Best OS for gaming, and why?
What the title says - plead your case, I'm curious.
(This is extremely broad of a question, please consider the nuance.)
Laatst bewerkt door Mr. Marvell; 10 dec 2024 om 4:59
Origineel geplaatst door Viking2121:
Well, its going to be windows, its just more compatible with more games than any other OS, not only that, gaming devices like wheels and software for peripherals or audio will just usually work.

Be it win 10 or 11, I prefer Windows 10, its less bloated, ui is a bit better. I find them de bloat scripts always de bloats or changes things too much and end up with problems later on so I never run them. Even though the version of Windows 10 Enterprise I have lasts until 2031, I just wanted to be up to date, especially after the Ryzen improvements.

I did run Linux on a gaming laptop, PopOS with a GTX 1650 and i5 10500h, I was surprised at how much it can play out of my library of games, but some games just wont work, or you have to go through all this crap to get it to work or some games do work but performs way worse than it did on windows.

Linux is getting there, but for less of a fight and problems, Linux in my opinion wont be the better gaming oriented operating system for compatibility sake.

I will say the same for older OS's like Windows 7, it was great during its life time, but compatibility is not there anymore obviously.
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Win10 because it runs lighter than all the others, including Win11. :csd2smile:
Origineel geplaatst door WinterSolstice:
Win10 because it runs lighter than all the others, including Win11. :csd2smile:

Fully agree, it's even better after a couple debloating tweaks.
24h2 is faster than crappy windows 10
What kind of smoothbrain level of question is this?

There is only 1 proper gaming OS on PC and that's windows.

The differences in performance between 10 & 11 are for the majority negligible.

If we're talking about linux distro's probably the most idiot proof setup is something like bazzite, which improves on steamOS with even more current kernel and drivers while keeping the immutable os configuration.

https://bazzite.gg/
Laatst bewerkt door Zef; 2 dec 2024 om 7:29
it's getting frequent question like this, i create a post when i need specific answer, but this? is very very general question
but lets play the game, W7
Origineel geplaatst door Zef:
What kind of smoothbrain level of question is this?

There is only 1 proper gaming OS on PC and that's windows.

The differences in performance between 10 & 11 are for the majority negligible.

If we're talking about linux distro's probably the most idiot proof setup is something like bazzite, which improves on steamOS with even more current kernel and drivers while keeping the immutable os configuration.

https://bazzite.gg/

Relax, I didn't mean for it to be taken seriously, and I agree with you for the most part. I just posted this because I was curious to see different perspectives on it. The main things to take into account are just overall resource economy and compatible stability. Windows trumps stability obviously, but has disappointing resource use on idle, while Linux trumps resource economy but has stability issues, maybe there's a middle ground I don't know of.
Smoothbrain level question indeed, but without it I wouldn't have known Bazzite was a thing, so thanks for that, brother.
Laatst bewerkt door Mr. Marvell; 2 dec 2024 om 7:49
Old fashioned consoles probably had the best OS for games.
They only did one thing: boot up the game immediately.
>...>; but things slowed down as generation numbers increased.
Right now you first boot up into the console's OS before the game is launched; sometimes you even need to select the game, before it is launched.

The best gaming OS just runs the game, and does nothing else in the mean time. It optimizes towards launching the game and pouring all resources to the game. Currently, only really old consoles do this. Homebrew stuff with choice menus also sort of do this, at least they're minimalistic.

Considering windows; what would make it the best for gaming.
Windows booting up fast, windows launching the game fast, doing little to nothing other than running the game.
Currently windows 8.1 fits that bill the most; even though it lacks of directx12
which... pretty much shows what direction micorsoft went and how they feel about you 'knowing and' deciding what runs.

I think Linux has the most potential to become the best Gaming OS; simply because it will at that stage just run what you ask it to; the game.
Origineel geplaatst door ᛗᚱᛗᚨᚱᚠᛖᛚᛚ:
Origineel geplaatst door Zef:
What kind of smoothbrain level of question is this?

There is only 1 proper gaming OS on PC and that's windows.

The differences in performance between 10 & 11 are for the majority negligible.

If we're talking about linux distro's probably the most idiot proof setup is something like bazzite, which improves on steamOS with even more current kernel and drivers while keeping the immutable os configuration.

https://bazzite.gg/

Relax, I didn't mean for it to be taken seriously, and I agree with you for the most part. I just posted this because I was curious to see different perspectives on it. The main things to take into account are just overall resource economy and compatible stability. Windows trumps stability obviously, but has disappointing resource use on idle, while Linux trumps resource economy but has stability issues, maybe there's a middle ground I don't know of.
Smoothbrain level question indeed, but without it I wouldn't have known Bazzite was a thing, so thanks for that, brother.

Wut? You think Windows is more stable than Linux? What nonsense site did you get your information from? The primary benefit of Windows over Linux is software (games) compatibility; not because it is more stable than Linux.

Your original question ignores what types of games are being discussed. For a very broad generalized answer with game compatibility in mind; Windows 11 24H2. If all your games are supported via proton and don't have anti-cheat that developers refuse to implement on Linux then there are several Linux options available that would work better than Windows.
Origineel geplaatst door PopinFRESH:

Wut? You think Windows is more stable than Linux? What nonsense site did you get your information from? The primary benefit of Windows over Linux is software (games) compatibility; not because it is more stable than Linux.

Your original question ignores what types of games are being discussed. For a very broad generalized answer with game compatibility in mind; Windows 11 24H2. If all your games are supported via proton and don't have anti-cheat that developers refuse to implement on Linux then there are several Linux options available that would work better than Windows.



