From the C: to the /Mnt/s, Linux is better than ever for PC gaming – and easier to switch to from Windows

A few months ago, I did something radical. For radical, picture me skateboarding ungainly while installing Linux - or, to be more precise CachyOS - on my PC. Windows 11 had just been bugging me too much. On top of Microsoft's forced AI implementation growing ever more obscene, I was starting to get unexplained slowdown; something that would usually just prompt a Windows reinstall, as I've done countless times all the way back to Windows Vista. However, prompted by my good friend (and writer at cheery RPS fanzine PC Gamer) Joshua Wolens deciding to boldly try out Linux, this time, I would not-so-boldly join him. What I've found is a genuinely fantastic OS: a real, viable alternative to Windows, and one that's far more accessible than it was just a few years ago. Read more