I was suggested to look at ProtonDB, and it looks like all my games will work fine. I will be giving it all a test in the coming days.

I love the positivity!

I’m actually quite excited hearing from everyone, gaming on Linux has changed so much in…oh it’s been 8 years since 2015. I will probably keep one small drive for a minimal Windows installation, just for the few outliers, however looking at ProtonDB shows that most of my games will work just fine or with a small tweak.

I do have AMD, so that’s nice that it will be a better experience. Recently AAA games have been very underwhelming, so I have been cutting back on new AAAs until later and when on sale. I play Guild Wars 2 (MMO) quite often, but I hear that it will play fine as it doesn’t have any anticheat. I am not into any competitive shooters, so I will be find on that front. Looking at the games on ProtonDB show that this will be a smooth experience, and I’ll be fine with some games not working or performing below average.

Thank you for the experience that you had. That’s why I will use my spare drive to test it, this will allow me to experiment with it and see how it performs.

I like your idea of making a list. If all goes well I might just move over, and keep Windows on a small disk for any outliers.

Thanks, this makes me feel much better about it.

That makes sense, thanks for the advice. I don’t play any competitive games, so anti-cheat is a bit less of a problem.

Thank you for this, really helpful advice, ProtonDB looks really useful. I tend to be a bit more patient with games and buy later when on sale. I might just wipe Windows and reinstall it with the bare necessities for only the games that I need it for.

Thank you. The issue with Arch Linux was more about the performance and some games at the time just not working, which looking at ProtonDB shows they work fine now. I really enjoyed my time with Arch, all the customization and manually installing applications made it feel more personal and really “mine”. I will probably give a few distros a try before really settling in.