Gaming on Linux is just as good, if not better, than on Windows if Valve's Proton supports it

German website ComputerBase benchmarked Arch Linux, Pop!_OS and Nobara OS against Windows 11 and found that all the Linux distros were able to outperform Windows 11 in games that are supported by Valve's Proton compatibility layer. The games tested were Cyberpunk 2077, Forspoken, Rachet & Clank, Starfield and The Talos Principle II, whcih don't have native Linux versions, so all used Proton. It's a modest victory for the Linux distros (just a handful of frames per second), but it's impressive this even works in the first place, let alone performing slightly better than Windows! The list of titles that support Proton keeps growing too as they want to work on Valve's popular Steam Deck console.