Why is Ubuntu so hyped?

Lemme give you a little advice. Don't play Win games on Linux using Wine (PlayOnLinux is just a GUI wrapper for Wine, if you didn't know). At least not the new ones or games, where fps and timely reaction are crucial. Get yourself Win7. I finished.

Linux is not Windows. For use linux you need learn how use it. In my opinion linux is more easy to use and lot more powerful than windows.
About games, Windows have more suported games. But every day linux have more and more games suported. Every Android and SteamOS game can run in Linux natively.

What Killed the Linux Desktop by Miguel de Icaza

Isn't SteamOS based on linux?. Now, if steam decided that linux is a good choice to make a gaming platform, who are we to complain about linux?. Those guys at steam know what they are doing.

If you want to use any linux version you must learn how to use it, you must learn what you can and you cannot do.

The problem is between chair and keyboard dude.

"I'm supposed to play cs:go with 60 fps while with the windows version my fps is over 225" WUT? I get more fps on linux in csgo than in windows (~40-50 on windows 60+ on linux) Just make sure you use CSMT patched wine. (if you use playonlinux, search for 1.7.18-cs-0.8-f1cf438)

If you payed that much for your PC to game , i suggest you get Windows 7 at least as soon as possible, all the problems you're going through are why most people don't use Ubuntu and other linux Os's, it's great if you're a tech savvy and know exactly what you doing, it's great if you find it enjoyable to go through problems and spend hours looking for a fix to them, it's great if you're a developer in that domain, it's bad if you're a casual user, PC Gamer or someone with bad temper

Ease of use, size of community. As with any OS.

Of course, it's not for people who are too handicapped to at least tie their shoes, so why don't you bring back your PC, give that money to a hobo and do us all a favor?

The issues with Linux gaming come from driver support and OpenGL. ex-Valve engineer's story here: http://richg42.blogspot.com/2014/05/things-that-drive-me-nuts-about-opengl.html

This will surely be the year of linux.

There no reason to use Linux if you're a gamer.

Because a bunch of fags have the need of feeling themself "unique" and "special" for using that stupid os. Thats the essence of hypsters and overrated shit.

I am not defender of Ubuntu, but:
1) Have u installed official videocard driver from official site?
2) As for Cs:go, as u know it's not ported to linux, better try some other game (L4D2,TF2, or others)
3) Plz think again, do u really need DAT DEMOFILE?

The biggest problem of Linux besides not being supported from many games is incompatibility between different distros, and even on same distro some months later.
This eliminated many third party developed programms and tools and many don't even want to effort anything now since a few months in future it will be most likely be broken again.
To be successful on desktop, there has to be a standard for all distros, so game developers or third party developers can make programms which will continue to work months after they are released.
Linux developers want to be the guys who created the next big feature instead of creating standards and backward compatibility.

Ubuntu is often mentioned because it's one of the more user friendly and complete out-of-the-box distros, believe it or not.

It's definitely not an OS for everyone though, ironically enough what with all their slogans. You are expected to know an awful lot of things before going into it to get the most out of it (or even anything at all, depending on what you're doing). You're also expected to put up with incompatibilities, lots of fooling around with the terminal, and updates frequently. And if you want access to your full library of software, you're going to need to dual-boot into Windows.

Personally not for me, but it's ideal for those that want a lightweight OS that gives them full control. And programmers.

Honestly, you just sound really stupid after reading the thread. Ubuntu was never said to be good for gaming. Linux-based systems are good for actual computer work, not video editing or gaming. What you're doing is the equivalent of using a fork to drink soup and saying it's a terrible eating utensil.

Also, CS:GO isn't supported on Linux.

There is an easy fix for people with your smart problem, just run this in terminal:

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Linux is not for games.

So this thread exists because OP is a dumbass who can't Linux?

I don't think its hyped.

So, you are judging the SO because you have less FPS from an emulation of a game from another SO. Seems legit, bro! Try some game that runs native on Linux , then we can start to talk.

Generally speaking, Windows is rubbish, not Linux.

holy necroposting batman!

"Says nothing works on Linux and then just goes on about games not working well"

That's you're problem. People who use linux don't tend to game much on it or at all. Games are made to work with Windows primarily and then linux ports only come years later or not at all. If you want a gaming machine, you boot Windows. It's as simple as that. If you want to run a few select games but mostly use it for other computery stuff, then linux is more than suitable.

Either dual-boot, use Wine, switch entirely back to Windows or deal with it. A game "only" running at 60fps..... I'm wondering if you realise how ridiculous you sound making that complaint.