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Microsoft tries to convince Windows 10 users to buy a new PC with full-screen prompts
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this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2024
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I'm praising Valve right now for all the work they've put into Proton.
95% of my games work on Linux. Quite a few windows specific programs too. Praise proton and the wine team!
Yes, because of Proton, I'm seriously considering dumping Microsoft now. My big holdup was my library of Steam games. I just found out about Proton a couple of weeks ago, and as it turns out, most of my games are pretty compatible.
My game library was what was holding me back too. Now I just have to see if animationdesk runs on linux and I'll be all set make the switch.
If it doesn't I don't know what I'll do. I haven't found any other animation programs built primarily around onion skinning. I don't need AI to create the tweens for me. I just want a bare bones program that let's me do everything by hand.
I'll have to check when I get out of work today and if it's all good I'll probably start researching installation processes this weekend. I don't know much about Linux, but I guess I'm about to learn
Do it! I just made the switch (using PopOS as my distro, AMD CPU, 1080ti GPU) and haven't had much trouble with my extensive Steam collection. The biggest issue so far was Bioshock Infinite which actually runs native and I had to edit some configs for texture pools. SteamVR / Index has been a little unstable but seems to generally work (I don't use it enough to be sure if it's Linux or my hardware getting old).
SteamDB has been a excellent resource for checking compatibility and game specific tweaks.
Civ6 also has issues with the Linux version due to Aspyr slacking. A bunch of the newer content hasn't been ported yet. Fortunately, you can force Steam to install the Windows version and run it with Proton.