Why don't gamers use Linux for gaming?

>>717547029 (OP)
I thought you GNU.

nobody wants to be seen as a linux user

>>717547029 (OP)
I'd rather get caught trying to groom a suicidal boy through discord DMs to become my stay at home bf

Truth nuke: The vast majority of gamers are retard cattle that buy prebuilts/laptops and run stock Windows and give Microsoft all their data, and are way too stupid to ever install any other OS and frankly don't even care

>>717547029 (OP)
Windows just works and everyone trying to convince you otherwise is mentally ill kid or just faggot
t. Linux user

>>717547336
Yeah I bought a PC for $150 on craigslist, and it works great. I am not a schizo so I don't care if billl gates or the CIA jacks off to my data. Linux is for nerds

>>717547029 (OP)
A lot of stuff that normies are required by their schools or work simply do not work on windows.

>>717547029 (OP)
because of the nature of open source, everything you need is scattered across multiple repositories with unique maintainers with their own issues, who are not communicating with each other which leads to conflicts with other packages and the developer(s) may not give enough of a shit to fix it.
plus driver issues

>>717547029 (OP)
because it good for things 99% of people don't care about

>>717547575
>windows
I meant linux, fuck its late.

>>717547029 (OP)
the fact that linux users have to constantly be reaffirmed about their OS of choice means that they know deep down that compatibility is shit.
>b-b-but muh code wrappers and three layers of software and a million steps to do a workaround in order to run the most basic shit
and yet I can just run all of it natively on windows without all of that.
>>717547278
you are already a stay at home bf
you stay at home for your non existent gf and even if you had a gf your goals are to just use her as a maid anyway

>>717547795
>you are already a stay at home bf
Damn mf straight
>you stay at home for your non existent gf and even if you had a gf your goals are to just use her as a maid anyway
I do have one, she's currently sitting on my bed, waiting for me to come home and into her loving embrace. 24/7.

>>717547029 (OP)
Fact is if Linux was actually good, there'd be version made that were retard-friendly. That's the nature of most consumer goods. They're made more accessible so more people are able to participate in the market. So everyone that thinks they're a smart ass and says people are too dumb for linux are actually retards themselves for not realizing something so basic. Also, linux is shit. Which I just proved.

>>717548187
Retard friendly software is never good.

I'd use it but I use Streamlink Twitch GUI and it seems to only work on some distros and not others? I don't know, I can't be bothered. Fuck computers, fuck video games, and fuck life.

>>717547029 (OP)
>Why don't gamers use Linux for gaming?
Most people are not tech-literate/programmers and will need to adjust to life without a GUI for everything.
The non-gaming experience is 1000X better than Windows but there is a learning period where getting anything done requires reading through 1000 different comments by 'helpful' indians before you find ten actually useful words written by a non-retarded person.
For games it's all about compatibility - shit works or it doesn't and mostly it doesn't because devs can't be expected to spend time devving for a platform that represents 0.002% of possible purchases.

>>717547029 (OP)
Well that's just dumb, but the reason I haven't used it yet is it just looks a bit intimidating. I'm gonna have to try it at some point though.

>>717548187
>retard friendly distro
so mint and fedora?
which is why I actually use mint as a daily driver

>>717548381
Any advice for a relatively tech-illiterate windows user interested in linux?

>>717548305
is that why gnome and kde plasma are copies of MacOS and Window's guis? Guis that are designed to be retard friendly?

>>717548464
Eh, I'd say ubuntu is the more retard friendly distro than fedora

>>717547029 (OP)
You don't need it.

>>717547029 (OP)
Cuz it has 3 games.
Eve Online, Warcraft III and TF2.
Honestly not a bad selection but everything else has to be emulated.

>>717547029 (OP)
You can't play games on Linux. A friend of mine asked me if the BF6 beta was fun and I said yes, and he said he will have to dual boot because linux can't play BF6. I laughed.

>>717548187
>there'd be version made that were retard-friendly
I think it's just about as retard-friendly as it's going to get. I've installed ubuntu or mint when getting some old craptops up and running for some boomer family members and all I have to tell them is "here's the internet browser, here's the solitaire game, and here's the 'app store' you download all your shit from" and haven't really had any issues. 99% of everything normies use is on a web browser/webapp anyway, and all that shit ports over with no issue. If you can troubleshoot a windows problem (which you've had to do if you've been PC gaming for any length of time) without getting your dick caught in your PSU fan you can probably manage on linux just fine.

>>717548640
Windows and MacOS GUIs are designed to be ergonomic, not retard friendly. Also KDE filters retards pretty badly because it's highly customizable.

