Edit: and it hasn’t really been bad either. The shader compilation after every gfx driver update is a bit annoying. That’s about it.

If it’s shader compilation under Steam, turn it off in settings. With advancements in graphics drivers and Proton, it really isn’t needed anymore.

I disabled it about 12 months ago and haven’t noticed any difference in performance whatsoever.

2042 always used EAC, and EA refused to enable EAC for Linux.

This was my experience precisely. These days, installing some .msi or .exe.from some obscure corner of the internet seems somewhat ass backwards.

Only BFV. BF1, BFBC2, BF3 and BF4 all still run perfectly.

Running a 4k 27" monitor under KDE Neon 2.0.4, fractional scaling works better than it does under Windows.

GOG Galaxy runs perfectly on Linux via Lutris. I use it all the time.

CUDA works fine here, in all honesty it’s never given me any problems. NVENC works fine, DLSS1, DLSS2, and DLSS3 all work fine, RTX runs at acceptable FPS compared to AMD under Linux - and NVIDIA Reflex is supported as of VKD3D-Proton 2.12 and DXVK-NVAPI 0.7.

On top of that, FSR is also fully supported - as is HDMI 2.1.

I only use Firefox, and hardware web rendering works fine. Hardware video acceleration isn’t working yet, but running back to back tests at 1080p with hardware video decoding under VLC, the difference between hardware video decoding and CPU rendering is about 5% CPU usage on average running a desktop PC with adequate power supply/cooling capacity as opposed to a laptop with limited power supply/cooling capacity.

The only problem with Wayland under KDE 6 is the lack of any form of sync, but explicit sync has ‘finally’ been merged, and should be supported under the 555 branch of drivers. Once explicit sync is supported, I really have few Wayland issues left to complain about.

Overall, I really don’t experience any showstopper issues that have me wanting for Windows in the slightest.

I’ve been running NVIDIA under Linux for about six years now, with no more issues than one would encounter running hardware/drivers from a number of manufacturers under a number of platforms.

In all honesty, I’ve encountered far more issues regarding HP printer drivers under Windows.

I run both the Epic Store as well as the EA App via Bottles, and I had both up and running in about ten minutes.

You can also install both launchers under Steam via Proton. The process is a little more involved, but far from difficult.

Because they haven’t been affected by Manifest v3 yet. As soon as they realise just what Manifest v3’s all about…They’ll give a fuck.

Running KDE here under X11 and games play as smooth as room temperature butter.

I didn’t switch to anything, I simply never stopped using Firefox as there was no pressing need to do so.

If I use an adblocker under FF they don’t push ads either, while Google still make record profits quarter over quarter using my personal data.

If we use Spotify as an example of modern corporate culture, it’s deemed acceptable that they effectively rob artists if rightful income using a pricing structure that equates to a couple of cents in the dollar for the artist - While Spotify themselves pocket a vast proportion of profits. But if I use an adblocker on the free version of Spotify, I’m going against their terms and conditions and robbing Spotify of ‘rightful income’.

In certain countries, Spotify have actually pulled their service as a result of being told they have to overhaul their pricing structure to renumerate artists fairly if they want to provide their service in the country in question.

The hipocracy regarding modern corporate culture and service pricing is extreme. If such a perspective is good enough for the service provider, it’s good enough for me.

I do pay. They use my private browsing data for free, in return I watch YouTube with no ads because I use an adblocker. I have nothing in place preventing Google from tracking my internet usage, they can even track where I travel - So they’re free to use my data while I can watch YouTube for free without four ads in a 15 minute video.

As stated, I am not some commodity that exists solely as a means for large publically traded corporations bigger than most Governments to make a killing in relation to profits because of the modern mindset that growth must be sustained quarter over quarter in order to appease shareholders.

In Sept 2023 Alphabet turned a $76.69bn profit, up 11% from the same time last year. You see how that works, right. <–Notice no question mark, that’s a statement.

4 ads in a 15-20 minute video is as degraded as things get, I’d rather stare at the wall for 5 mins.

Contrary to popular modern corporate culture, I’m not a commodity who’s sole purpose is to provide continued growth quarter over quarter to appease shareholders. Meanwhile the price of YouTube premium has actually increased on top of increased cost of living expenses.

So fuck Google, they can actually pay me for my personal browsing information, or I’ll continue to use adblockers. Hell, yt-dlp isn’t out of the question at this point in time.

Considering data harvesting, they can either pay me for my private data, or I’ll watch YouTube for free without ads.

Furthermore, the price of YouTube Premium is increasing.

Gotta ensure the greedy corporation makes record profits quarter over quarter.

https://9to5google.com/2023/07/19/youtube-premium-price-increase/

I got Death Stranding…

…It was free. The Epic client runs under Bottles in its own isolated sandbox, so it can’t spy on me.

If it’s free it’s for me, if you have to pay no way.

Insync takes care of that. I even use Insync on Windows PC’s as it’s better than native cloud syncing apps from the likes of Google and Microsoft.

Firefox + uBlock Origin + PiHole = I’m wondering what all the fuss is about. I haven’t seen a single adblocker warning on YouTube yet.

Stop using browsers based on Chromium people, it’s not that hard.