I've been there and games were the entire reason I switched back to windows. I've been running the same windows 10 OS since about 2015, literally the same install that I downloaded from pirate bay. Every part of my computer has changed including the HDs but it's still the same OS.
I think this is currently the biggest pain point. Only AMD has good OSS drivers and Nvidia's proprietary driver introduces lots of problems when trying to use it in conjunction with things like Gamescope or other Wayland heavy sessions. Only recently has Nvidia gotten their HW mostly working with standard DEs on wayland. Intel devs need to contribute more to get ARC GPUs supported as well as the OSS AMD stuff and Nvidia really needs to do more than just token code contributions to NVK and Nouveau.
"perception that linux was not as user friendly as windows" LMAO Linux will never be a true contender in gaming. I hate mac's and they are more likely to be a better 2nd place for gaming. .... The list of reasons that linux will never sit 2nd place or close to windows in personal user marketplace and especially in the gaming marketplace is way longer then I would honestly want to sit here and list. Don't get me wrong, I have used linux, linux servers, and all that garbage. every distro has its own way of being a pain in the ass and is never an out of the box solution. Even system builders, like System 76 come across issues with audio and things of that nature just for streaming. How many years has it been since the whole " this is the year of linux" thing has been goin now? If you are into linux and wanna spend the time dealing with it and trying to get all your games to work on it.. thats cool. have fun with it, but don't lie to people making it seem like its easier and better than a windows system. It will never have the out of box experience that a windows PC has, where you can literally install windows on practically ANY mix of hardware and it be ready to go for gaming in under an hour.
I've been there and games were the entire reason I switched back to windows. I've been running the same windows 10 OS since about 2015, literally the same install that I downloaded from pirate bay. Every part of my computer has changed including the HDs but it's still the same OS.
You are talking about the lack of support *for* popular game engines, but shouldn't it be the lack of support *by* popular game engines?
Intel Arc drivers 4 Linux are lacking.
I think this is currently the biggest pain point. Only AMD has good OSS drivers and Nvidia's proprietary driver introduces lots of problems when trying to use it in conjunction with things like Gamescope or other Wayland heavy sessions. Only recently has Nvidia gotten their HW mostly working with standard DEs on wayland.
Intel devs need to contribute more to get ARC GPUs supported as well as the OSS AMD stuff and Nvidia really needs to do more than just token code contributions to NVK and Nouveau.
"perception that linux was not as user friendly as windows" LMAO Linux will never be a true contender in gaming. I hate mac's and they are more likely to be a better 2nd place for gaming. .... The list of reasons that linux will never sit 2nd place or close to windows in personal user marketplace and especially in the gaming marketplace is way longer then I would honestly want to sit here and list. Don't get me wrong, I have used linux, linux servers, and all that garbage. every distro has its own way of being a pain in the ass and is never an out of the box solution. Even system builders, like System 76 come across issues with audio and things of that nature just for streaming.
How many years has it been since the whole " this is the year of linux" thing has been goin now? If you are into linux and wanna spend the time dealing with it and trying to get all your games to work on it.. thats cool. have fun with it, but don't lie to people making it seem like its easier and better than a windows system. It will never have the out of box experience that a windows PC has, where you can literally install windows on practically ANY mix of hardware and it be ready to go for gaming in under an hour.