I’ve been playing LoL since a long time - practically since my friends etc. started it in 2009. I was on windows back then and moved slowly and slowly to Linux via dual boot. These days I only used windows for gaming and Linux (Ubuntu) for everything else.

While back then, stuff like FLOSS and co. wasn’t that important to me - these days I appreciate it much more - and I like to have a computer which just doesn’t annoy me with bloat and doesn’t do stuff I don’t want it to do.

After hearing about the steam deck stuff recently I gave gaming on Linux a try. I just follow the few simple steps outlined in online guides. It was pretty easy to install steam and league of legends. I even played a few very old games on steam - games which I didn’t play all the time because I wouldn’t boot up windows just for them.

I did decrease the LoL graphics a bit - as my laptop is a bit older. But seriously… League of Legends was working! It was working flawlessly! 🤩 I didn’t see any crashes or stuff like that. I played a few games and realised, that I really didn’t need to go back to windows anymore.

I’m migrating to a new laptop with better specs soon - and It’ll be my first laptop in 1.5 decades that will not have dual boot. 😇 If I ever need windows again I’ll either use the dual boot on my old laptop or simply run a VM for such rare cases. But even things like MS Teams work in the browser, so no need for Windows unless it’s MS Office - which I never needed yet.

Just wanted to share my recent personal experience 😃

    • swnt@feddit.deOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Why condolences?

      I don’t feel like I’m addicted to it I just play Aram a few times a week - and I have a plentiful life outside of LoL

  • GrappleHatEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That’s great!! Glad to hear it!

    Since you mention it, I’ll add that teams-for-linux works better for me than the official MS Teams in the browser. And for MS Office I haven’t had any trouble using LibreOffice as a replacement.

    • swnt@feddit.deOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I’m using both all the time. Funny that you mention the teams Problems. My camera 9nly works ok Linux Teams but not on Windows 😂

      I’m already using libre office all the time - but aside from gaming I heard that office is the only reason to still use windows. But I just need any document editor - not ms office - so that’s a no brainer for me But for some people at work when MS documents are sent via email and edited - then sometim3s it just doesn’t cut it.

      • TwinHaelix@reddthat.comEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Productivity in general is the only reason to still use Windows. Office is a big one (though great alternatives like LO and OnlyOffice exist), but also Adobe products, pro audio software, etc.

        • Matty_r@programming.devEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I’d have to say OnlyOffice is starting to replace LibreOffice for me. Its a much nicer experience, and the UI is more like Office.

  • DrDominate@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have a question for you. I noticed the client is really sluggish on Linux though it wasn’t on windows. Did you notice something similar?

    • swnt@feddit.deOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I did notice the sluggishness as well. but I didn’t mind much