Today, I switched the last of my Windows machines to Linux: my gaming PC. I’ve been using Linux on servers for many years but was a bit apprehensive for gaming.
Turns out it just… works. Just installed steam and turned proton on, have zero performance or other issues. I’m using Ubuntu 25.04 for the 6.14 kernels NT emulation performance tweaks. Aside from there not being a catalyst driver for it and so I can’t undervolt my card everything is great.
I moved to Kubuntu recently. I’m overall happier, but I’ve had a number of pain points.
I bought DaVinci Resolve thinking they supported Linux. They do, just very poorly. Figuring out how to get that up and running was a faff. Davinci Resolve also doesn’t support AAC audio on MP4 files on Linux, so I had to write a script to transcode the audio of media to WAV. It also doesn’t play nice with window management. Overall, using resolve has been a huge pain.
I use Insta360s software just to stitch 360 video, getting that set up with bottles wasn’t the most straightforward but it works now.
I still haven’t figured out Fusion360, and I really don’t want to spend the time learning a new software. I learned it before I’d started making an effort to only use cross-platform tools.
I bought the Xbox Store version of Forza Horizon 5 so I could play it on my PC and Xbox. I no longer have the Xbox, and I’d have to re-buy it on Steam if I wanted to play it.
My Index just isn’t detected on Ubuntu. It was on Windows. I’ve tried a bunch of things, but it just doesn’t show up, so I haven’t been able to play VR. It might have a bad cable, but I’m not sure. Weird that it showed up before and doesn’t in Kubuntu.
Linux is all about finding alternatives. There is an alternate workflow, but you might have to deal with inconveniences or put in effort to learn something new. It’s been a lot of work. Also, I might need to dual boot windows to play VR stuff.
davinci sucks on linux, but like the one good thing is pirating it is downloading official version and pasting two terminal commands, everything else is hard or impossible to pirate
I have trouble with caching not working, still getting slow playback, masks cause a crash/freeze, turning performance mode off helped across my system tho with crashes, haven’t tested it since, I think the profile was off for my laptop or something, seems to be a common issue.
Mine works about the same on Linux as it did on Windows. I paid for it so no need to pirate it. If I hadn’t paid for it I probably would’ve started using something else.
Fusion isn’t going to function fully. I think the cloud integration pipeline messes with it. You’re better off with OnShape.
FreeCAD is fine with addons but it’s just not streamlined in my experience.
If it weren’t for CAD I’d have a linux workstation.
Have a look at the Linux VR Adventures Wiki for possible VR solutions.
EDIT: And this compatibility site akin to ProtonDB I just found out about.
+1 for onshape. I use both fusion and onshape. I used to be a diehard fusion user but onshape has won me over.