Microsoft Should be VERY Afraid - Noob's Guide to Linux Gaming #Helpful Post

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okay so you got me down here why don't

you start by telling me why I should

care about Linux well it's simple really

I can say with confidence that it's the

future gaming that's a pretty bold claim

yeah

but there are huge companies backing it

right now

now you can play steam games in Linux

using valves proton and the number of

games is growing by the day as a result

of that Nvidia has been focusing on

Linux drivers almost as much as Windows

and you want to know the most important

thing hit me

Google's game streaming service stadia

relies on Linux using Vulcan native

Linux versions of the most popular

titles are all but certain at the very

least Windows versions with Vulcan

support which makes protons job that

much easier what's more game developers

see proton as a way to access a whole

new audience of Linux users meaning the

more popular proton becomes with gamers

the more native Linux releases

developers will make I see and you're

gonna talk me through this right I mean

I've never used notes before and I've

heard that it's pretty complicated not

necessarily do you remember how we had

to jump through a lot of Hoops in order

to get our last video on a boon to

gaming up-to-date enough yeah run games

properly uh-huh

well as it turns out there's actually a

bunch of different distros available

where that's not a problem

wait hold on slow down a second I've

heard about a bunch of before but what's

a distro oh right

it's short for distribution and if one

do is just one of them okay you can

think of it like Android some phones get

updates faster than others or come with

their own bundled apps and UI skins the

same with Linux so you can think of a

pun to as being similar to say touch

squids on samsung galaxy phones or

oxygen OS and on one-plus okay

like those Ubuntu is not always the most

up-to-date but it's got a nice enough

interface it's you know pretty popular

some distros on the other hand or a more

elegant and some are more customizable

some have more features other place

emphasis on stability and that kind of

thing so what if I don't like one distro

and I want to choose another one I'm

gonna have to learn everything again

from scratch no just like on Android

where you can download a new launcher if

you don't like the interface on a linux

distro you can just download a new

desktop environment Ubuntu itself as a

distro and these days just uses a

customized version of a just

environment called gnome but if you want

a more Windows like experience there's

k2 e LX cutie and Xfce and if you want a

more Mac like experience there is deepen

Pantheon and budgie all of which feature

high levels of polish you're going to

even has a bunch of different flavours

with that in mind like Ubuntu Xubuntu

and open to budgie and since you can run

them all off of USB Drive you can give

it a test drive without even affecting

your existing operating system so like

if you have Windows it only takes a few

minutes just download the ISO and using

ballina after or Rufus just create a USB

Drive and off you go just one of these

that's pretty sweet

ok so as I said I have heard of a bun

too so since it's the most popular one

that's got to be the best for gaming

right umm yes and no Ubuntu has the

advantage of being ridiculously popular

so most guys will be written with it in

mind the problem is that it went to

ships with old versions of all the

software we're going to need so there

are some hoops to jump through in order

to get the working gaming setup with

that in mind though there are two disk

groves I'd like to bring attention to

today system76 is pop OS and Manjaro pop

OS is based on it boom - so it's able to

take advantage of a good news community

support and it also has more up-to-date

software that Stocki flinty does which

makes it simpler to get up and running

Manjaro on the other hand is not based

on a bun - but something called arch

which is really geared towards more

advanced users and uses what's called a

rolling release cycle which is similar

in concept to stock Android release

cycle this gives us access to even more

recent software plus it even has steam

pre-installed and like a bun - Manjaro

comes in multiple flavors just in case

you like one desktop environment over

another ok so you're saying if I install

them in jar oh I just have steam but if

I go with pop OS then I need to go to

the website and download steam right no

that's where the package manager comes

in

ain't nobody wedding well it's basically

like an app store and it gives you a

list of searchable software that is

gathered from a list of centralized

repositories that you can just download

and install with such a couple clicks

and this gives you automatic updates as

they become available on the repository

and it solves any prerequisites the app

might need so I'm Papa Wes you just open

up the

up shop and searching for steam is there

a lot less overhead with this OS

compared to Windows yes feels so fast

light okay but what if a software I want

isn't even in the store in that case

your next step is to turn to the

community and on a book you base distros

that comes in the form of personal

package archives or PPAs

which can be added in pop shop settings

window under extra sources

meanwhile on Manjaro you'd use the arch

user repository which is a little easier

to set up just enable it and man Jarosz

preferred package manager Pamuk usually

these will give you access to software

that might not have a package available

for your distro for example things like

discord TeamViewer or OBS okay but what

if it's not on either of those then as a

last resort you would turn to the office

website just like on Windows but that's

not really a common problem to have

which is fortunate because it's not as

easy or as clean to install something

you downloaded from the internet on

linux as it is on Windows or Mac OS

you'd be at the mercy of the developer

having good instructions and you'll

probably need to use the terminal like

shown here hold on a second you expect

me to understand all this gibberish no

in many cases it's just a universal way

to rule out an easier installation

