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Linux is now FASTER than Windows!! Linux vs Windows - 2025 Gaming benchmarks (m.youtube.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Modded minecraft and Starsector are the opposite. Old java games freaking love linux, apparently.

It's less about Java and more about OpenGL. Since it was the only option for quite a long while on Linux, the Linux implementation is fantastic. On Windows, OpenGL was always the third API that needed to be half-assed just so you can say "it works".

Before AMD "fixed" their Windows OpenGL driver a few years ago, it was not unheard of to get double the frames in Minecraft on Linux compared to Windows.