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Dualboot is evil, use only linux (programming.dev)
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (6 children)

I love Linux, but damn unless you use Amd video cards. It’s a hard sell, especially if you’re a gamer. Not to mention, how often games break because they’re designed for windows. So dual boot is reasonable, in my opinion.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Why? I have an nvidia card and haven't noticed any major issues. It hasn't even bricked the system on a driver update in years now.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    I wasn’t talking about bricked systems, just the games themselves have issues and glitches. Especially with Nvidia. Not all games mind you. Plus the performance tax on Nvidia with Linux.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I've been on Nobara for a year or so now with my nvidia 4090. I can't think of a game that I couldn't get running that wasn't related to the anti-cheat or VR. I had a hankering for Mass Effect 3 multiplayer. Getting the EA play app going through Lutris worked but was not consistently great at launching. ProtonDB said it ran fine through Steam so I ended up buying it last sale for $5 and it does run fine that way. Helldivers 2 has a single pixel white boarder around the window but otherwise it runs fine. Heck even Ultima Online works (and Outlands!) I've been gaming on Windows PCs for 30 years. It's pretty close if not the same performance to me.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    For the most part it’s fine for me too. But just recently ran into some major issues with Blizzard games. So I definitely like to keep a dual boot for that reason. As well as compatibility and troubleshooting issues.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It used to be much, much worse. While some people still struggle a little with Nvidia on Linux, it seems perfectly usable in most distros and games by now.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I agree it has improved, but I still have enough issues to where for me anyways. To justify dual boot, that is until I get an AMD video card. Believe me if I didint have to constantly find Nvidia workarounds, for performance and bugs. I would be on Linux 100 percent of the time.

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