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by linux_user_83 1923 days ago
> No, I had originally said >...others give you a chance to have a flawless experience...

This is splitting hairs. You were making out like it "just worked". It doesn't for me and I know plenty of other people that have run into the problems.

> I'm sorry that Discord streaming doesn't work for you. It sounds like an isolated issue judging from the reactions of other commenters here, perhaps you should contact Discord?

It does "work". The problem is the performance is crap. I have far better GPU than you do and I have a pretty decent CPU, so if you were playing the same game you would have it worse. The fact that it is that variable is the problem. It just quicker and easier to reboot into Windows and not have to deal with the issue at all. Which is the real point I am driving at.

> Many games also run "fine" on Linux, and that has been my argument from the start. If your concession is "it runs fine if you aren't tech savvy", then it sounds like this whole point is moot and we're back to square one.

They don't run fine on Linux . If you have even the most non-standard screen configuration things do not work correctly (as I said in my original post) and I have the same problem on different distros on different machines I own (I have some computers in the graveyard with different GPUs). I have messed around with GPU pass through (GT1030s are garbage so regular desktop video playback was poor but the gaming worked fine).

Gaming on linux is a massive compormise in terms of either quality, reliablility, performance or compatibility. You cheer leading to people in your comment and giving them a false impression of the situation will just sour those that attempt it against using alternative operating systems (I am an operating system enthusiast and I use some very odd things for fun).