[toxican]

I think even the idea that Linux is a solid alternative to Windows for gaming is still a joke. It's immeasurably better than it was even just 5 years ago, but outside of Valve, indie devs or smaller studios, we're not seeing a lot of linux ports. And when we do they seem clunkier, somehow. And sometimes I just want to pop into some obscure resource management game from 2006 without sacrificing a goat and praying to WINE gods that it'll work.

From a profession standpoint, I'm still tied to Windows because of Adobe's choice not to port to linux. Inkscape and Gimp are okay, but when you're the only one in the company running linux, what's the point?

[Sylos]

I wouldn't say, it's a solid alternative for everyone, but for some people, it can definitely be. I for example like indie games. As a result, and probably with a bit of luck, 80% of my Steam-library had Linux-support when I jumped into Linux.

And, for a game from 2006, you'll probably have to pray to the Windows-compatibility-mode gods at this point, too. I actually wouldn't be surprised, if it worked better under WINE...

[ctrl-j]

> And, for a game from 2006, you'll probably have to pray to the Windows-compatibility-mode gods at this point, too. I actually wouldn't be surprised, if it worked better under WINE...

That's just not true. I've got plenty of games from 2006 and earlier than run just as good as they originally did. Sure Oblivion crashes, but it did in 2006. Half-Life 2 runs pretty darn well. Company of heroes? Yep. Dawn of War and the expansions? Sure.

In fact, my overall gaming experience on windows 10 is far better than it was on windows xp and vista. Less overall crashing, and I never get bluescreens any more.

[qu4z-2]

For what it's worth, I find a lot of older games I try to run on Win 10 crash, or don't work 100%. KOTOR, for instance. So while I can get a lot to work more or less flawlessly, that's more-or-less a tie with wine.