I’ve been playing LoL since a long time - practically since my friends etc. started it in 2009. I was on windows back then and moved slowly and slowly to Linux via dual boot. These days I only used windows for gaming and Linux (Ubuntu) for everything else.

While back then, stuff like FLOSS and co. wasn’t that important to me - these days I appreciate it much more - and I like to have a computer which just doesn’t annoy me with bloat and doesn’t do stuff I don’t want it to do.

After hearing about the steam deck stuff recently I gave gaming on Linux a try. I just follow the few simple steps outlined in online guides. It was pretty easy to install steam and league of legends. I even played a few very old games on steam - games which I didn’t play all the time because I wouldn’t boot up windows just for them.

I did decrease the LoL graphics a bit - as my laptop is a bit older. But seriously… League of Legends was working! It was working flawlessly! 🤩 I didn’t see any crashes or stuff like that. I played a few games and realised, that I really didn’t need to go back to windows anymore.

I’m migrating to a new laptop with better specs soon - and It’ll be my first laptop in 1.5 decades that will not have dual boot. 😇 If I ever need windows again I’ll either use the dual boot on my old laptop or simply run a VM for such rare cases. But even things like MS Teams work in the browser, so no need for Windows unless it’s MS Office - which I never needed yet.

Just wanted to share my recent personal experience 😃

  • swnt@feddit.deOPEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Yeah, I’m using both all the time. Funny that you mention the teams Problems. My camera 9nly works ok Linux Teams but not on Windows 😂

    I’m already using libre office all the time - but aside from gaming I heard that office is the only reason to still use windows. But I just need any document editor - not ms office - so that’s a no brainer for me But for some people at work when MS documents are sent via email and edited - then sometim3s it just doesn’t cut it.

    • TwinHaelix@reddthat.comEnglish
      41·
      9 months ago

      Productivity in general is the only reason to still use Windows. Office is a big one (though great alternatives like LO and OnlyOffice exist), but also Adobe products, pro audio software, etc.

      • Matty_r@programming.devEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I’d have to say OnlyOffice is starting to replace LibreOffice for me. Its a much nicer experience, and the UI is more like Office.