Quoting: GuestI started switching over to Linux only a couple of moths ago and I received the Steam survey twice last week after installing different distributions. I'm still trying out a lot of different distributions until I settle on one that I will use in the long run.
I have to say that the transition is not easy if you plan on gaming. It took me a week and a number of distributions to get XCOM2 working without crashing. It's still not performing perfectly, but it's at least working.
Number of available games for Linux is not that relevant at this point. Linux will not be able to gain any traction if hardware support issues are not resolved. That will have to be the main priority for Linux. Windows 10 is providing a golden opportunity for Linux to grow and the opportunity is being wasted by poor driver support.
Ubuntu and its derivatives have a somewhat improved handling of drivers but I didn't get XCOM2 to work on Ubuntu 16.04 until I added a test driver PPA ad installed 364.19 drivers that are unavailable from ubuntu. On most other distributions, it's even harder to get the drivers installed.
I still have a few distributions that I want to test drive, but Ubuntu looks as the most polished user experience. I'm not using Unity by the way, I'm using Gnome edition.

Ugh, bet you tried Ubuntu or mint eh? I won't touch Ubuntu or derivatives for the exact reasons you listed. 6 month releases lead to fragmentation and stale software. After trying 100+ distros in 16 years I am now at home on arch. Maybe try an easy install of Manjaro or Antergos which are both Arch.

Obviously I know saying try X isn't a solution for all but we've had 7 PCs and gaming PCs on Arch for 2 years now and gaming on it is smooth. Or you could install SteamOS and use gnome which is bundled in the Debian core. I wouldn't touch Ubuntu cancer after the Arch experiance has been so good to me.

It's truly the best sanctuary and bastion I've found.

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Quoting: VlozThat's sounds ugly, but I personally prefer a lot of rushed ports with bad perf than a few optimized ones.
I mean, if your current pc isn't strong enough to play TR, at least your next pc will. I dont think that comparing windows/linux framerate is the priority right now when i see the tons of games i m awaiting on linux.

-Personally- I totally agree with you. I couldn't care less if a game only runs with 50 FPS in Linux but would run with 100 FPS in Windows. What matters to me is that it runs in Linux at all.

But this is not how a mainstream gamer thinks. These people fork out hundreds of dollars for graphics cards more expensive than the rest of their PCs just to make a game run with 110 FPS rather than 100, pointless as it might be. You won't be able to convince them to switch to Linux as long as they get even minimal better performance in Windows. But if we want to see more AAA games on Linux and more developers supporting it, getting more attractive for mainstream gamers is what needs to be done.

I spent $800 this year on graphics cards (Two GTX 970s for two Arch Gaming PCs) -- So I could get 110-300 FPS in games? Nope. So that I wouldn't have to dual boot windows and could have extra juice to spare when the ports had poorly optimized performance.

To me the cost of a better GPU was the tax price to get away from windows. Next year I hope to jump and grab 2x AMD Zen CPUs and 2x R9 390 GPUs once the Radeon Open Source Driver blossoms.

At the current rate of code improvements on AMDGPU I expect AMD will be the best choice next year, I can't wait :)

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Quoting: coolboberI really would like to see a real football simulator game on linux...

As in american football?

Cuz I remembered they had this one (soccer):
http://store.steampowered.com/app/378120/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1

(Maybe because this blog is based in Europe I just assume when I hear football that I'm hearing about soccer)

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My wife plays on wine, Ill be getting my own copy once Linux drops, It'll be fun to do multiplayer too at a future point. Very good news :)

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0 hours so far, but I hear it's easy to blow 100 or even 1000 hours with the depth and immersion of the game. I would be that guy that keeps modding my save to avoid blowing up my hard work in orbit ha :)

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Here's my Archlinux box: Citadel

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If we could keep crap out of the punch bowl that would be great.

Grats to Valve on the very needed fix.

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This looks like a lot of fun, cant wait to play.

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I'm stuck in the city in SaintsRow 4 it fulfills my basic GTA thirst on Linux very nicely.

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This looks like it could draw me in, the graphics look great, if the gameplay and story are captivating I would love to have freshly baked 2016 AAA games, my wallet on the other hand advises I keep my senses ha :P, we'll see which one of us wins out.

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