Quoting: SalvatosBut I know almost no one that actually likes Windows. A lot of people hate it and love to complain about it, but just believe that they’re stuck with it, the only alternative being overpriced Macs that aren’t compatible with anything.

My mom actually wants me to install Linux on her computer, since she's fed up with windows' update system now that she knows there is a workable alternative. But yeah, I think you're right about people feeling to be "stuck" with it, especially since most machines you buy come pre-loaded with it.
Also I think the "beginner distros" (if you wanna call them that) have come far enough you could easily give them to your grandmother or someone who only needs a laptop/computer for light office work and browsing the web.

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As a relatively new Linux person (about 6 months now, if I'm not mistaken). It's good to know that I should be playing games on proton at least for a bit, after buying them on a sale :P

I've been hating on Windows for years (privacy, safety concerns and its general instability) but gaming always tied me to it. And I... honestly have been too lazy to deal with Wine etc. on my own. After hearing about Proton and how easy it was making things (and checking my ratio of games that have a port or run well via Proton) I pulled a hard switch. No dual boot, no VM. Installed Ubuntu. (3 times that night :D)

Anyway. I agree that the lack of ports is also somewhat of a chicken/egg problem.
But I think if via proton the market share of people gaming on linux rises, developers may be more interested into using tools which allow for "effortless" porting.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's partially one of the reasons a lot of indie games actually have a linux port because tools like GameMaker do allow for "exporting a linux version" of the game they're making alongside the obvious Windows port.

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Well to me the performance is on par... Maybe you have a compositor issue?

I have to admit that I just realised that I haven't really played CS:GO much since switching to Manjaro a few weeks ago (was on several Ubuntu-Distros before) and now it seems fine. sorry for that! :whistle:

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I just wished the performance would be comparable to the windows version... I remember getting about 300fps before switching to Linux and now I'm around 100. I mean, playable, but unfortunate since I'm using a 144hz monitor :D

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