Life After Microsoft Windows GAME ON!

Microsoft Windows OS Alternatives. Life After Microsoft Windows Cutting The Cord Series has officially begun and today's episode covers Gaming On Linux! Join me as I embark on a journey into the unknown a journey into the world of Linux. My goal is to give Bill Gates and his Microsoft Windows the one-finger salute but the question remains, can I use an alternative operating system (Linux) and install all the software needed to be a daily driver?
Or will I fail and come crawling back to Billy The Kid and his telemetry-stricken, privacy-disrespecting, bloated POS spyware operating system?
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[@jcristina]

Microsoft Windows OS Alternatives. Life After Microsoft Windows Cutting The Cord Series has officially begun and today's episode covers Gaming On Linux! Join me as I embark on a journey into the unknown a journey into the world of Linux. My goal is to give Bill Gates and his Microsoft Windows the one-finger salute but the question remains, can I use an alternative operating system (Linux) and install all the software needed to be a daily driver? Or will I fail and come crawling back to Billy The Kid and his telemetry-stricken, privacy-disrespecting, bloated POS spyware operating system? Do me a favor and place an emoji in the comments so I know you watched! Are you sick of MS Windows and are looking for an alternative? Would you consider Linux as a daily driver operating system? Would you want to play video games on Linux? Which games are of interest to you? or... are you just here to see me fail and mea culpa? Tell the truth! Subscribe, Share, and Like if so inclined! Also, after watching, consider commenting! Can't wait to hear from you in the comments below this video! 1-Hour SpaceX Starlink Setup and Network Design Consultations are available at jcristina.com/product/1-hour-consultation Don't forget to join my Newsletter: jcristina.com/join Super Chats And All Channel Donations Are Warmly Welcome! Thank You! Get a massive discount with PureVPN by visiting jcristina.com/vpn I truly hope you enjoy the video and find value in it! If so, please consider Thumbs Up, Subscribe, and Becoming A Member Of The Channel! For Media & Business Relations Contact 📧 jcristina.com/contact Thank you for supporting the channel! Interested in any products that I personally use? Visit www.amazon.com/shop/jcristina or go to the bottom of this description for direct links. If you would like to get a FREE copy of the Prologue to "How To Create A Digital Fort Knox - Backing Up Your Digital Life" or one of my other FREE books, simply visit jcristina.com/books Consider subscribing to the channel, commenting below, and signing up for my newsletter at jcristina.com/join Interested in any products that I personally use? Visit www.amazon.com/shop/jcristina or go to the bottom of this description for direct links. Highlighted Starlink Hardware I Have Tested In The Past: Ubiquiti amzn.to/3qC554s NetGate amzn.to/3cXiTTv Peplink amzn.to/3OnTsHM UTT Router amzn.to/3nJBLaL TP-link Router amzn.to/3IjkyhP TrendNET Router #1 amzn.to/3nVukx0 Small Battery Backup For Starlink - amzn.to/3ScbcrZ TP-link AC Router - amzn.to/3so07J1 TP-link AX Router - amzn.to/3sf2or8 TP-link Managed Switch: amzn.to/3EQJKZy TP-link Unmanaged Switch: amzn.to/3FVbaih For High-Speed Access Points (ex. Starlink or Cable) TP-Link Control Module (Gigabit) - amzn.to/3rVBqEx TP-Link AC1900 - amzn.to/3Q28y6N For Slower Speed Access Points (ex. ATT) TP-Link Control Module (100Mbps) - amzn.to/3Lduaf3 TP-Link AC1200 - amzn.to/3OLhlsK [ Social Media & Additional Connections ] 📦 20% Off Everything jcristina.com - Code YT20 🆓 FREE eBook jcristina.com/ebook 🌒 Dark Moon Teas DarkMoonTeas.com 🎬 KZbin - kzbin.info 🔖 Twitter - twitter.com/JosephCristina 👀 Instagram - instagram.com/JosephCristina 👨‍💼 LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/josephcristina 📖 Facebook - facebook.com/joseph.cristina 📰 Creative Discord Server - community.jcristina.com [ Equipment Used ] 💎 MB ] ASUS - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard - amzn.to/2rmR9LT 💎 CPU ] AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor - amzn.to/2pSCx4S 💎 COOLER ] Corsair Hydro H115i Extreme Liquid CPU Cooler - amzn.to/2rfEpJ2 💎 GPU ] MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card - amzn.to/2rndQ2o 💎 RAM ] Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 - amzn.to/2qo8PIv 💎 SSD ] Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" SSD - amzn.to/2rmXqH8 💎 DISPLAY ] Dell - UltraSharp 34” Curved Monitor - U3415W - amzn.to/2s6pvTs 💡 Video Lighting - amzn.to/2qrDOnH 🎬 Sony ZV-1 - amzn.to/3rFkfFj 🎬 Canon EOS R & Kit Lens - amzn.to/3lEZIC2 🎙 Tascam Mic w/Recorder - amzn.to/39Xb50C 🎙 Electro-Voice RE-20 - amzn.to/37SoBQt 🎙 Zoom H4n Recorder - amzn.to/3oyF2bh 🎙 dbx 286s Compressor - amzn.to/39SLTYY The above are my Amazon affiliate links - if you purchase anything using the links above, you're supporting this channel at no additional cost to you! I appreciate your support! @jcristina

[@luisribas1235]

I am an Ubuntu user and like you i have tried fedora, but returned to ubuntu due to an issue with fedora after an update, and i can say that with some time and dedication and the help of linux community, you will find everything you need on linux , and finnaly show the finger to Microsoft. Keep up your work, i am loving your videos . Greetings from Portugal

[@FrankBrickler]

🐯

[@jadefinchscene5644]

out of curiosity, why not use Debian or ubuntu or some other more common distro? the larger user base makes it easier to find solutions when we run into challenges. just thinking out loud.

