i’ve been interested in switching to linux for gaming but i’m not sure how the games i play run; i like to play Apex legends and Overwatch 2 competitively. can linux run these games with low latency and high frame rate? i’m looking into the Nobara project and pikaOS distros
Apex had been rock solid for me until about a month or so ago. Something’s happened and I get corrupt file issues and it’s unplayable now. I’m on PopOS.
It sucks. :(
edit:
Its back to working! I installed a few more updates and reinstalled, repaired the games folder, and it started working.
I can give next to no actual helpful advice, but I’ll throw something into the void. I’m pretty sure the anticheat Apex uses isn’t supported on Linux, and I have no clue about O2
nothings stops You from trying. Linux gaming is fantastic nowadays.
you’re 100% right, i just got a new ssd today to dualboot for starters :)
This is the answer. Dual boot for awhile and experiment a bit. Sometimes games work out of the box, other times it needs a bit of tinkering which most of the time someone else has already identified what you need to do to fix your issue.
Things like Lutris, Steam, Wine and ProtonDB are in all invaluable to gaming on Linux.
Usually the games can run as solid as on windows. Only issue tends to be anti-cheat software not playing nice. Apex seems to function well via Proton. Checkout ProtonDB for a list of what’s working.
Both OW2 and Apex work on Linux. I don’t play competitively but I don’t think there should be any issues. Folks on ProtonDB and Lutris can confirm comparability as well.
