In YOUR case, my point is precisely that you please don't discourage others who might want to use Linux to play, including in VR, including on high end hardware, to have outdated beliefs.
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Except that's my point though, I even started with that... I do have a 4090 also and use it to play VR on Linux. That part IS a "normal" experience. It's the 1000mods that isn't. To clarify I mention BG3 and HLA only because it's AAA. I also play indie VR games on Linux and they "just work". One of them being built by a friend who was even positively shocked to learn that.
I brought ProtonDB up in the previous post, is that due to the SteamDeck running Linux (but on AMD, not NVIDIA) there has been a huge effort on Valve's part to make the compatibility layer "just work" so the experience a gamer had with Linux just few years ago is not the same as today.
Another source beside ProtonDB https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/three-gaming-focused-linux-operating-systems-beat-windows-11-in-gaming-benchmarks even though I find benchmarks to be a bit artificial at least not my opinion against another.
Don't believe, check how countless others are doing it https://www.protondb.com I'm not sure where your experience comes from and that's a shame it's been a negative one (and I won't dig into why, e.g how you did try and when), it just hasn't been mine.
PS : I wouldn't consider a game with 1000 mods a "normal" gaming experience. It sounds like it's yours, and that's perfectly fine, but I don't believe this to be representative.
Genuinely confused here, are you saying I didn't play BG3, HL:A, etc on my Linux desktop and I just dreamt for last few years?
Here in Belgium it's been pretty much the norm, both in friends groups or in institutions like schools that ask more formally, that one does not post photos online without the consent of all participants, including that of kids and their guardians. This is particularly the case for sharing publicly e.g Facebook post but also WhatsApp group.
It's a mess but habits are changing at scale.
It was and it can still be, that's why we are here. It will never be the same, we lost some amazing opportunities but we still need that connection, we still want to learn and build together. I don't know what tomorrow will bring but at least as some of us want to try, this time being mindful of the corporate capture risk, we can do better and that's exciting!
To clarify, it's legally not the same to promote your own products when you are in a monopoly position versus when you are not.
Sure except the install base isn't, sadly, comparable precisely because Microsoft has been using such tactics since its inception. That's why they've had problems with the justice for decades now.
So many ignorant assumptions (first and main one being that I and others aren't interested, and actively using and contributing to FLOSS forges) it's not even worth arguing. Blocked.
I have 4090 and 2080ti setups running both games and AI models, Blender, etc on Linux so I'm not sure where the problem is there.
I'm not saying you should switch if you don't want to, I'm only saying for my use cases it's not only possible but wasn't a problem and has been stable for years, both for gaming, in VR or not (was playing BG3 just an hour ago), and for 3D/XR work.
Agreed but isn't it the experience most people on the Internet currently have?
Not an issue, been gaming with a 2080ti and 4090 for a while now, just works for me, including in VR on "Windows only" games.