[@GapRecordingsNamibia]

@@jadefinchscene5644 Ubuntu forums are not friendly at all, right off the bat, just saying hello, I was in trouble for just saying "hello", I tried it and just gave up because of the manner in which I was "helped" on the forum...... There are a lot of unfriendly people there and I was fortunate enough to find a few of them, Fedora on the other hand have done nothing but try to help and teach me about Fedora and how to use the system and why to run certain commands...

[@mintmag8748]

Every year I hear for far Linux has come for gaming. Every time I decided to give it another try I am disappointed.

[@chucklebeats]

With the Steam Deck, I realized I didn't need Windows anymore. Currently rocking Mint. It works and I don't need to tinker anymore. Heroic Launcher is also a god sent for games from GOG

[@jcristina]

I've not trying Heroic but heard a ton of good things.🤓

[@desmondsparrs]

Heroic is good. Its just a nice frontend for WINE. I dont game as much nowadays, usually do that via Steam. And non steam games via Bottles(great for apps too)

[@jcristina]

@@desmondsparrs thanks for that. Currently trying to get the Affinity Suite to run.

[@JFDSmit-rm6tw]

Minigalaxy is also a nice alternative for GOG Galaxy.

[@bigwavesun]

Same. Thinking about switching to Linux on my G15 5511. My only concern is driver compatibility, but tinkering with Arch Linux on the Steam Deck gives me confidence that I can figure it out. It's definitely not for someone who isn't used to tinkering and messing around with system files

[@darrylweidenhofer]

It was called windows, so Uncle Bill could look in.

[@jcristina]

😉 haahahahahahaha

[@darrylweidenhofer]

Yeah, someone once wrote that, and I thought it couldn't be more true.😊

[@OutLanderUSN]

Not gonna lie, I have Windows installed on a second drive, but I haven't booted into it in close to two weeks now. Linux runs everything I want just fine, even if I do have to do some tweaking. It's absolutely wonderful not having my case fans spin up randomly for no reason every few minutes.

[@jcristina]

sweet

[@JFDSmit-rm6tw]

Went Zorin 17 a few months ago, I noticed my computer runs notably cooler.

[@notuxnobux]

The reason games don't enable anti cheat on Linux is because they can't. Modern anti cheat are so called kernel level anti cheat, they run in the kernel space and can spy on every process on your system. These types of programs are not available for Linux. Easy anti cheat has an option to allow it to run on Linux but when it does that it doesn't run as kernel level anti cheat so it's less effective. That's why games don't enable anti cheat on Linux. Modern anti cheat is borderline malware with it's spyware.

[@jcristina]

AWESOME! Point well received, thank you

[@fredrik2008]

Not really true, most modern anticheats have linux versions. Its the developers that do not want too support another operating system, its too much work for them.

[@GoldenGrenadier]

What really makes my blood boil is anticheat that refuses to work in a VM. If I go to the trouble of setting up a dual GPU machine with VGA pass through, it had better run all the windows games.

[@michaeljohnson9760]

YES!!! Thank you for this episode!!! ProtonDB is what I need, and the game that was keeping me on windows IS labeled as gold! Best YT Channel!!! I'll be up all night now! lol

[@jcristina]

Blessings. Thank for being here and hanging out.

[@deusvermiculus1072]

which game, if i may ask ? ^^

[@PlanetEarth3141]

​@@jcristina That's GW2? Wow. I haven't been in a WoW style dungeon raid in about two decades. Very nostalgic to see such an event again. 😅

[@michaeljohnson9760]

@@deusvermiculus1072 Raft. I actually saw it scroll by in the video too, right after I searched it. I like the laid back games. lol

[@deusvermiculus1072]

@@michaeljohnson9760 ah ok. remember to set the launch options like the people over at ProtonDB are stating. and use the right Proton version

[@al1234]

Didn't Mac start from a BSD kernel and not Linux?

[@jcristina]

Yes. BSDi

[@Bonjour-World]

The current Apple Mac operating system is based on NeXTSTEP which had/has a kernel developed by Carnegie Mellon University called Mach Kernel. Apple acquired NeXT in 1997. Yes, NeXTSTEP was based on The Berkeley Standard Distribution which is based on UNIX from Bell Labs.

[@surject]

@@Bonjour-World Bingo.

[@Davidian1024]

MacOS and Linux are both Unix-like. Which definitely makes them very similar.

[@fuseteam]

@Davidian1024 mac is actually UNIX, Linux is UNIX-like

[@danielmantione]

Before Steam, it was Desura that did unlock Linux gaming. Yes, Valve did a hell of a lot to make Linux a viable gaming platform, but I'd say the before/after effect of Desura was bigger. Before Desura there was basically no gaming. Yes you could ID Software their games running on Linux, but those were basically the only major games. But after Desura started treating Linux equal to Windows... there was suddenly a lot. Still no AAA games, but you could do hours and hours of great gaming with games like Oil Rush, Stunt Rally or Airline Tycoon. And yes, then came Steam.... with more games than you could ever wish for. Only part of the catalogue was playable on Linux with often less FPS, but it was Steam in full glory and more games became available on Linux than you could ever play. And then came Vulkan and Proton...

[@jcristina]

Great info. Truly appreciate you taking the time.

[@fanis4093]

@@jcristina actually no, it was Humble Bundle. It paid programmers to port games games in 2010. There is history even before that. Loki software in 1998 was the first to publish commercial games for linux.

[@tnetroP]

I love this series. For anyone regularly using open source software I would encourage you to pick one of the projects and donate a small amount. It doesn't have to be a lot. It really does help the projects.

[@jcristina]

110% I’m going to try to get an interesting guest on the show. Hang tight.

