger on the problem but when you play the game for some time eventually you get bad stutter: 100-200 ms spikes for 1 framewith an average FPS of 80-110. This could be explained by either compiling shaders - which should be precompiled - or by bad memory-management. Just waiting on the same spot for a while can solve it. But this is the exception, it is more a developer-problem than a Linux-gaming-problem but it could be worse on Linux than on Windows if it is caused by shaders having to get compiled while running the game due to it needing to be done twice when you use dxvk.

[thepaladinmisthios]

Pick one way to pronounce Linux and stick with it!
I've swapped to Linux and a change was made on installing the ESO game with Lutris, so I had to use Steam. Otherwise, I've had zero other issues.

[orhan]

One thing I love with Linux fps it's so stable

[bidomo]

hardware problems? is this the early 2000's? Thats not been the case for at least like 15 years ...

About the 3rd party enhancemens, anticheat and stuff, is not wrong, but hardware support? thats not a problem since like early 2010

[RideTheSkies]

Can linux bypass gpu checks from nvidia? Causes problems for me when using zluda. don't want to ever buy a spoofer

[alecstrickland]

I didn't even make it in 30 seconds into the video before stopping it. FFS, even the video description is AI generated

[Stuke]

If Fortnite ever embraces Linux then I will have nothing stopping me from switching over. Until then I still need windows but I’m loving the progress that’s been made in the last few years.

[EmbeddedSorcery]

Can't wait until YouTube enables reporting of AI videos.

[sargetyu]

Wanna switch from win10 by the end of support date. Total newbie to linux.
My use case is vid recording/twitchstreaming an some basic editing. I do alot of gaming and emulation. I also watch youtube netflix dinsey+ amazon prime and i like google chrome and firefox for net browsing. Not a big fan of telemetry.
Acer nitro5 gaming laptop
Nvid geforce gtx 1650
Amd ryzen 3550h cpu
20 gb am
256 gb ssd
1tb hdd
Also i use my ps4 pad for my pc gaming and also use wiimotes for lightgun games.

One extra thing is i like how batocera seems from the vids i saw but i heard its meant to be used offline as its notsecure

[adegbrs]

After installing Pop os with Nvidia, I was told to update them anyway using other repos ? Can you help me here ? Cheers

[radanju]

Will Linux support Train Simulator Classic with RailDriver hardware support anytime soon? Or am I stuck with Windows until I cannot cough up anymore money to upgrade due to not limited to inflation?

[unkownx]

it depends.... it depends on the games, it depends on the distro and it depends on the GPU. easiest way it's the steamdeck. the major it's Anti cheat, and there's a lot extras that can't work on Linux well yet. also... cut the AI voice man :/

[filipepinho]

Then kernel anti-cheat is throwing at us to set back the linux gamming community, thought I'll be honest at least we're free and safe from that! And actually some of those intrusive anti-cheats are now linux compatible by running in user-space (not kernel)... Still some anti-cheats are not compatible yet! A good thing also is that some distros can even work with containers seamlessly, witch means that less trusted software can only exist inside a container and not polluting the host OS.

[AI.Musixia]

linux and gaming? yes old games new are at linux everyday some games drops in fps from 165 too 7fps ... every day .... again update and hope get a gpu update... amd shaders are useless as f....! iam 100% pissed of linux gaming... proton is bugging not working or wont work at all anticheat is the endgame ... i wnt too be a tryhard linux user but atm i dont think its worth it if i cant play my games its 100% useless ;D
games with native linux support bugging to from 165fps too 7-14fps from one too an other day and this daily...