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Posted by haunter 11/2/2025

Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark(www.gamingonlinux.com)
832 points | 536 commentspage 5
bullen 11/3/2025|
I recommend everyone to switch not only to linux but TWM (thin X11 desktop) and ARM (3588 to be specific).

That way you are saving 10x electricity AND moving away from M$ in one blow.

Then stop using closed source software, and start releasing your software as open or source-available.

And I promise the world will become a more peaceful place, slowly then all at once.

xcircle 11/2/2025||
This weekend I finally freed my pc from Windows10 and installed cachyOS. It all worked better and easier than expected.
rmrf100 11/3/2025||
I contributed 2 devices of Linux Steam devices, I can now play windows only game, such as black myth: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2358720/Black_Myth_Wukong...
endgame 11/2/2025||
There have been a few mentions in this thread of portable gaming PCs like the Steam Deck and the ROG Ally. Has anyone here tried using them as a primary machine? I've been thinking that since I travel with a portable keyboard and mouse anyway, maybe one of those machines might not be too bad for actual work?
conorh 11/3/2025||
I installed steam os this week on some old hardware I had lying around (all AMD) everything runs perfectly, zero fiddling around. All my games run fine - admittedly I'm not playing any of the latest and greatest aaa titles but baldurs gate 3 and the latest katamari game run great.
kikkia 11/3/2025||
Going on 2 years of linux only, between Debian and Endevour, other than linux nvidia drivers crapping themselves basically every update its been awesome. I do miss Fusion360 and League with friends, but its been overall very good and I recommend it to anyone on the fence. Break free.
npteljes 11/3/2025||
Gaming on Linux is great. I do it on PC and my Steam Deck handheld, on my laptop, with Steam, Heroic Launcher, and sometimes plain Wine. For anti-cheat multiplayer stuff, I reboot to my Win 10 LTSC, and that's about it for my Windows usage for the last 10 years.
dingi 11/2/2025||
That's awesome! I've come to take "the year of the Linux desktop" as a prophecy of sorts. It might take another 20 years, or desktops might vanish, but it is going to happen. Slow and steady wins the race. Best regards from a decade-plus Linux full-timer!
ViewTrick1002 11/2/2025||
I am considering making the switch to Linux for my software + data science (primary) and gaming (secondary) setup.

I use a LG OLED TV as screen, so no displayport inputs. Only HDMI 2.1.

How is the support for Linux + HDR + HDMI 2.1 + 120 Hz + VRR + Nvidia (5000 series)?

andoando 11/2/2025||
Thats my exact setup and Ive had no issues so far. Running Arc Raiders on PopOS, Nvidia 5070ti highest settings on 120hz monitor with 120-200 fps.

Can always dual boot, so its worth a shot. I have windows just for a few games like BF6 which wont work on linux cause of its anticheat

breakpointalpha 11/8/2025|||
Interesting, I'm running Pop_OS! as well with a 4070 RTX MSI laptop. Can't get Arc Raiders to load, just freezes 15-30 seconds into the launch process no matter what Proton compatibility I choose.
bigyabai 11/2/2025|||
It is shocking how well Arc Raiders handles ray tracing on Linux. I have a locked 60fps at 1440p on my 3070Ti, and tons of GPU headroom to spare.

These Embark people... they scare me.

ThatPlayer 11/2/2025||
I think the issue is more about how other games handle ray tracing. For games that just treat ray tracing as an "ultra quality" setting, there's no point of making a low quality ray tracing option, because then you'd just turn it off when non-RT options look just as good.

But Arc Raiders (and their previous game, The Finals) does use RTGI for good effects. And that low quality RT setting is still going to be better than no RT because of its realtime nature. https://youtu.be/MxkRJ_7sg8Y shows that off to good effect.

You can see this kinda performance on Indiana Jones and Doom Dark Ages, which have switched to workflows that require RT. Low quality RT in these games is performant enough to run on Linux AMD drivers which run RT in software on cards that do not have hardware for it: https://youtu.be/44XaGU01J84

shadowpho 11/2/2025|||
Last I checked HDR was utterly broken on Linux. X had no plans to support it at all (!).

Wayland supports it if you have the right version of gpu, gpu drivers, composer, kernel, state of the moon and hdr.

mgdev 11/5/2025|
After 20+ years with Apple, I'm 90% on Linux at this point.

Two desktops, two AI workstations, two laptops, and a handheld. Even my wife is running Linux.

My personal phone and work laptop are the last holdouts.

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