[@dwsel]

​@@jcristinaSubbed for more of your content

[@Bonjour-World]

The Apple Macintosh operating system is NOT Linux !!! The current Mac OS is based on BSD UNIX (as well as some portions of MS Windows are also based on BSD UNIX ).

[@jcristina]

BSDi to be specfic.

[@realsifocopypaste]

freebsd :) ps4 /ps5 too

[@linux-hanny8480]

Hey all, I discovered your videos while watching KZbin on TV, and I am amazed at how professionally you first analyzed what you need and how you implement it. That's great. The only thing with the Nvidia driver is that you should leave that to the OS and not download it from the website, because after the next kernel change it could get hairy. I myself have been using Linux exclusively since 2018, but I got stuck with manjaro and also make videos about it on my small German channel, because I am a woman not so well visited. But I will continue to watch your videos. Until then, greetings from Germany

[@TheOnlyJura]

As you said, proton is basically a translation layer. However it's not translating the draw calls and shaders at runtime, that would be extremely slow. It's precalculating all the shaders and draw calls before even launching the game. So it's like talking to a chinese person and having a translator, who will teach the chinese person english, instead of translating the chinese for you.

[@jcristina]

Perfect!! Thanks so much for that!! Appreciate you.

[@VirtualAxiom]

This series is fun to listen to as someone who's been using Linux to varying degrees for about 10 years now, and has been keeping track of the progress Proton has made in making it a drop-in replacement for Windows for all but the most hyper-specific use cases. The difference between now and when I first made the commitment is honestly pretty remarkable. I only use Windows in a VM now for a few games that don't work under Proton, or have mods I can't live without that don't work under Proton. Its only other use is compartmentalization, so I can keep a clean game for casual play on Linux and a modded copy of the same game on Windows, like for randomizers and overhauls and whatnot. The number of games I couldn't play on my main system was enough to annoy me 4 years ago, but it's negligible now. You should give Dark Souls Remastered a try, it's listed as platinum on ProtonDB and works flawlessly for me on EndeavourOS. I would subscribe just to watch a full playthrough hahah. 😜

[@jcristina]

I will look up that game. Great comment. Thank you for the time!!

[@Good.Glacier]

Remember, distrowatch will give you all this information when you download the iso, the update schedule, and the frequency of crashes and bug fixes....love distrowatch

[@fossil8184]

When I caught the first episode of this series i was actually in the process of testing different distros in VM's to decide which one i wanted to use as my daily driver. I had used Linux off and on over the years but with Microsoft's current path for Windows I decided it was time to bail, now i'm running Mint debian edition and everything worked out of the box for me.

[@jcristina]

Mint is #2 current just under MX Linux as #1.. I'm currently using Fedora 40

[@JamesLewis]

I started gaming on Linux in ~1998 with Quake3, which I purchased a physical boxed Linux version in a store.... but I also played Wow under Wine starting in around 2006 (on Slackware)... so it's been possible to run Windows games on Linux for a long time!

[@jcristina]

OMG. My fav. Love Quake.

[@xiaor1ck213]

Damn. Gaming on slackware is goated

[@JureRepinc]

It's amazing how much gaming on GNU/Linux has advanced in recent years. We are at a point that many Windows (sic!) games work faster and smoother and more stable on GNU/Linux. And native games work even faster, especially when they are properly made, e.g. grand strategy games from Paradox. I got rid of my last Windows installation about year and a half ago when I bought Steam Deck and saw how well gaming works on GNU/Linux. Anti-cheat is a real problem, it is basically kernel level spyware/keylogger/rootkit and very bad for security and privacy of the system. I wouldn't run games that need it even on Windows.

[@jcristina]

Sadly. Most of the AAA shooters / competitive play games requires anti-cheat spyware.

[@Hreimr]

Nice video - well made and you mention the obstacles clear and the progressions as well, thank you.

[@jcristina]

Thank you so much

[@r.g.c.3897]

I installed Linux for the first time in 2007 and used it almost exclusively until around 2016. I began using Windows again because I began Gaming much more frequently. Linux was pretty flawless until sometime in 2010 when new systems were being introduced across Distros which caused many minor issues. Thankfully they seemed to be ironed out by 2011-2012. I started with PCLinux from 2007 to 2010 then went to Slackware till around 2016 after that I went back to PCLinux. I have gamed on Linux in fact one of the things that originally made it so easy to go all in on Linux back in 2007 was that the only MMO that I cared to play at the time had a native Linux client that worked on every Disto I tried it on and worked better than the Windows client. Which shows how easily developers could make games for Linux natively if they wanted to. Steam Deck may be nice but unless you use a very limited number of Distros you have little chance of getting it working correctly.

[@patrickowens9352]

Installed Ubuntu 24.04 on another drive and seems to be working pretty good. I dual boot (either Windows or Ubuntu) which helps me see what I can run and what I can't in Ubuntu. Good video.

[@jcristina]

Awesome!

[@davidhenry5128]

Steam has done a lot to advance linux gaming, but proton is based on the long running wine project, and many other open source projects have worked together to get linux gaming where it is today.

[@cyberbillp]

Mac comes from BSD.

[@chuzu77]

Mac is UNX, based on BSD and Unix. So a cousin at best. Nobara is Fedora for gamers and GE(glorious eggroll) maintains and updates Proton for gaming. But under the hood Nobara is just as good as a workstation and development system as Fedora. Heroic, Lutris and others are good launchers for games but Steam rules.

[@Siltprogramation]

The fact that Linux runs Windows games through WINE, a compatibility layer, faster just tell you how bad Windows is XD.

[@jcristina]

FACTS 🚀

[@cerescop]

I am not up on grub and the other actual aspects of Linux. I ran Linux Mint for 30 days. I didn't miss windows at all. Linux and steam played the games I like almost flawlessly. I like World of war ships, world of tanks, and all of WarThunder. Everything done in a browser worked with no problems you tube, videos, everything. It was crisper and just worked, and no adds.

