This is becoming my opinion. I'm thinking my next built will be my first full time Linux gaming desktop and I'll just have a Windows VM for the off times when I need to do something there.At some point we'll run out of workarounds and it will be too late to speak out by then. Not to mention that some workarounds are more inconvenient than the problem they are supposed to fix. I guess you can still do it out of principle, but I'd rather not be waging war against the OS in the first place.
This is becoming my opinion. I'm thinking my next built will be my first full time Linux gaming desktop and I'll just have a Windows VM for the off times when I need to do something there.
I started messing around with Linux in the mid-2000s, but it was always a side OS for me, just for f*cking around in. However in 2022 I decided I finally had enough of Windows, and I switched to maining Linux. Been one of the best decisions of my life. The last Windows OS I mained was Win7. Honestly I have been surprised by how much gaming I can get done in Linux. I still keep Win10 around via dual-boot, but I treat it like a game console. I mainly boot into Win10 to game, or for the very few programs that I need to run natively in Windows, not in a VM or via WINE. My brother wants to go a different route and keep separate systems, one as his main PC running Linux (he's been maining Linux since forever), and another as a gaming PC running Windows. For now he dual-boots, same as me.I've been seriously considering Linux on my next rig also.
Yeah it would be an issue on my current rig, as I have 2 4K monitors - one at 60, one at 144... but it would just be an excuse to get new monitors too, so... LG OLED time!The multiple monitor issue you are experiencing is troubling to me since I run triple displays with high refresh rates myself.
I've been aware of linux since the mid 90s, I somehow got hold of a Suse Linux install disc, so I tried it, as this was the era I literally tried everything I got my hands on including shareware utils. I honestly don't remember if I even successfully got past the installation.I started messing around with Linux in the mid-2000s, but it was always a side OS for me, just for f*cking around in. However in 2022 I decided I finally had enough of Windows, and I switched to maining Linux. Been one of the best decisions of my life. The last Windows OS I mained was Win7. Honestly I have been surprised by how much gaming I can get done in Linux. I still keep Win10 around via dual-boot, but I treat it like a game console. I mainly boot into Win10 to game, or for the very few programs that I need to run natively in Windows, not in a VM or via WINE. My brother wants to go a different route and keep separate systems, one as his main PC running Linux (he's been maining Linux since forever), and another as a gaming PC running Windows. For now he dual-boots, same as me.
But digressions aside, I don't think I could tolerate linux as my primary desktop. There are always unforeseen problems especially with more niche HW. But the main thing I hate about it and will probably never get used to is the lack of drive letters. The way linux handles storage will never not be alien to me. I can deal with it when setting up a server, but I couldn't tolerate it daily.If you guys wanna try maining Linux on your next gaming rigs, I encourage you to give it a whirl. I myself plan to go all-in for Linux gaming on my next build. On my previous and current systems, I'm still in the testing phase. I try to do as much gaming as I can in Linux, only going to Win10 if I really need the performance and/or compatibility. Yeah there are issues from time to time, but on the whole I've been pleasantly surprised. Shiat, with some games I've actually had a better experience in Linux. For example, my brother and I couldn't get Halo MCC campaign LAN co-op working in Win10, but it worked with no issues in Linux! Valve and Proton have shouldered a large amount of the weight of getting gaming going on Linux, and ironically I've found in some cases it's just much easier to run the Windows version of a game in Proton rather than trying to get the native Linux version working.
That's no thorn, that's the whole **** tree.One thing that is still a thorn in my side is X11 on multi-display setups with high-refresh-rate monitors. Since X11 treats all displays as one display, my 165Hz monitor is stuck at 60Hz for gaming, unless I disable or turn off the side monitors before launching the game.
Yeah it would be an issue on my current rig, as I have 2 4K monitors - one at 60, one at 144... but it would just be an excuse to get new monitors too, so... LG OLED time!
With X11 you are limited by the monitor that has the lowest refresh rate. Since all 3 of your displays are 165Hz, then you should be fine. But I have one monitor that is 165Hz and the other two are 60Hz, which means the highest I get when gaming on the 165Hz display is 60Hz. I have to turn off/disable the 60Hz monitors in order to get 165Hz on the primary display.Mine are 3x 165Hz, 4K monitors. Would be a real bummer if they maxed out at 60Hz when using them on Linux.
Then yeah, you'd have the same problem as me on X11. The 144Hz monitor would be limited to 60Hz during gaming unless you disable the 60Hz display.Yeah it would be an issue on my current rig, as I have 2 4K monitors - one at 60, one at 144
Agree with you 100% there.But the main thing I hate about it and will probably never get used to is the lack of drive letters. The way linux handles storage will never not be alien to me.
Hahahahaha, it sure feels like it!That's no thorn, that's the whole **** tree.