Microsoft clearly isn’t bothered that it’s automatically starting up Edge on people’s PC and then trying to trick them into importing their Chrome data. That’s not too surprising though since Microsoft has been pulling tricks like this for more than four years now.
Microsoft’s behavior here makes many people distrust Edge, Windows 11, and even the company’s AI efforts.
Games is still what keeps me on the absolute shit show that is Windows. Proton has come a long way in solving this problem but there are still enough issues especially with new games that I have to have a Windows partition.
I ripped the bandaid off last month, there’s definitely fiddling and hdr is still in early days (works in gamescope, but found that can have issues with my nvidia card), I’ve been playing veilguard on proton ge for the last week, and proton experimental supports dlss frame gen now which is huge for me.
It’s definitely in the good enough state imo, and it seems to rapidly be getting better.
Alright, I don’t have anything capable of HDR so that is no worries. No (intrusive) anticheat, no game pass. I’m sure a few random games have issues. Doesn’t sound like it should be a big deal though. Thank you
No problem, most games I’ve tried run without much fuss just with proton enabled. For others, protondb is great (pointed in the right direction to get Jade Empire running) or fiddling with settings yourself, gamescope helps a lot even if I’ve found it has some issues with nvidia cards (had games freeze with hdr for example), more of my issues are probably related to having an ultrawide tbh.
I’m mentally preparing for the switch. Would you mind naming some of the games keeping you on Windows?
Besides games that actively block linux for their anti-cheat, there aren’t many games that don’t work ootb on linux.
You can always check for specific games on protondb.
Thanks! I didn’t even think to look for a compatibility list. I’m quick to check them for emulators, but it didn’t even cross my mind
I’m not the original commenter.
However any game with invasive anticheat tends to be allergic to Linux.
Microsoft game pass has really good value that isn’t supported on Linux. (I’m told the streaming stuff did work but I haven’t personally confirmed)
I have family that likes to play fortnite with me and that didn’t work last time I looked into it.
Thanks for the help. I’m not fond of invasive a anticheat as it is, played like 10 minutes of Fortnite when it was a survival game, and I’m sure I can use the high seas to get around game pass. I’ll have to check a couple of specific games, but I think I might be pretty good to go
This may be a silly question, but as far as online games that work, it shouldn’t matter if my friends are on Windows, right?
For the most part it’s fine like the other comment mentioned.
However there are a few edge cases like Borderlands 2 that is like pulling teeth to make work.
It shouldn’t matter, Linux and Windows and Mac are all compatible ‘PC’ platforms. As long as the game is supported/runs, you should be good.
That’s what I was thinking but I just wanted to make sure. I really appreciate all the help