[@ΜαρίνοςΤ-μ4ρ]

I subscribed when I found your first video on this series on how to cut the cord with Winows. I have wanted for a long while to move to Linux but the various distributions and packets what have you seemed confusing. I.e. flatpacked etc. the Terminal. Yeah, many a times I tried and my first being back on the mid 90s with Suse. (total failure) Back then one had to purchase the floppy disks. Anyways, my point is that the way you present things and explain them along with examples with the commands makes a difference. I believe once someone gets the basics then building from there will be easier. Cheers.

[@snowythecolaaddict]

The only reason I have an Separate SSD for windows is for VR. I hope when Linux gains enough of the market share, HP, Meta and other VR companies either make Linux drivers. I personally hate the idea of spending money on an OS packed with spyware and adware when I can get a better experience on the free alternative. Edit: Game recommendations: Octopath traveller Bioshock infinite Enshrouded GTA IV Spiderman Remastered Stray Also note: A lot of games that are rated silver and gold on ProtonDB has run right out of the box with little to no issues when it comes to my own personal experience. I would suggest you make a video of some of the more unknown games people have recommended as it could be a huge help for a lot of people :)

[@jcristina]

🚀🚀🚀

[@hellrazor2050]

Did try Linux back in the early 2000's but it couldn't compete with windows at the time as i am a gamer. Gave it another go recently and was pleasantly surprised .Linux covers everything i need . Don't play online so anti cheat not an issue office suite built in, Email client downloaded web browser downloaded Steams proton , Lutris and wine pretty much cover the gaming . Kept windows for a month just in case but not needed i am now an official MS Windows free zone .

[@jcristina]

I’m going to keep working on it. Stay tuned.

[@ShinyHelmet]

I dual boot Windows 10 and Nobara Linux 40. The only thing I miss when gaming on Linux is having a full software suite for tweaking the graphics card like the nvidia Control Panel or AMD Adrenalin software. It's a real shame that neither Nvidia or AMD bother to release some teaking software that has a few features like you get on Windows.

[@DavidCoutinhoCG]

yeah its true there isnt, but here is my 2 cents, have you seen GreenWithEnvy for Nvidia? or CoreCtrl for AMD? there is some software for overclocking in linux, for alternative to MSI afterburner you have a core called mangohud and gOverlay, with gOverlay you can set all kinds of stuff like fps limit, monitoring hardware.

[@JT-xo2ur]

Gaming wise, my "go to" games are Skyrim and Fallout 4. I can get both to run acceptably on Linux (I'm running Garuda). What I'm having troubles with is getting them both to run in tandem with Nexus/Vortex for mods. I know the community has been after Nexus/Vortex to come up with a Linux version, but they seem hell bent on ignoring these (growing) requests. I've yet to find any "community" port or such to bring it all together. So... my setup is to modify the load order in my bios to 1st load from external usb/ssd, then the laptop ssd, then the laptop hdd. All I do when I want to run Linux is plug in my SanDisk 1TB SSD, and it boots right in to Linux. If I want to run Windows, I just unplug the SSD, reboot, and presto, I'm in Windows. I agree with you , and many, that Windows will (shortly) be a SAAS model. I already hate that I have to upgrade every couple of years so I can keep getting bug/security fixes. But to have to pay a monthly subscription for the privilege of supporting some mega corp that looks after it's investors before looking after it's users is galling. Keep up your amazing work educating people on the REA L possibility of walking away from that Albatross that is Microsoft.

[@freeenergymobile]

All the tweaks that Nobara Linux does made it a great choice for my Inkscape projects.

[@Kai_Rengoku]

Started on Garuda Linux and progressed to CachyOS, finally broke down and did a manual install of arch, that’s where I remain and love it Try to avoid certain distros for my needs, gaming only

[@cougar02000]

Windows comes with an untold bloatware, some starting up at boot, not to mention the spyware that comes with Windows AKA telemetry, all this serves to drain the power and speed of Windows, and that could explain why Linux is faster than Windows.

[@craigharris9591]

Mac O/S is not Linux , it is in fact Unix pretty big difference..!!

[@jcristina]

It's based on BSDi but I didn't believe people would even know what that is.. Maybe FreeBSD??

[@renaldolares3035]

Thanks!

[@jcristina]

Thank you so much for your support.. True is helpful.. Many blessings to you and your family!!!! Enjoy the content!

[@moi196872]

Another great video. Not into gaming as I am blind. But, really thinking about moving from windows 10 to Linux. First reason sec security second reason not using the best hardware right now and wanting to see if I’ll get a little bit more performance out of it. Again thank you for the video.

[@RenderingUser]

0:47 technically, mac is a unix based system. mac is not linux, it simply shares the same ancestor. mac is actually even closer to bsd than linux 11:39 a little correction. proton is a distribution of wine. wine existed long before steam got involved. im still able to play steam games on plain wine.

[@surject]

It's based on Mach micro kernel (like NeXTStep) + BSD components. No Linux here indeed.

[@Textra1]

I thought moving to Linux would have a huge impact on my gaming but so far nothing in my Steam library won't play. I had a couple of non-Steam games that I had to use Lutris to get working but that wasn't too painful and they work just fine. So glad to be able to leave Windows behind.

[@JT.PlaysGames]

Nice video! I'd like to make one correction that bugged me. MacOS doesn't use the Linux kernel, but uses the Mach kernel, which was the kernel for BSD- derived NeXTSTEP,. BSD is a POSIX compliant UNIX. Now, MacOS uses a lot of GNU software under the hood because it's kind of a cheat code for OS development, which is why I think you thought it was Linux-based. My problem with gaming on Linux is that a lot of anti-cheats don't work with it. Some games, ones I play a lot, don't run at all on Linux. I hope they get this figured out, but they really have little incentive because the percentage of Linux gamers is still very low.

