Yes, I’ve heard the same and confirmed from experience everything that’s been said haha. I do like Debian and derivatives, but it’s true that more often than not, the libraries that games require are always outdated there (even using sid) which means a lot of stuff not even launching… The small scene from Linux repacks also relies on the latest libs, I remember LinuxRulez telling a lot of people to ditch Debian and use Arch instead if users wanted to use their repacks without any issues. Time flies, I miss that dude.
The general argument I’ve read in the gaming community is that many run their games through Wine anyway, so playing everything natively takes a backseat and isn’t a priority, which I suppose works too I guess… Personally I would always prefer native builds when available, but to each their own. 😅
I don’t sail the seas often. Sometimes for an AA OR AAA(never a AAAAAAAAAA) title I refuse to pay £100+ for. Usually to just uninstall it when it’s boring repetitive shit. I do have quite an extensive indie and A game collection. I do my best to get games with native builds whenever I can, if only to show that there’s a market for them. And for the most part, you can really tell which Devs have made Linux native builds a core part of the process and which had it as an afterthought.
I’ve got a few games that just run better using the windows build through Proton. I still persist with aiming for 90%+ Linux native builds for new additions to the collection.
Yes, I’ve heard the same and confirmed from experience everything that’s been said haha. I do like Debian and derivatives, but it’s true that more often than not, the libraries that games require are always outdated there (even using sid) which means a lot of stuff not even launching… The small scene from Linux repacks also relies on the latest libs, I remember LinuxRulez telling a lot of people to ditch Debian and use Arch instead if users wanted to use their repacks without any issues. Time flies, I miss that dude.
The general argument I’ve read in the gaming community is that many run their games through Wine anyway, so playing everything natively takes a backseat and isn’t a priority, which I suppose works too I guess… Personally I would always prefer native builds when available, but to each their own. 😅
I don’t sail the seas often. Sometimes for an AA OR AAA(never a AAAAAAAAAA) title I refuse to pay £100+ for. Usually to just uninstall it when it’s boring repetitive shit. I do have quite an extensive indie and A game collection. I do my best to get games with native builds whenever I can, if only to show that there’s a market for them. And for the most part, you can really tell which Devs have made Linux native builds a core part of the process and which had it as an afterthought.
I’ve got a few games that just run better using the windows build through Proton. I still persist with aiming for 90%+ Linux native builds for new additions to the collection.