Hello friends!
I made the switch from Windows back to Linux over the weekend, and so far almost everything is going swimmingly. Distro of choice is LMDE, and Steam and Proton are running like a dream.
I am having one minor issue which I’ve resolved in an unsatisfactory manner. Online games keep disconnecting frequently on loading new areas. This is occurring most noticeably on Guild Wars 2, Last Epoch, and Path of Exile.
I’ve resolved the issue by switching my DNS from my ISP default to Google’s 8.8.4.4 and 8.8.8.8 service. No issues since the change.
So, this is not ideal since I’d like to break away from Google services for improved privacy. Are there any ethical DNS providers I can point to for reliable gaming, or are there any alternative solutions I should look into?
Another solution is to use something like wireguard tunnel, where all your traffic is routed through the tunnel.
This also hides your DNS requests from anyone whose not allowed to and hasn’t access to your private key/wg0 configuration.