Quote from: Neenyah on December 12, 2023, 17:22:03All that is good but no major anticheat (Vanguard and Faceit especially) will work on Linux so unless one wants to play casual games or single player then they need Windows.

This is wrong , few Anticheat are not compatible with linux ( a hundred of games to go on areweanticheatyet.com ) but Easyanticheat and others works well 

All that is good but no major anticheat (Vanguard and Faceit especially) will work on Linux so unless one wants to play casual games or single player then they need Windows.

Now post the Fortnite benchmarks. Oh, wait.

And here's some more "good" news about the safety of modern and even future x86 and arm processors:
youtu.be/y4wZ-tREaNk

Quote from: cubei on December 08, 2023, 15:21:04

Quote from: Gruzin on December 08, 2023, 14:52:23What security?

VBS including HVCI.
Virtual Based Security with Hypervisor-protected Code Integrity.
Those are enabled by default now in Windows 11.

And this won't help you anyway - www.youtube.com/watch?v=EufeOPe6eqk
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Quote from: Gruzin on December 08, 2023, 14:52:23What security?

VBS including HVCI.
Virtual Based Security with Hypervisor-protected Code Integrity.
Those are enabled by default now in Windows 11.

Quote from: cubei on December 06, 2023, 23:10:06A clean install of windows 11 will have some security features enabled by default now.

Computer Base has also an article on this:
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That security comes with a performance penalty. I guess that explains that like gap to Linux.

What security? Possibility of running an admin shell from lock screen? It's not security It's telemetry that slows the system dow .

If your 1% lows are all over the place, you can keep your 3% win in average fps with you, it doesn't matter. The perceived fluidity with a stable framerate is just that much better.

A clean install of windows 11 will have some security features enabled by default now.

Computer Base has also an article on this:
https://www.computerbase.de/2023-03/windows-11-vbs-hvci-spiele-benchmarks/

That security comes with a performance penalty. I guess that explains that like gap to Linux.

Quote from: Kevin Wimberly on December 05, 2023, 16:40:25Would love to see the actual facts of these tests, how much work went into testing which proton to use for each game and such. I like Linux a lot, but use windows 11 because it just works without all the finicky bugs, crashes and low performance Linux struggles with until you find the right formula of software and drivers per game. 1% is hardly a metric to sway someone away from Windows. Going to check out that Fedora, though.

I've been on Nobara for a few months, and I have to say that it's buttery smooth. I think I have had one issue that wasn't self-inflicted so far (NVIDIA drivers didn't work properly on the first install, but I uninstalled them and reinstalled them, and it's fine now). I had more weird bugs moving to Windows 11, and I had to deal with insane random slow-downs and high CPU temperatures for no reason. On KDE Nobara, things are snappy, and my laptop is quiet. If you want a set-and-forget OS, use the GNOME version of Nobara. It's got basically everything you need for gaming set up right out the gate, including the necessary NVIDIA drivers for gaming.

As for performance not helping the Linux desktop...sure, but performance and near-feature-parity will surely help people be less afraid of switching away from Windows when Microsoft does something they don't like.

Quote from: Kevin Wimberly on December 05, 2023, 16:40:25Would love to see the actual facts of these tests, how much work went into testing which proton to use for each game and such. I like Linux a lot, but use windows 11 because it just works without all the finicky bugs, crashes and low performance Linux struggles with until you find the right formula of software and drivers per game. 1% is hardly a metric to sway someone away from Windows. Going to check out that Fedora, though.

Let me guess, you're running an Nvidia GPU, right? In that case, save yourself a lot of headache and stay with Windows. Nvidia has never open sourced their drivers AFAIK, and their binary blob drivers are horrendous. AMD GPUs on the other hand work like an absolute charm. Never even had to manually install a driver. It just works.

Quote from: Hotz on December 05, 2023, 17:08:39Yeah. Even if some benchmarks surpass Windows, it won't help much for Linux on the Desktop. The lack of standardization holds Linux back.

And thank goodness for that lack of standardization. Choice and freedom is where Linux shines. And freedom is not without its price. If this bothers you, Windows has your back. There's no one perfect OS that works for everyone, and I would never willingly go back to Windows. Find what works for you and keep on computing in whatever way you want to.

Yeah. Even if some benchmarks surpass Windows, it won't help much for Linux on the Desktop. The lack of standardization holds Linux back.

Would love to see the actual facts of these tests, how much work went into testing which proton to use for each game and such. I like Linux a lot, but use windows 11 because it just works without all the finicky bugs, crashes and low performance Linux struggles with until you find the right formula of software and drivers per game. 1% is hardly a metric to sway someone away from Windows. Going to check out that Fedora, though.