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A good point to recall is the author mentioned they stopped using linux around 11 years ago, which is when there were hardware issues. I see the exact same comments that get upvoted here about how they used linux in 2010 and how suspend didn't work/wifi didn't work/xyz didn't work.

Long gone are those days, now the issues are primarily games and...I think that's it? Although games often don't work on macos either.

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With all the work that's gone into Proton over the past few years, the vast majority of games Just Work and there's very well-documented tweaks for making the vast majority of the rest work as well. It's relatively rare to have a game that's completely unplayable on Linux, unless it's hampered specifically by anti-cheat software that doesn't like Linux.

The anti-cheat software (which borders on being spyware) is the issue, in particular for very popular games today.

A bunch of games in Proton pretty much work in singleplayer and very few work in multiplayer due to anti-cheat software incompatibilities.

It’s disingenuous to steer people toward Proton without mentioning that fact about multiplayer, given how hugely popular multiplayer is.

Not if one doesn’t play any multiplayer games. There are many who don’t.

If you’re looking to switch then shouldn’t you be doing your own research? Words like disingenuous reek of fanboyism.

I have high hopes that the apparent future popularity of the Steam Deck will make a serious dent into this shortcoming within the next year.

But this post is dated July 31, 2021, and the author is discussing problems with crashing around July 2020 after building their new desktop.

Certainly, one anecdote here is not data, but it's also not really relevant to point out that "some" comments are from 10+ years ago unless they all are.

No. Linux still has plenty of hardware problems. It just is "incomplete" . My main pc is a custom desktop PC where I run Linux Mint. I mainly play Cs:Go so I can do it in linux. But using it daily I've experienced problems here and there.

The latest example is that you cannot connect a secondary monitor to the iGPU when using an external gpu. There are some textile editing/console mangling "solutions " floating around the internet that don't work.

Its 2021. I should be able to plug the 2nd monitor and use it right away.

There have been several other issues that I cant remember now. But that one is a really big one for me.

You can, generally, but if you've found something not playing ball, then you should name and shame. Give us the names of the specs so we can avoid.

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