>>717547029 (OP)
The crushing majority of the people don't know what an OS is.
If steam deck keeps growing, someone will look at your desktop machine and say "hey! you installed deck on your computer!".

>>717548885
Okay, but can you name a game?

>>717549192
As a Linux user, no. I can't.

>>717549232
I don't think that someone that plays call of battlefield can use computers.

>>717549134
>An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages a computer's hardware and applications by allocating resources, including memory, CPU, input/output devices and file storage
so yes, distros are Operating systems technically speaking.

"What is this thing? where's the thumbstick? you have to drag it?"
"why it is not going where i want it to go?"

>>717547090

>>717547029 (OP)
If 4chins is so much of a counter to mainstream culture, why's there only shitty low brow commoner shitskin low effort baits like this one hauling in +200 replies?

If you need help to get a genuine answer to OP's question you are the designated target for my strikes btw.
And I want you all to die.

>create a bootable flash drive
>choose a partition / mount
this is enough to filter 90% of humanity.

>>717549330
That's you, a /v/ user talking.
Ask some normie with an iphone.

>>717549728
what's the usecase of linux?

>>717550012
an OS where your mouse doesn't lag and it doesn't take 5 seconds to open file explorer

>>717550012
once you have all the parts for a computer and put them into a box you still need software to make the parts do stuff, that is generally what operating systems are used for

>>717547426
This like when i download random shit from net i want it to just work (only worry should be that if it is 64 or 32version)
I tried mint and it was interesting experience but its just worse user experience.

>>717550081
So you're saying linux is soulless?

>>717550012
Changing the windows borders, not having shit AMD videocard performance, being able to do shit like NAT without either depending on an win98 feature that only works half of the time or having to buy some shady ass software that you KNOW will make your machine slower...

Also reviving shit performing computers into a more useful state.

>>717549728
A lot of people get filtered by terminal commands as well if they manage to even install the damn thing, they see you open a Command Prompt and type some shit in it and they think youre "le hackerman"

>>717550012
I mean its free and you potentially stick it to Bill Gates and the CIA by using it, but I think most people and myself are content with the "If it ain't broke don't fix it" ideology.

How many times are we gonna have this thread?
>Unironic microsoft shills spamming fud
>Dorks screaming about how cool they are for following a youtube tutorial to install a distro
>People explaining, objectively why windows blows fat dongs
>The guy who knows what he's talkimg about says bluntly: Because you can't fucking buy a Linux at a brick and mortar store and it has zero relation to quality
>Nobody learns anything
Also suck my dick you buttmad fagmin, Videogames go on /v/ I don't give a shit how fucking mad you are that more people give a fuck about Deltarune Castle Crashers and Pacman than Mario Kart and Dankey Kang.
Banning me would just prove me right you braindead indian fuck.

>>717547029 (OP)
Because it's complicated to learn and inconvenient to use if you're even a remotely regular person.

>>717550541
Bad day at work anon?

>>717550750
No I'm just annoyed that some incompetent fucking retards run this and every site.

>>717547029 (OP)
It's not. It's not "so good".
If the trannies spent 1% as much time working on UX as they did making defensive forum posts it might be. But it's borderline unusable for a personal computer.

>>717550852
The world is full of incompetant retards, if you let them ruin your mood then you are making them more important than they are. The world is filled with tards and tard wranglers. You can be mad about it but it wont change the fact that the tards need to be wrangled.

>>717547029 (OP)
It doesnt work as easy as windows
It has different files extentions

>>717547029 (OP)
Because people crave convenience and that's not what Linux is about. Maybe once SteamOS gets broader support, people's gaming rigs will use that but only if it's seen as the easiest "gaming setup".
Knowing what the control panel is and what settings can be changed is considered "knowing a lot about computers" to the average person.

>>717551307
>717547029 (OP) #
>Because people crave convenience


They welcome convenience not because they seek it but because they are crushed and battered beyond repair and won't have the energy for anything else. Mentally, physically, commoners are defeated. It's the same process for everything and the only hope is that the kikes on top get greedy in such a manner that even exhausted, energy deprived peasants one day want their head badly enough to walk outside their home and go for a bloody vengeance.
We have the number we only need the first step.

>>717549728
This. Windows and Mac win because they come preinstalled. If for some strange reason a normie had to reinstall Windows, they'd probably throw out the computer and buy a new one.

>>717548464
>>717548658
everyone jerks off mint but why is ubuntu so hated?

I use linux for everything except my gayman/hentay/annymay peecee.
>y u uze winblows 4 jerkin off
I want them to see.

