No, but they have an effect on the amount of daylight you have on your free time, in the evening. Evening being defined by the numbers on the clock.

I wasn’t aware that there was such an advanced compatibility layer! This is good news!

Then Solarpunk is a bad example :) And the compatibility coverage is higher than I thought. But, since it isn’t close to complete, especially as you said when it comes to esports titles, which are extremely popular, it’s still the honest route to mention that when recommending Linux gaming.

It might be enough to make me finally do the switch on my gaming PC, though.

The first category is still definitely under-covered by linux compatibility. If I look at the game I am currently playing, recently released, Solarpunk, I can’t run it on Linux. I didn’t have to look very far.

So, no, it is not only e-sports titles. It’s going in the right direction, but it’s still not enough for Linux to be a good recommendation for gaming over Windows.

If people want to switch to Linux for gaming, that’s fantastic. But the incessant “Don’t go for Windows, go for Linux” push without mentioning that you won’t be able to play all the same titles does piss me off.

I’m not talking about performance, I’m talking about compatibility. Still too many games simply need Windows. Until this is no longer an issue, linux is not a viable alternative to recommend to gamers, or at least not without mentioning that a good chunk of AAA games will not be playable.

But just like any community, Lemmy users are strongly opinionated, so I was expecting the irrational downvotes :)

Not yet a good option for gaming.