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Seasons of Jason

The conversation around gaming on Linux has changed significantly during the last several years. It’s a success story engineered by passionate developers working on the Linux kernel and the open-source graphics stack (and certainly bolstered by the Steam Deck).

Don’t worry, this isn’t going to be a history lesson, but it’s an appropriate way to introduce yet another performance victory Linux is claiming over Windows.

My story at Forbes:
forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelh

#Linux #Gaming

21 August at 20:06 | Open on layer8.space
12 comments
Paul Wilde :blobcatnim: :dontpanic_nobg:

@killyourfm would you believe proton is only 6 years old? (quick web search, wow is it its birthday today?! happy birthday proton!) seems like its been around for ages

really impressive yo see the figures of games on Linux outperforming windows though... who knows what the next few years are going to bring!

21 August at 20:23 | Open on notnull.space
Seasons of Jason

@paul Ha! After publishing that, I stumbled across the @gamingonlinux piece celebrating the anniversary! (Nice one, Liam.)

And no, I can't believe it. It's wild to see the rapid progress Proton and Linux gaming have made since 2018.

21 August at 20:26 | Open on layer8.space
Paul Wilde :blobcatnim: :dontpanic_nobg:

@killyourfm @gamingonlinux I'm a year delayed in my podcast listening and just listened to one of the @LateNightLinux family (sorry, can't remember who or what particular show) celebrating the 5 year anniversary so thought I'd better check. coincidence it is/was today.

I just hope the future of game development is proton by default, then all platforms (except Mac, but that's their fault) can benefit from cross platform gaming

21 August at 20:30 | Open on notnull.space
Stephen Greenham

@killyourfm Very happy to be taking a few % less FPS for an OS that isn't spying on me 😅

21 August at 21:08 | Open on mast.solarisfire.com
:spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos

@killyourfm Amazing article as always and I think the CP2077 results show how much VKD3D has evolved in the past few years. Great work from the Linux and Proton devs. Much respect and many thanks to them! :)

21 August at 21:35 | Open on mstdn.games
Seasons of Jason

@ReverseModule So, this is a bit ambitious, and I haven't really started yet, but I have a 2016-era midrange gaming PC. I want to run era-appropriate distros/kernels, and graphics drivers on it, then compare the performance to 2024 versions on the same hardware. I'm hoping that will show the progress.

21 August at 21:46 | Open on layer8.space
:spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos

@killyourfm Wow! This is an AMAZING idea! and I'm seriously interested! I think the results are gonna be so useful and properly show all the progress that's been made. Good luck! :)

21 August at 22:02 | Open on mstdn.games
JayT

@killyourfm I've recently got a racing wheel and been playing some racing games on the Framework 13 with Ryzen 5, and it blows me away how well it runs games at 1080p. Also Linux compatibility has been great.

21 August at 22:45 | Open on fosstodon.org
Seasons of Jason

@JayT That's awesome! What games are you playing? (I've been thinking about a wheel...)

21 August at 23:50 | Open on layer8.space
JayT

@killyourfm
Currently been playing F1 2018 (works 100% out of the box) and Assetto Corsa (requires a few tweaks, but there's a YouTube video with all the steps to get it going as well as install extra mods, tracks, cars, etc.)
All working well with my Logitech G920 wheel.

22 August at 0:03 | Open on fosstodon.org
Idaho

@killyourfm gaming on Linux is great but it still has many things to improve upon in order to be on par with the ease of use it has on windows, using dedicated apps and scripts to make games work is not ideal and it can and often constrict the support for said games to very specific versions which is not so desirable, some work should be done to support easier game installations and not only running the games themselves...

21 August at 22:54 | Open on mas.to
Professor Code

@killyourfm Which version of Steam did you use, though? Is it the one from the RPMFusion repo or the Flatpak?

21 August at 23:50 | Open on fosstodon.org
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