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   Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 07:34:38 JST Jason Evangelho

   Windows gaming: it just works!

   (Zero issues launching Borderlands 3 on Fedora 40 on the same laptop...)

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 07:43:08 JST Jason Evangelho

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     Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahha!

     I have no words beyond that.

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     Marcus (gerowen@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 07:52:12 JST Marcus

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     @killyourfm I've noticed the same thing. While many anticheat programs don't work on Linux; the compatibility with Windows games is actually better, on average at least, in Linux than it is in Windows. I remember having to mod the original Max Payne to get audio working on newer versions of Windows and everything, but a lot of things "just work" on SteamOS/Linux.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 07:52:12 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Marcus

     @gerowen Indeed. It's a very accurate observation and something I'm definitely seeing as well, especially with all the benchmarking and testing I've been doing.

     Windows gaming is kind of a mess.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 07:56:41 JST Jason Evangelho

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     @ReverseModule I don't know if we can call it a trend, but I certainly hear a growing number of people complaining about it. Wish we had actual data. You'd think an operating system would get more optimized and elegant, but Windows 11 is a disaster.

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     :spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos (reversemodule@mstdn.games)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 07:56:42 JST :spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos

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     @killyourfm Am I the only one or has Windows become quite peculiar when it comes to gaming/streaming?

     My friend couldn't get Prototype to work on Windows yesterday cause it supposedly needed fewer cores available than what he has. I launched perfectly fine on Linux.
     And a streamer I know couldn't stream because she needed to update her drivers first.
     Not to mention the overheating issues I still have with OBS on my main laptop (not my old one I posted about before).

     Like, is this a trend now?

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 06:47:04 JST Jason Evangelho

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     Update: After trying multiple solutions including switching between DX11/DX12 in the config file, doing a clean installation of the Nvidia driver, and a clean game install, I'm giving up. Guess I can't benchmark Borderlands 3 under Windows on this laptop I'm reviewing.

     Works fine under Linux though. Which I'll absolutely be pointing out :D