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Linux use on Steam ends 2023 with a multi-year high (thanks Steam Deck) (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

a year and a bit spent on the steam deck makes me wonder if daily driving linux would be all that hard. i've tried before but was always bounced off by the stupidest little things, like not being able to find wi-fi drivers or whatever. but nowadays i'm starting to think all that is worth it to be off windows

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wi-Fi drivers? Most should be supplied by the kernel. Do you have obscure Wi-Fi hardware?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Laptops with Realtek wifi often sucks monkey balls. I swapped mine for an Intel one to get rid of dropped packets.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At the time, I think I had uncommon hardware. I was trying to get Linux going on the cheapest little notebook you can imagine. I also got the same retort from support forums at the time, so my problem obviously wasn't widespread. It was just the most definitive effort into Linux I had made, and I was just getting rebuffed by what I saw as silly little problems.

That was close to a decade ago now, though. After so much faffing around on the Steam Deck I think I'm ready to give Linux another stab.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Aye, it's pretty uncommon these days to find Wi-Fi that doesn't just work out of the box. Can indeed happen on occasion though. Usually if there's no wiki entry on the issue, the community is pretty good about helping out.

I would definitely give it another go. I've been daily driving for about a decade now - I didn't personally have any issues back then other than some games being pita or not working at all with WINE. But Linux gaming has made huge steps in recent years.

Technically I still duel boot and have always done (for just in case) but I can't even remember the last time I booted into Windows.