[@rdsii64]

I have gone and done it. Today I installed a second ssd in my laptop. Debian 12.6 now lives on that ssd. I'm still dual booting but this is a good first step for me. Setting up the non free repo's and the non free firmware and all that stuff was a learning experience for sure. I even made some changes to how my terminal looks and feels. All in all, today was a good day. I still have some things to sort through but I have a functional install.

[@Chuck8541]

🎮

[@jcristina]

🏴‍☠️

[@GlennHamblin]

I'm not really a gamer. I'm an engineer so I need good MCAD, ECAD and development environments. I'm quite happy with the tools I use in Linux.

[@jcristina]

😉 Sweet

[@DavidCoutinhoCG]

i can recommend you some stuff, for mechanical CAD, we have FreeCAD or its fork with some improvements called Ondsel ES, we have as well BricsCAD as a paid alternative, we have Plasticity as well, oh and Blender with CAD Sketcher plugin. For Electronic CAD, there is Eagle from Autodesk, there is Fritzing, KiCAD, LibrePCB... i think thats it.

[@Old52Guy]

🤙 Looking forward to this. Anything that will help senior citizens to get away from MS will be greatly appreciated. Over the years I tried various iterations of Linux/Ubuntu/etc I could never get past the command lines and the programming skills they entailed. Thanks!

[@delphi1960]

Finally a video that explains gaming on Linux. Thank you!

[@iBolski]

I'm already daily driving Linux. I have been for over 2 months now. The last update of Windows enabled OneDrive synching without asking me first. That was the final straw. Games run great for me as well. I only have Windows installed on a 250GB Ssd in case I need to go there for whatever reason, but all the programs I use daily either have Linux versions or alternatives that provide the functionality I require.🎮

[@michaelmartin4383]

Steam has been getting ready for the great switch, when millions of gamers will switch from Microsoft to Linux.

[@jcristina]

Only need anti-cheat now.

[@TruckingRonny]

I'm running the current KUBUNTU and LOVE IT!!!

[@jcristina]

Great Ubuntu variant!

[@TruckingRonny]

@@jcristina yah... I just love KDE and the customization and maturity of the desktop platform!!

[@MrDerekLRobinson]

Awesome content Bro. I have been in a relationship with Linux for over 10 + years now and I have gone full blown Linux on everything I use now. My friends are mad sick of me and my Linux enjoyment but just have to say that Linux has made me fall in love with computers all over again by how versatile it is and now you can play good quality games on it now! Thanks for the game coverage here.

[@Rad1ation]

Team red is so good at linux.

[@RobSchwabRandom]

Games I would like to see you try out on Fedora: Warframe Skyrim with mods Borderlands 2 or 3 Final Fantasy VII Remake Spyro Reignited Trilogy Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Ark: Survival Evolved Baldur's Gate 3 War Thunder Monster Hunter World HellDivers 2 Cyberpunk 2077 Valheim Rocket League The Witcher 3 Scarlet Nexus Tales Of Arise Apex Legends Dota 2 Diablo IV Sea Of Thieves Dirt 2.0 Rally Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered

[@jcristina]

Great list. I’ve saved it.

[@darrylweidenhofer]

Gidday mate as Aussies say. I use ubuntu with cinnamon desktop. I only game on ps5

[@jcristina]

Nice!! 😉

[@mdturnerinoz]

Not a gamer other than a few card games. I still stand by my position of Linux Distro Wearyness. Have not used one since 2006.

[@jcristina]

😉

[@snuffysims]

Great that you’re doing microsoft after adobe! I followed all of those videos. I dumped adobe after they moved light-room to pay as you go. i had already moved from photoshop to affinity before that.

[@mlevesque33]

I'm on Linux as a daily driver now for about 6 months. I play games on Linux (ARK survival evolved, Aska, Soulmask, Bellwright, Last Epoch, Diablo 4, etc).

[@c.m.7037]

I have a Mini PC with LMDE and then my Gaming PC with a 4090. If there was gaming on linux, I would completely leave windows.

[@jcristina]

Type in any game title into the protondb.com website to see it it will work for you.

[@HawaiianForgeStudios]

Most games work via Steam and Proton/Lutris/Wine but some games despite claiming to work require some tweaking, just depends on the age of the game really.

[@PowerMechGuyTechMasterEarl]

This is awesome. You did a great job covering the gaming landscape for linux as it is now. I still have yet to try nobara linux, and after this, I'm looking forward too it. For a game recomendation: No Man's Sky. 🐧👑

[@vbmdsm]

A technical correction - splitting hairs for most people watching this video... Apple's OS is a UNIX based operating system. Linux is not related to UNIX, although it does borrow ideas from UNIX in many areas. Linux can be considered a clone of UNIX.

[@brycestewart3181]

My main rig is a steam gaming rig. As soon a linux fully supports ALL games on steam. I will format my drive and install Zorin. w proton... I play Raft / Astroneer / Planet Crafter / Fallout 4... A few more years hoefully we can all leave windows before it becomes a service. Thx for the vids..

