It's truly remarkabale how mostly effortless Linux gaming is nowadays. I've switched to Linux with my new gaming desktop PC, for various reasons - privacy concerns, and Windows 10 being genereally a junk OS. I figured out I don't need to deal with Microsoft's bullshit anymore, so I said why not, let's give Linux a try. I have to say it was one of my better decisions in my life.

Sure, not ALL games work yet on Linux. I haven't been able to play For Honor, Street Fighter V or the new MK11 (notice a trend? Fighting games tend to do poorly on Linux. SFIV and MKX work flawlessly though, so it's only a matter of time before the new ones are playable), but with the fact there's tons of other games to play anyway, the individual incompatibilities really stop being an issue. Game doesn't work on Linux, natively or with Proton? Guess I won't buy that game, then. It's really not my loss in the end.

Microsoft itself really isn't an OS company anymore, nowadays they are mostly a cloud provider. Guess what OS runs in the cloud? There we have the source of the 'we love Linux' policy they've been having lately. Windows really became a liability to Microsoft's own operations, which is a bit comical.
My point is that in the coming years, I think we can expect Linux to grow significantly; there are several trends going on right now that push people to improve the Linux state of things every day.

The big test coming up is Cyberpunk 2077. I really wonder if that one will be playable on launch or close to launch date. If it is, Linux is truly a viable gaming OS.

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Quoting: LungDragoI'm afraid to look at and calculate how much energy credits it would cost me to buy in the missing DLC/expansions at this point. :(

IKR I have had the same problem with EU4 for years... and it's only getting worse and worse as time passes. At this point I've given up on the idea of getting into it and would rather wait for a EU5... whenever that comes

Looks like Paradox heard us. There's a sale on Humble Bundle now with lots of Paradox DLC. :)

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I'm afraid to look at and calculate how much energy credits it would cost me to buy in the missing DLC/expansions at this point. :(

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Quoting: 14That logo sure looks a lot like Gamespy.

Hah, I was wondering why it looked so familiar. :P

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This feels like an appropriate time to declare I'm on team Necromancide.

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Quoting: fractalOn a related note, the EUIV board game can be demoed for free if you own Tabletop Simulator.

Book your entire afternoon for that one. It's one hell of a board game.

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Quoting: LakortaEU4 will (most likely) soon get a subscription based service where you buy a monthly fee to gain access to all DLCs (they added localization files for this in a recent update).

Honestly, I think for Europa Universalis it would be more interesting to use a model similar to what the Dominions series has been doing for years now. Just update it for free, then bump up the version and sell the game again every now and then with a bigger release.

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1. Cyberpunk 2077
2. Star Wars Jedi:Fallen Order
3. Cyberpunk 2077
4. Doom Eternal
5. Cyberpunk 2077
6. Red Dead Redemption 2

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Quoting: axredneckNow i need something like this for Android. Now i use Medibang Paint but it's proprietary and not flexible enough.

Godot should export to Android too, so there's a chance this could have such a version, no?

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Quoting: TheRiddickLinux has a learning curve along with some constraints to what software you can use and how you can use it. Windows FAR less so, its not about being perfect, its about doing most of what you want. Linux sadly doesn't for most people. Yet anyway.

Depends on what we think that most people do on their PC. If it's surf the web, watch movies and porn and stuff, Linux is great. The things people always talk about are:

a) Office suites. That one I always didn't really understand, I always thought you use those mostly at work, I personally have very little use of them at home. But regardless, it's great on Linux. BUT it's still a push and pull, because M$ does its best to keep their product relevant.

b) Artist stuff from Photoshop all the way to 3D. Perhaps a bit paradoxically, Linux does better in 3D than it does in 2D, as I believe Blender is overall way better built software than most stuff you can get to do your 2D. And this was, is and always will be a big issue, because Adobe are d*cks.

And then of course gaming. Honestly, nowadays I really think it's just a matter of time. The hot AAA games that everyone including your 6 year old son should play come and go. Maybe the next big thing will run on Linux well.

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