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
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.
Performance should be comparable to Windows, maybe slightly worse. Usually online games with anticheat don’t work on Linux, but OW and Apex do work.
Nobara is pretty good, I’ve heard nothing but good things.
I get basically the same performance on OW2 with Lurtis and Garuda versus Windows. It’s pretty much competitive now.
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.
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
February 2022 they put out an update that enabled Proton support for EasyAntiCheat. Apex and Overwatch 2 both work.