>>717548187
>Fact is if Linux was actually good, there'd be version made that were retard-friendly.
What do you think Android is? What do you think ChromeOS is? What do you think SteamOS is? This has happened multiple times. I'm sure you'll deny those are Linux distributions even though they are exactly what you're asking for.
The barrier to Linux adoption has nothing to do with not being user-friendly, devs have built multiple user friendly distributions even back when doing that required major breaks with the rest of the ecosystem, and everything to with Microsoft abusing their monopoly power to prevent Linux from being pre-installed by mainstream OEMs on broad categories of systems.

>>717547029 (OP)
I already do

>>717547029 (OP)
Becuse modern day computers suck and don't let you change the operating system. You can always use a vm but most of them won't let you insert software into the vm aND DON'T WORK WELL.

>>717552225
Canonical dumb.
Gnome 3/Unity not that great either

>>717552426
>what do you think android is
Locked down proprietary jewgle sinfulness.
>chromeOS
See above
>steamOS
A boondoggle for gayman.

>>717547029 (OP)
i use it for gaming. i use it for everything.
i haven't had a windows machine in my house for 15 years now. i used to dual boot my laptop until i realized i never used the windows partition and reclaimed the space. never looked back.

>Just give all your data to Gabe and Linus :)
>They're much better than Microsoft and Apple
>They're good billionaires and would never misuse your information
>Gabe and Linus are my friends :)

>>717552745
>>Just give all your data to Gabe and Linus :)
>>They're good billionaires and would never misuse your information
>>Gabe and Linus are my friends :)
this but unironically
>b-but look! Gabe has a yacht
so?
>well....um..... GABE IS EVIL BECAUSE HE JUST IS OKAY!
lol nowhere near as evil as Microdick and Apple

>>717549134
I did install deck on my desktop

>>717552225
Canonical added amazon adware to ubuntu, they are not to be trusted.

Setting up an alias for vim to open up game files for modding is so much easier than creating shortcuts for everything.
Also, more standardized file locations for program files is a bonus (It's still not perfect).

>>717547336
>Linux vegan cope

>>717552742
Dualbooting is such a meme. Windows never plays nice and the boot petition always gets corrupted for some reason. Also Virtual Machines. They lag the hell out of your computer. If you ever want to try out a new OS or keep Windows, just get a separate drive.

>>717549134
You know now you've got me pondering building a little deck in my pc in my extra 5.25 drive to put the little lego minotaur I keep in my computer on.

>>717547090

Lol, lmao even.

>>717547029 (OP)
>try to update firefox on linux
>3 hours of troubleshooting later, still haven't managed

>try to update firefox on windows
>click update
>it updates

This is why

>>717553195
>dosbox
you need that to run dos games on windows as well.

>>717553417
>try to update firefox on linux
>click update
>it updates
huh. It actually worked

Sup troonix, don't look or your gonna ack lol

>>717548187
A retard friendly linux doesn't negate the fact that it's a useless piece of shit for gaming

>>717547029 (OP)
lots of things are good for you, people dont use it cause they're lazy

>>717548187
mint is more retard friendly than windows 11 is

Study finds they keep killing themselves, scientists are baffled and the only clue is a shark plushie found in each of their rooms

>>717553727
>that it's a useless piece of shit for gaming
maybe 10 years ago but you can play literally everything on SteamOS which is Arch Linux

>>717550012
an OS that isnt 20gb

>>717553829
>play literally everything on SteamOS which is Arch Linux
Delusional, lie, or trolling. I can't tell anymore.

>>717553861
So, nothing since people have terabytes of storage with how cheap it is

>>717553808
what is with you people and dragging in tranny shit where it doesn't apply
I thought you guys were against agendas being pushed down people's throats

>>717553610
Maybe on mint, but on ubuntu, if you don't know what you're doing, it can take hours.
Every version of linux is gonna eventually cause the user to have to spend several hours troubleshooting something that was simply not an issue on windows, something that should be simple.

At that point the user is gonna ask: Why should I bother?

The only day people will make the change is when Linux is as user-friendly as Windows by making compromises on security measures that literally don't matter to most people.
Then you need to wait for all software to slowly be ported over, because people won't change to Linux if the one software they specifically need for the work they do doesn't work with Linux. My own example: For my work, I use this over 10 years old japanese software made by some japman in a cave that he still updates. It ONLY runs on windows, and there is no software on Linux that does what it does as fast, smoothly and the way I want it. Without this software, I can't work, thus I can ear no money, thus Linux makes me broke. No, it doesn't work on emulated OS because that causes input delay.

>>717554009
Found the troonix user. Repent, you fucking filth.

