PC Gaming Week: Linux vs Windows: which OS is better for PC gaming?

By Gabe Carey

Back in the ’90s, when you couldn’t traverse through a college campus without the violent echoes of heavy metal accompanied by the anxious clicks of a Doom death match, Microsoft reigned king over PC gaming. At the time, using an operating system other than MS-DOS was today’s equivalent of using a controller to play a twitch shooter on a luxurious custom rig.

Times have changed since 1993. We no longer have to worry about JNCOs coming back in style or John Romero making anyone his bitch.

Instead, we’re welcomed with myriad options through which to play our games. With Linux finally emerging viable in the market, thanks in part to Valve’s Steam Machine initiative, no longer is Windows, or MS-DOS for that matter, the indisputable king of PC gaming.

Taking on the king

With Valve’s Steam client having gained traction as the most popular pick for digital PC game marketplaces, it’s worth noting that the company co-founder, Gabe Newell, boldly claimed as far back as 2013 that “Linux and open source are the future of gaming.” In fact, the lord and savior himself called Windows 8 “a catastrophe for PC gaming” little more than a year earlier.

But why? …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming