Linux gaming still breaks in ways that make normal people give up
…Proton compatibility. Escape From Tarkov , a game that frequent readers of my articles here on XDA know I enjoy a lot, has BattlEye anti-cheat that doesn't work on Linux. All…
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Linux might never replace Windows, so Valve is putting it in your living room instead
2d agoMost people don't hate Linux, they just hate the first distro they tried
4d agoThe Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated
1w agoI ran Linux for two years without actually understanding it, and WSL2 made that possible
1w agoI switched my gaming handheld from Windows to Bazzite, and I can't go back
…The biggest trade-off is compatibility, and some games, especially the ones with kernel-level anti-cheat systems, will simply refuse to work on Linux. Moreover, installing Bazzite isn't difficult if…
Linux is the best way to run Android apps on your PC, and it's not close
…LXCs are the backbone of an operating system like Proxmox, but they technically work on any Linux distro, and Waydroid itself is an LXC that runs Android in a container on your…
You can turn your PS5 into a Linux-powered gaming PC now, but there are big trade-offs
…Support for older and newer firmware could come later, but it's still unclear (Linux would likely need to run inside a virtual machine for it to work. This is an experimental…
The best cheap Linux-based desktop you can buy was never designed to run Linux
…Asahi Linux turns a closed machine into something flexible The software story is now much stronger than expected The reason this works at all is Asahi Linux. Apple did not design the…
Bazzite is what most Linux gaming distros wish they were
…compatibility with varied hardware make Bazzite better than most alternatives. It's not the perfect gaming distro for every user, but I reckon it's the best for most gamers. Related Linux…
I don't pay for these 3 Google services anymore, and here's what I use instead
Korbin Brown Mar 21, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT Korbin is a Linux system administrator who spends most of his time in a terminal figuring out how things actually work. Over the…
CachyOS beats Windows 11 in Cyberpunk 2077 and Space Marine 2 in a new gaming benchmark
…However, in the last decade, Linux gaming has gone from strength to strength thanks to efforts from the open-source community. Now, games using Steam's Proton compatibility layer on Linux are…
I stopped dismissing FreeBSD after trying out its modern distros
…However, Linux wasn’t very approachable in the early 2010s, as most flavors didn’t have the same hardware compatibility or QoL services as their modern counterparts. Well, the current FreeBSD situation…
I replaced my expensive Microsoft 365 subscription with these free alternatives and couldn’t be happier
…Nextcloud OS Windows, macOS, Linux Key highlights Self-hosted, open source Nextcloud is an open-source OneDrive and Google Drive alternative. iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes Desktop compatible Yes See at…