>>717554009
The pipeline is real, it was an observation

>Install any LInux distribution that isnt ages behind like Ubuntu
>everything literally just works out of the box without all that Microsoft spyware
>Games arent really a problem anymore, even obscure indieshit runs flawless thanks to Proton magic
Skill issue. Hope Microsoft adds even more telemetry and spyware for retards still using windows

>>717554009
>what is with you people and dragging in tranny shit where it doesn't apply
Oh boy... Someone doesn't know about the Linux community

>>717554552
And then you woke up. You can't even run foobar2000, let alone a game with an anti cheat worth a shit

With how obsessed this place is I'm sort of surprised no one has brought up tech fiona.

>>717554552
I can't play bf6 on windows emulator though.

>>717554072
uh oh
looks like you made a mistake

>>717554692
>trannyfox
Pottery

>>717552745
>Rich person puts his money on physical property instead of leaving their money on trustworthy banks

>>717552745
What data is my linux os collecting on me. Be specific.

>>717554801
at least I don't let google tell me I can't block ads

>>717554667
>>717554619
Cant say I miss games with anti cheat, most of them are trash anyway. One of the benefits to play singleplayer stuff almost exclusively. Fair point tho.

>>717552745
Gabe is an oligarch tho.

Its not for the employed unless you work in a tech field that requires server infrastructure. And dont lie and say you do cause you wouldnt be here

>>717547029 (OP)
I tried like once in 2014 with my previous shitty PC and it didn't play my steam games very well
I've heard its gotten better but I have a Nvidia card and I hear those don't work well

>>717554873
>most of them are trash anyway.

>>717554847
ip address, gps location, browsing history, software activity including what you use and how long you use it, bank information .etc
basically everything windows tracks bar actual screen sharing on windows 11 linux also tracks and is given to online services which sell your data. In other words, unless your system is a closed box with no wifi, those "glowies" you worry about can still get your information no matter what you use.
This sort of reminds me of a discussion I had with my dad who uses a macbook telling me that Apple does not track your data because "they refused to give iphone login information to the NSA once so therefore they can be trusted"

>>717555194
And yet linux in our pocket does all that 24/7 lol

>>717554619
you can install foobar2000 with wine, and, you can also play almost any fucking game imaginable through proton. you dont even have to own the game on steam to have it run through steam on proton.

>>717555364
does it emulate bf6 closed beta though?

>>717554847
>thinking being connected online with any OS means you are safe from the jewish eyes
Lol.lmao.

>>717555194
why are you lying? do you think anyone will actually believe you?

>>717555526
I use linux powered phone, it does exactly that.

>>717555086
I mean you're saying that like modern online multiplayer games don't categorically suck asshole and people mostly tolerate them because they're what gets advertised

>>717555775
You sound mad

>>717555592
>he thinks a phone is the same as a pc
ok you're literally just fucking retarded lol. a phone is connected to a phone network that is constantly giving your live location and data because thats how phone networks work.

>>717554552
That's been my experience with it. Unless it's new and multiplayer and might have an anti-cheat that fucks with things I don't even bother looking up games on protondb anymore before I buy them. I just click install and play or run it through steam/protontricks if it's some random indie game I downloaded. I can't remember the last time I actually had a problem getting something to run.

>>717555865
Ah so this linux users are okay if their linux powered phones spies 24/7 even when we sleep? Lol. Even my windowß PC doesn't have mic, lol.

>>717555474
you don't need to emulate bf6, just stop playing shit games.

I'm learning how to use linux, I don't like it, actually I hate it with passion. But it's what all programming people use so I really don't have a choice. But again, absolutely loath everything about it.

>dude, just use linux it's so much better that Wangblow 10
>7 hours and 4 youtube tutorial videos later install a music player program
Truly a mistery.

>>717556118
>noo you can't use nvidia
>noo don't use krashde
>noo don't use mint
>noo you don't need thumbnail
>noo you can't emulate that game
>noo just play something else
>noo just use gimp
L os for L people lmao

>>717556107
Just install GrapheneOS

>>717547029 (OP)
i don't want to type 300 lines of code to run a 20 year old game

>>717556169
>But it's what all programming people use
It is? Why would it matter when there's cross platform IDEs and compilers/toolchains?

>>717547029 (OP)
>Why don't gamers use Linux for gaming?
because the correct way to life the glorious PC master race is to optimize productivity and then gaming. that way you can make money while gaming

The average normie wants thing to just work. They don't want to troubleshoot anything, that's for the guys at geek squad to do. They don't ever want to see a scary command line interface.

Linux is arcane technology to them. even in its most normie friendly forms (Ubuntu). There will never be a year of the Linux desktop because Linux users are completely out of touch with what the average end user needs and wants on a computer.

>>717550750
That's a roastie on period