[@jcristina]

Facts facts facts. 🏴‍☠️

[@sociallyferal4237]

Planet Crafter is one I found seems to run better with Linux. On my Win11 machine it got to where approaching my base after scouting about became a stuttering juddering mess. I tried playing with Linux on the same rig and found I didn't have that same issue. Was having trouble with the mod manager for the game in my must have, and went to Win10, where the performance was better. I have swapped out my nVidia card to AMD (found the wrong install instructions with Fedora so thought - will just make it all AMD - LOL) so will give Linux another shot. The only game I must run is Fortnite which is just a game me, my brother and his kids can all play while doing chat/catchup since we're opposite sides of the country. But that runs on the Xbox Series X via KB/Mouse quite fine. The rest of my games have linux natives or just run fine under proton. I dislike flatpak and snap though. I understand their goal, but the sandboxing impacts usability for me. Steam not liking other drives, browsers never remembering last folder for saving files. etc. 🤣

[@LabelsAreMeaningless]

There were tests done between linux 'gaming' distros and normal distros like Mint, Fedora, etc.. there was no noticable improvement in performance with a gaming distro. All of your listed games play fine on linux.

[@joshlexcelius2573]

All 3 of those Games are Gold or Platinum Rated on ProtonDB.

[@andybrent8293]

BSD, LINUX, and UNIX are pretty much the same operating system. The commands and scripting are very similar. I believe the kernel’s are the main difference.

[@alliboogaloo]

This has been a really great deep dive so far!

[@jcristina]

Fun!

[@speedballjones5235]

Gaming is a must have for me. Especially Valorant and World of Tanks. How does Linux function with online games like those two and say Fortnite?

[@jcristina]

Check out protondb.com ... Type any game name in the search box.

[@joshlexcelius2573]

World of Tanks is Gold Rated. Valorant Will need you to do some work to get working because its not on Steam and its Devs Do not like Linux

[@HedgehogY2K]

Why aren't you mentioning any important details. IT'S NOT THE OS, IT'S VULKAN! Vulkan is better than any API by a mile. Between it and DX12 it is an equal and can run games with older APIs in higher framerates if done correctly, by turning the calls from DX11 or OpenGL to Vulkan calls, it is now Vulkan that's doing the talking, which can be much faster.

[@joshlexcelius2573]

Yeah but its Steam's Variation of WINE, Proton, That Translates the Direct X Code to Something both Vulkan and Linux can Read. Meanwhile on Windows you have to Manually Configure Vulkan yourself for every single game you want to Use it on. On Linux Steam does the Vulkan Conversion Steps Automatically

[@HedgehogY2K]

@@joshlexcelius2573 I wasn't refering to Proton necessarily. In Wine you to configure those anyway, not every game is on DRM STEAM. Although it would be easy to just download pre-configured wine bottles for individual titles.

[@JamesLewis]

I have to add some more minor corrections here, and another observation.... firstly Proton is primarily Wine, combined with DXVK, and VKD3D, which are all pre-existing projects some of which had 20 or 25 years of work in them before Valve took the opportunity to package them as Proton. I won't discount the amount of work that Valve put in, and indeed contributed back to those projects.... but it's not very fair to those people who put so much effort into those projects to get them to a position where Valve could do that, certainly I was gaming on Linux using Wine 25 years ago, long before Valve got involved. Also, I'd like to observe that due to Valve's contribution to the video drivers specifically on the AMD chip in the "Steam Deck", you might actually fine that frame rates are even better when using an AMD GPU, compared to Nvidia... it's not only the CPU that makes a difference.

[@eagle_rb_mmoomin_418]

DXVK and VKD3D-Proton is pretty much Valve though and without those two DX8-12 titles wouldn't run well at all. Wines DX implementations were more bothered about correctness than performance. No idea if they've improved it since haven't used it since about summer 2018......

[@teekev125]

Thanks for the information. I am not much of a gamer, but anything that gets you away from Billy The Kid is a good thing.

[@jcristina]

facts

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

13:00 in the past it was possible to install more games, but it was an pain in the ass to install.

[@SireDragonChester]

Hi, I would love to switch to Linux. I mostly only play ATS and some ETS. Sometime I’ll play some older games like starcraft or sc2, 7 days to die, ark, older games. I Don’t have the money to upgrade my old 1080ti. Gpu prices here Canada are still ridiculous. Looked at getting 3090. Yah $2000+ Canadian or more. 6900xt. $900 to $1000+ Canadian last I check. All RTX 4xxx are scam since they all cut down at primer prices. New AMD 7xxx would be sweat but again. Prices in Canada are still insane. So gave up. I got ps5 for any newer games. Been happy with it but still enjoy pc now and then. I am Running x470,2700x,16 GB,GTX 1080ti,Ssd. I have dual boot win7/window 10. Mostly use windows 10 lately since steam isn’t getting updates anymore for win7. I have Logitech G29 wheel, pedals and TH8a Shifter with SKRS add on shifter. Few years ago I tried ubuntu on my spare ssd. Couldn’t get ATS force feed back work on wheel and ATS didn’t see my shifter or skrs add on shifter. Also couldn’t figure how get mods and paid mods to works. Sure steam work shop ones worked fine. But not my other mods. So gave up. As said have win7 ssd doing nothing, and I’ve been thinking forming that drive and putting Linux on it. It’s 1 Gb ssd. And keep my 240 ssd for windows 10 when games refuse work under linux. Love vulkan.api and love that steam deck and steam os are changing the rules. Steam os I’ve been dying and waiting for. It’s suppose come to desktop PCs. But it’s been years and we still haven’t hear anything for while. Valve told devs back 2016? (I think) that they all should use vulkan. Not bloated DX 11/12. Very few devs or studios listen. Steam deck is proof vulkan and Linux are the future to gaming. Id would gladly switch Linux. Only thing I want for desktop Linux distro is start menu like winxp and able play ATS. With force feed back and mods/shifter and add on shifter working. Been gaming since intel 8088/86 days. Been building PCs since mid 90’s and ex beta tester, ex moderate (tech help guy) for small indie steam dev team,and I am small server admin. Since ran ark server, 7 days server, and back in my collage days ran BBS. ( dial up modems hah Kinda miss those days lol ) But when come Linux. I’m a noob lol. Been routing for Linux for while. Rest the world runs Linux. World govt, bank, all servers and even ms does NOT trust there own os. They been using Linux for all their cloud,server and AI for years. Windows 11 is bloatware. Because ms as bullied out/or shutdown all other OS competition in the space. So they have zero reason to be innovative, and thus they have zero competition Other them self. Since they don’t see Mac OS as threat and Linux isn’t there yet. But that is changing thanks Valve and steam deck/vulkan.api and proton.

