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Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by einat2346 to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

This is simply not true. I recently tried Linux for gaming after several years because I read that Valve made some great progress. Installed Crusader Kings III and didn't get Paradox Launcher to run which is necessary for any DLC.

This was literally the first game I installed from my huge library and it simpl didn't work so I had to do two hours of research, trial and error and reading error logs to conclude that I wasn't able to solve this problem.

This is the exact reason why I use Windows for gaming. It simply works 99 % of the time. And I don't have the time to troubleshoot my games all the time.

[–] Samueru@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

By recently you mean this year? The paradox launcher was broken on the steamdeck a year ago, should be working now.

Also iirc that game has a native linux version.

[–] sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No, not this year but maybe last fall, early winter. The game itself was running fine but without DLC (which neede the launcher to work) was useless to me.

Maybe I have to give it another try but this experience was the worst possible advertisement for "gaming on Linux" 😐

[–] Samueru@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Maybe I have to give it another try but this experience was the worst possible advertisement for “gaming on Linux” 😐

I mean there isn't much more that can be done, these days that is usually the issue with gaming in linux, either the game has anti cheat which you cannot fix or the launcher of the application changes and you have to wait for it to get fixed.

The good news is that more studios are starting to release native versions of their linux games, so hopefully in the future this isn't as much of an issue.

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

Its certainly not as likely to run a game as windows, but I also think you just go INCREDIBLY unlucky with your first attempt at a game. The vast majority of games buyable on Steam can be run at this point out of the box (some might be a bit jank for the Steamdeck though)

[–] SpunkyMcGoo@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

more than 99% of the hundreds of games i've ran on linux have worked, it sounds like you got unlucky.

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world -3 points 9 months ago

Play Stellaris and problem solved. It works on Linux through steam. Besides you won't be stuck within a single primitive planet