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what are pros and cons of linux? (programming.dev)
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and what if any do you miss from windows?

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I only know it's five because I can subtract the numbers before anand after I click the "only show me Linux compatible games" filter button.

Just a heads up, to add on to this, just because Steam has a game listed as "unknown" or "unsupported" doesn't actually necessarily mean that you can't get it to work. So it might actually be less than 5.

For example, Steam says that the Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition is "unsupported," but I got it working, including DSFix, just fine (and very easily).