- cross-posted to:
- linux_gaming@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- linux_gaming@lemmy.world
Pretty exciting times ahead as Valve might finally release SteamOS to more hardware. This amount of Linux desktop coverage would be unimaginable few years ago.
Pretty exciting times ahead as Valve might finally release SteamOS to more hardware. This amount of Linux desktop coverage would be unimaginable few years ago.
The Sims 2 performs better on Linux than it ever did on Windows.
Y’know, for what it’s worth.
Mad Max too, my computer doesnt heat up and the framerate is smoother when I’m not running 6gb ram worth of bloatware before the game
@LunarLoony @neidu3 At this point it’s a 20-year-old game, it’ll fly on anything. I was playing The Sims 3 on Linux for years under what is now an ancient beta version of Wine, and the only issue was a bit of instability.
Now, The Sims 4 does run better on Linux than Windows (and runs even better on macOS under Apple Silicon). I mean, it’s 10 years old and will run on a toaster as long as it has four slots and a bagel setting, but there has been a lot of system requirement creep.
You’d think so, but it really doesn’t. Try running it on a modern Windows machine - even after all the tweaking you have to do, it still runs like a snail with a broken leg
@LunarLoony That’s more because The Sims 2 (and especially The Sims 3) has always been slow because of bad programming decision. I recall The Sims 3 was such a massive I/O hog that moving to an SSD didn’t change the fact the I/O code was simply slow and couldn’t keep up with the demands on it.
The only reason The Sims 4 was so fast was their lower-end target was bottom-end disposable Net Books with a Dorito for a CPU, which means running it on a real computer would make it fly.