By stability I just mean overall compatibility with games, and therefore how stable it can run without issues, I say that having used Linux before, and gaming on it a lot, and generally speaking your average game requires a lot of finesse and tweaking to run smoothly without any issues - even with native support or a solid Proton/Wine layer it yielded a handful of issues on some games; issues that Windows doesn't have out of the box, and yes - I did just mean broad gaming as a whole.
I get this is a very general question, but really I mean this more as a topic for discussion - I wasn't looking for a dead-narrow answer. Just a broad spectrum of opinions and their reasoning behind it.
Laatst bewerkt door Mr. Marvell; 2 dec 2024 om 8:21
Origineel geplaatst door Elucidator:
Old fashioned consoles probably had the best OS for games.
They only did one thing: boot up the game immediately.
>...>; but things slowed down as generation numbers increased.
Right now you first boot up into the console's OS before the game is launched; sometimes you even need to select the game, before it is launched.

The best gaming OS just runs the game, and does nothing else in the mean time. It optimizes towards launching the game and pouring all resources to the game. Currently, only really old consoles do this. Homebrew stuff with choice menus also sort of do this, at least they're minimalistic.

Considering windows; what would make it the best for gaming.
Windows booting up fast, windows launching the game fast, doing little to nothing other than running the game.
Currently windows 8.1 fits that bill the most; even though it lacks of directx12
which... pretty much shows what direction micorsoft went and how they feel about you 'knowing and' deciding what runs.

I think Linux has the most potential to become the best Gaming OS; simply because it will at that stage just run what you ask it to; the game.

Ahhhh of course, point taken, I see what you mean.
Just use Windows 11 LTSC 2024, Not worth setting it up just for a game you want to play requiring Windows 11 updates for example GTA 6 will probably require Windows 11 or newer, I dual boot NixOS and Windows 11 LTSC though anything I can play on nixos I do. LTSC is made for stability and mission critical software so it should be nice and stable while supporting the most recent games/software/binaries whatever it is they have in windows 11 that makes the newer games work
Laatst bewerkt door Jonzuk; 2 dec 2024 om 8:22
Origineel geplaatst door jonzuk:
Just use Windows 11 LTSC 2024, Not worth setting it up just for a game you want to play requiring Windows 11 updates for example GTA 6 will probably require Windows 11 or newer, I dual boot NixOS and Windows 11 LTSC though anything I can play on nixos I do. LTSC is made for stability and mission critical software so it should be nice and stable while supporting the most recent games/software/binaries whatever it is they have in windows 11 that makes the newer games work

Damn that's interesting, first time hearing about the LTSC versions, and it does look really promising. Like you said it's safe to assume most games will be Windows 11 exclusive - it being the bloated mess of capitalism that it is, but knowing the LTSC version cuts out on a lot of that is really good to know, because really the only thing keeping me from switching fully to Linux is knowing some games and apps are Windows exclusive and I need to keep it as an option. Will definitely look to replace with LTSC soon. Thanks a lot.
Steam os. Never experienced thou
Linux is well on its way to being the best, it only lacks in compatibility (for now) but that mainly affects games with anti-cheats where the developers outright refuse to support Linux because they claim that cheaters use Linux... even though most cheaters are on Windows.

Linux is more stable, more secure, wastes fewer resources, and performs better than modern Windows, and Valve is investing a lot of their time into bolstering it because they want to ensure that PC gaming has a future since they know that Windows isn't going to survive forever while it's going in the direction that Microsoft is taking it, which is leaning more to the commercial and business side of things.

Origineel geplaatst door ᛗᚱᛗᚨᚱᚠᛖᛚᛚ:
Origineel geplaatst door jonzuk:
Just use Windows 11 LTSC 2024, Not worth setting it up just for a game you want to play requiring Windows 11 updates for example GTA 6 will probably require Windows 11 or newer, I dual boot NixOS and Windows 11 LTSC though anything I can play on nixos I do. LTSC is made for stability and mission critical software so it should be nice and stable while supporting the most recent games/software/binaries whatever it is they have in windows 11 that makes the newer games work

Damn that's interesting, first time hearing about the LTSC versions, and it does look really promising. Like you said it's safe to assume most games will be Windows 11 exclusive - it being the bloated mess of capitalism that it is, but knowing the LTSC version cuts out on a lot of that is really good to know, because really the only thing keeping me from switching fully to Linux is knowing some games and apps are Windows exclusive and I need to keep it as an option. Will definitely look to replace with LTSC soon. Thanks a lot.
The issue is that LTSC is only available for the business market so getting it isn't as simple as getting regular versions like Home or Pro versions, you have to talk to a licensed seller of said LTSC versions

Origineel geplaatst door Çapgun:
Steam os. Never experienced thou
SteamOS is only available on the Deck, Bazzite is made to be similar to SteamOS and works on most machines.
Laatst bewerkt door r.linder; 2 dec 2024 om 11:54
Windows 10 slowly became ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and more outrageously unacceptable since after the 2nd service pack (I refuse to dignify it as a "feature update"), and Windows 11 only doubled down on the worst of it.

One wonders why they want to remove the Control Panel and not the Add/Remove Windows Features menu, since it does nothing. You will be sodomized with each new antifeature and you will thank them on bended knee.

Changing ownership permissions and deleting system folders, and setting Group Policies lets Windows 10 be somewhat usable, but it's not worth the effort anymore.
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