[@ThatGuy.75]

One of the ONLY reasons why I have not gone to Linux is because of.the lack of game support. Now it appears that quite a few of the games I use via Steam are now supporting Linux. To me it is a game changer (pun intended).

[@jcristina]

🤓🤓🚀🚀🕹️🕹️🕹️🕹️

[@tommanseau6277]

Thank you for these videos. 🎆

[@jcristina]

🕹️ thank you.

[@garygough3158]

I generally run 'state of the ark' ( sic ) hardware. One early native linux steam game was Portal and it ran great on 10 year old laptops. This was 15 years ago. At the time Steam offered a limited selection of native games but every game I loaded ran smoothly. My experience with Windows on the same hardware was a bit dodgy. At the time I was assuming that the games may have been developed on Linux and then ported to Windows, but you have me curious now.

[@userunknown1030]

the reason games run better one linux is because it take less resources to run the os nothing more it would be like if you tweaked windows while running games you can get the same results but in either case its just works on windows with out tweaks like you might have to do to get certain games to run on linux while on windows it just works. most people like taking the path of least resistance which is why until linux gets all the kinks out it wont be growing in time soon.

[@eds5977]

Thanks for this been playing with Linux going to put on my main PC. After win 10 is end of time.

[@Maitreya3001]

thank you for this great video! My findings are very similar to yours too and I found my peace with my setup now finally :D I'm currently using Nobara to play my DX11 games like Guild Wars 2 and the experience is great. In fact I played the first two days of the new GW2 expansion Janthir Wilds on Windows and then switched to Linux. In the new zones I got a lot of stuttering and jitters on windows (my hardware: R5 3600 + RX 6700XT) and under Linux no stutters at all. The top FPS numbers were a bit higher on Windows, but the 1% lows were much better on Linux. DX12 games on the other hand run better on windows, and I think that was by design by Microsoft, especially the Ray Tracing DX12 performance on Linux is lacking behind, partially because only a few people are working on VKD3D and such. Overall, I try to do everything that I can on Linux and only when something doesn't happen I switch to Windows (IoT) for those tasks

[@kyledupont7711]

I am very Picky about Performance, I will do anything I can to get just a few more FPS preferably over 75fps, ill lower settings, avoid ray tracing ect.. Which is why I do all my gaming on Linux now. Against all odds, more of my games run better on Linux than Windows. I don't know why but its probably because Wine isn't an emulator and Linux has less Overhead than Windows, less ram use, less Idle Cpu Usage ect

[@MrGnuh]

it can even say unsupported and run just fine. i play tons of games on the steam deck that are unsupported and they have NO issue whatsoever. forget about those ratings. if you are interested in a game, scroll through the reviews and there's someone telling you how it runs on the steam deck which is how it runs on linux. you can also do a quick google. and if you already have the game, just give it a shot. chances are it will run just fine so i really really dislike those ratings because they are entirely nonsensical

[@jcristina]

Yes!!!

[@wayne8113]

Thanks J

[@lyfandeth]

My favorite computer game, going back decades, was the one reckmmended in the book "The Intelligence of Dogs." You cover the whole workstation with a shhet or towel at EOB Friday, and wait to see how long it takes the monitor to shake it off.

[@jcristina]

:)

[@rutgershenk]

I do not use gaming but I am interested in cracking the hegemony of Windows. I want to choose myself

[@jcristina]

🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@KUOLEMA_]

I spent over 3K+ on a Gaming Rig (not bragging) so yeah , THE only reason Linux isn't my ONLY OS , is b/c of Windows 'monopoly' on pretty much EVERY PC game out there. Other than that ,I could care less for Spydows.

[@AlanEngels]

Good info beyond gaming. 👍

[@jcristina]

😉

[@JamesLewis]

Yes I reached the end, no poop emoji for you tho!... LOL. In all seriousness tho... Thankyou for doing this challenge, it's really a public service..... people need to know that they do have an alternative to the tyranny that Windows has become.

[@user-linuxmic]

👍

[@jcristina]

🚀

[@lotechgreg]

For me, once I get off the laptop full-time, and, get my desk-top going again, DCS w/VR support is my gaming choice, so, you'll probably have to include a " How to create a striped down win kernal, put it in a VM, and, get all the pass-thru's working" , in the series......

[@Frozen_Death_Knight]

One suggestion for picking games would be to pick one game that just came out very recently and then pick a very old game that you used to play in your youth. That way you get to see the challenges of how a brand new game launch looks like on Linux and how well old legacy titles work on the platform. Gets a pretty decent width of what to expect from gaming on Linux. Also, don't let the rating deceive you. Even highly rated games on ProtonDB can fail on you. I've tried multiple times to play Dragon Age Origins on either Steam or from EA's platform, but so far I have had no luck despite it being rated very highly on ProtonDB. Same with Team Fortress 2 that is supposed to have a native version on Linux, which has some system breaking bugs like crashing your screen if you happen to use multiple like I do. Gaming on Linux is very good, but it isn't always sunshine and rainbows.

[@HawaiianForgeStudios]

Yep encountered this when trying to play Supreme Commander 2 on Nobara, only to find out it just doesn't boot right without forcing compatibility and specific screen resolutions. But once I documented and learned why it does what it does, its able to run. Sorry you couldn't get DAO to run, that one is also fantastic and makes me disappointed it doesn't run.