experience for people until the software

is available in their package manager

how is this easier and don't be

intimidated you can just copy and paste

if it's a reputable piece of software

there's a little harm in it even if you

don't understand what's happening the

terminal isn't something that needs to

be scary it's just old fashioned feeling

but think of it this way how often have

you been digging through settings trying

to figure out where that one button is

true if you know exactly what you want

your computer to do and that includes

copying these lines it's the fastest and

simplest way to go and by the way this

even applies to Windows and Mac OS two

okay so now with pop OS I normally go to

the pop shop and if it's not there I'd

add a PPA

but if it's not there then I just copy

this stuff and it'll install how much

more do I have to know to play games

actually surprisingly little while it's

not strictly necessary to get everything

working we're primarily focused on

making sure your drivers are up to date

thankfully Manjaro has the

to install them for you in just a few

clicks using the Manjaro settings

manager followed by quick reboot but

Papa less has dedicated versions for AMD

Intel and NVIDIA users with the drivers

already pre-installed no fuss all that's

left for you to do is install a piece of

software called wine via the package

manager that will let us run Windows

programs and ensure all the

prerequisites are installed for our next

important item Lucas which is a game

manager for Linux that can handle games

not supported by Steam logo trying to be

like an egg with a little guy it's a

little harder yeah okay so is it ready

now can i play some games

sure games like rocket League Team

Fortress 2 and the most newer indie

games actually are straight-up available

on steam for Linux without needing any

compatibility layers or special setup so

it just knows that I'm on a Linux PC

units gonna install the right one yeah

sweet yep it's what valve calls Steam

play and I think you'll be surprised at

just how many games are jumping to Linux

it was over 5,000 native Linux games as

of today including many triple-a titles

thanks to porting Studios like feral

interactive and that's not even

including the growing support for proton

just check out the excellent community

around proton DB site and what's more

you can even enable proton for any game

on Steam by going to steam play in

settings and checking a box but if you

want to install games like Starcraft 2

overwatch League of Legends or if you're

big on Good Old Games or humble store

you'll want to use loot hrus which makes

the process dead simple just grab one of

the community made installers from Lucas

net and it does all the work for you

configuring wine setting all the right

variables installing all the support

software all that stuff you used to have

to do manually so why don't you just

take for a spin

all right so I got activities you can go

to that or you can go to Lucas net

either way click on the button where it

says start to glue trace on it and click

install to after install this charge x9

yeah so this is gonna launch battlenet

you might need to still install

Starcraft

but it says play its playable I think

you can launch multiplayer or something

ball-ball xerath oh look at all the

achievements I get just for

logging in it's so great cool so it just

looks like the game are we am I gonna

play do I get paid to play right now how

many actions per minute do you have like

40 this is probably enough I got a

gateway or about you need to construct

more pylons

I have not enough minerals what I like

her iron oh yeah go no this guy's gonna

die for sure I'm not doing anything

that's this let's let's end this now

okay I played a game on Linux your first

game on Linux I did it you said that

there were some hoops that had to be

jumped through but to be clear you don't

have any of that on pop OS or Manjaro

it's just it just all works like we saw

yeah so a bun too is due for an update

like now which might fix some of that

but for pop OS and Manjaro and actually

for a number of other distros we didn't

cover today the steps basically boiled

down to you install the OS install Steam

or Lucas and start playing that's what

make these distros especially enticing

for gamers

but while Manjaro is set up well to

cater to gamers out of the box it's not

going to be as stable as a distro like

Ubuntu and that's why Papa less and

others like it try to bridge that gap

with updated drivers while still

retaining excellent community support

and stable packages which makes them a

good choice for getting your feet wet

okay so what games am i least likely to

be able to play and are there any

gotchas there are a couple of caveats

when it comes to gaming on Linux the

biggest ones are problems with

anti-cheat software and intrusive DRM

schemes and with switchable graphics

like Nvidia Optimus thankfully with

valve and talks with easy anti cheat

there's some hope for resolution on ntp

sometime soon but for switchable

graphics right now Ubuntu based distros

are the only ones that provide any real

support out of the box like pop OS and

the workarounds for other distros aren't

pretty to say nothing of Linux is HDR

support right now which is zero you'll

also lose access to most if not all of

your dedicated RGB lighting controls a

whole hey couple come on take it back

here yeah

hold up there are some standards for

configuring peripherals like ckb next

Piper and Auntie micro can listening

just be prepared for limited support for

external peripherals that rely on custom

software especially for headsets and

less mainstream brands in general but

aside from that you know we keep saying

it but it keeps turning out to be true

getting into Linux is easier than ever

and the rapid pace at which features are

equaling Windows is only going to

accelerate now that Google stadia again

a Linux based platform using Vulcan is

coming and because with proton and

stadia and videos working overtime to

match AMD's already excellent

open-source drivers and wiki's for arch

and a blood two are excellent resources

for learning and troubleshooting plus

the Linux gaming subreddit is huge

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