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Switching to Linux as a Game Developer: surprisingly workable

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Switching to Linux as a Game Developer: surprisingly workable

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David GerardA to

FreeAssemblyEnglish • 1 month ago

Switching to Linux as a Game Developer

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I recently found that modern Linux distros are actually up to speed for almost all game development tasks and also gaming! Some notes on my experience transitioning.

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my wife and i bought our most recent laptops specifically for the Ryzen chip (cos AMD is superlative about Linux support)

her cos she’s a gamer and that’s how to get usable gaming on a cheap secondhand ex-corporate laptop, me cos i run leengux

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