[@Siltprogramation]

I have the GOG version and runs great. It maybe an issue with EA DRM.

[@userunknown1030]

@@HawaiianForgeStudios and these are the issue and why most people wont switch who wants to rework the wheel when it is working just fine some where else.

[@HawaiianForgeStudios]

@@userunknown1030 Nah, its all about putting in the effort, people just need to not be lazy and actually give it a go. When there's a will there's a way.

[@userunknown1030]

@@HawaiianForgeStudios nah with something like entertainment people are not willing to put in the effort because it there for entertainment not work lol. this is has always been the issue with linux if it doesn't have the things people are used to using and they just work with no issue then they might switch if not well they will head back to where it did work. seen many people do it in fact lol.

[@ardithconley2628]

One of the promises Microsoft2 made was you could play Linux or Android games on win11. What happened to that? If that was possible we should be able to reverse that. I remember WarpOS2 running windows programs but you even had to buy a copy of windows 3.1 to add that to IBM OS2. Why could we not get that compatibility layer the same way now? OS2 had a lot in common with Linux.

[@ardithconley2628]

Game I would like to see played is about the only game I play is Farming Simulator 22. I built my gaming rig for that game.

[@bigboyys420]

I would love to see you play Shenume 1,2 & 3 please.

[@mmanjin]

Thank you for taking the time to educate us and opening my eyes to the virtues of Linux. In October 2025, Microsoft will no longer support Windows 10. I have Windows 10 on my aging PC, which means that I need to make a decision about a year from now. I'm highly reluctant to go to Windows 11 and have Microsoft constantly spy on me. I could go with Apple, but I'm not a big fan of them either, with their controlled walled community. So, Linux, which I had never considered before, is becoming more appealing as I look into it.

[@jcristina]

I think many will be switching next year.

[@DavidCoutinhoCG]

as a linux enthusiast, just not a preacher but that friend that plants seeds into the heads of people around, i am always looking at statistics for linux mass adoption, because this will bring other software for linux because there is userbase, linux has been stuck for years on the margin of 1%-3% of global desktop system, and recently reached 4,4%, it has massive potential for exponential adoption like an explosion, and i am looking at this recent moves from microsoft to spy everyone, to impose windows 11 update, prohibition of install if doesnt have TPM, recall and so forth, and i'm anxious waiting for them to slip, so people become so pissed off with them that they get Adobed for Affinity software, I am gonna laugh really hard, the only thing current linux users has to do is not being annoying and preach the word, give the paths, tips, recommendations, support for beginners, i am just waiting here.

[@paulosmond9726]

[@jcristina]

😉

[@skyknight0408]

Well, I play a lot of niche games and despite some of them being labeled "Gold", none of them would even start when I tried 2 years ago. I tried again with the new Mint version a couple of days ago and this time got at least the steam games to start but with an unplayable single digit framerate. I also try to get away from steam as much as possible and none of the standalone games that starts using its own executable works. So I probably won't use Linux as a complete Windows replacement anytime soon.

[@eldesarmadero2788]

Using Linux for 15+ years, Davinci Resolve for 5+years. Working great, can imagine photoshop is also needed, have no idea how to replace it

[@CaracuSC]

I imagine you use an NVIDIA GPU on Resolve, right? Otherwise, can you please tell me how? Resolve + AMD GPU is such a pain to set up.

[@eldesarmadero2788]

@@CaracuSC Yes, nvidia gpu with makeresolvedeb script for linux. Hope they improve AMD side then

[@washingtonradio]

Other than some commercial/business software Linux is quite usable for a regular user. The only issue they might have is with gaming or some specialist hobby software. But those areas are improving rapidly. Also, Linux in the form of Chrome OS is popular and Android is a Linux derivative also.

[@joshlexcelius2573]

Yeah but people who use Specialist Hobby Software make up 1.6% of Windows Users and if you're a Hobbyist not attached to Corporate Entities that Force the Use of Adobe. Its not that hard to use Alternative Programs. If you're a 3D Artist well the best and Standard Program is Blender and its Linux Native and has built in Texture making tools now. For Drawing Artist the Standard these Days is Krita, mostly because it runs on Cheap Android Tablets and it to is Linux Native like Blender. Art wise where Linux is Lacking is Music, Linux just does not have the Noise Cancelation Software Drivers that Mac or Windows has.

[@rdnowlin1206]

Win 11 BS is the last straw. I installed Kubuntu on my 2nd system. And I love it

[@LabelsAreMeaningless]

Well done video and I'm glad you're enjoying your switch to Linux. Far more people need to learn how viable linux truly is.

[@jcristina]

Working on it.. Not out of the woods yet..

[@redbeard5598]

I saw you play Guild Wars 2 on Linux. I also play GW2, although on Win10.looking to break free of Wiindows, Altho gaming is not a crying need, it's a "nice to have" that I can't ignore.

[@joshlexcelius2573]

So long as its on Steam most Online Games should work. Its just Specific Online Games from 2017 to 2021 that have Invasive Easy Anti-cheat.

[@blairM363]

Thanks for all the great info

[@jcristina]

Blessings.

[@KrK-EST]

ARK does not work on Fedora atleast, it is old info, it used to work well few years ago, the devs broke the linux compadibility.

[@tambaurorastation756]

Thanks for doing this video. I was curious on how the linux project was going. I might try it! I would like to see you play DayZ Its gold and uses Battle eye. See how it goes.

[@donaldhiles_k9sgz428]

😊

[@fuseteam]

5% here we come 🔨

[@kenwhitfield219]

🎉

[@jcristina]

🎉

[@oscs4556]

For my gaming rig, I just install bazzite and it does have an easy script command to install davinci resolve too. Controller - I just don’t like emojis.

[@jcristina]

Sweet.