Switching to Linux the day they can offer the same gaming experience as on Windows + some.
When it comes to OS I'm all about convenience, and Linux as it is rn does not interest me.
For gaming/entertainment usage, I have no issues with W10. None. In order for me to switch to Linux it would need to offer something substantially better in every way to Windows, and that's not gonna happen anytime soon.
They can is different from they do work. Your earlier posts indicated the Linux drivers are fine. Various issues causing GPU hangs doesn't sound fine
. Granted, I'm not sure the Windows drivers are directly comparable to the Linux drivers in this context anyway.
For a gamer, Linux absolutely have the potential to be a way better platform and way more convenient than Windows.
The main problem is the selection of games, they need to be ported to GNU/Linux.
What could trigger that is the second problem. Proprietary drivers. This is holding back Linux from being a superior platform to play on compared to Windows. 1. The proprietary drivers are pretty trash on their own 2. Their performance is worse than on Windows
On the other hand, you have open drivers on Linux for both Nvidia and AMD, and these perform better for what they can do than their proprietary counterparts and their Windows counterparts.
IF Amd and Nvidia released their Linux driver under open licence, within 6 months Linux would be a far superior gaming platform to Windows, and it would be the proper incentive for game companies to port their game to Linux as well.
The suggestion to swap to Linux is not absurd, even for a gamer. The inferior quality of the drivers is outweighted by the superior performance of all other hardware AND the operating system under Linux vis'a'vis Windows. Even with worse graphical drivers, general performance for a game should and will be better under GNU/Linux than on Windows.
Will Amd and Nvidia release their drivers for the open market? Highly unlikely. But is there a middle ground? Perhaps.. Open but not free drivers is a possbility. Vulcan replacing OpenGL and/or DirectX is another possibility. A combination of these might end up solving the ultimate problem and make it worthwhile for companies to port their games to GNU/Linux and for gamers to switch to a platform with generally better performance.
Because, ultimately, gamers do care about performance.
The end result would be a GNU/Linux where all hardware works out of the box, and installation which is much faster and easier than Windows, a generally better functional operating system with way better performance across the board and less wasted time on not gaming. I guess alot of gamers have the experience with Windows of having to install, update, reboot, update, reboot etc etc, and it being VERY slow and inconvenient, just to have to complete that and start installing CDs with various drivers. In Linux, no CD's needed, all hardware automatically have drivers and work out of box, updates are efficient and fast, max one reboot (if even 1). If you choose an appropriate and new distro, you don't even have to make any updates.
I can only imagine what community drivers could do for gaming, it could be absolutely amazing, increasing performance over any other drivers ALOT.