my gpu is gtx 1650 from laptop msi gf63. im wondering if after 10 years will the gpu still have a driver in linux ? im asking this to know if the life of gpu would be better with linux or windows. it may be an absurd question but it makes sense to me. as if the usecase its to play cyberpunk(yes it does work) on a sepfic version(cracked no updates).
will that version still be useable ten years from now on ubuntu with this laptop?
If it’s a Windows game, it’s still possible to play them via tools like Lutris and Bottles. Sometimes you can just double click the
.exefile, and Wine will auto-generate a prefix (i.e. directory where an instance of Wine is stored), and you can play it.Also, virtually all games are real games. Indie games do not “run on anything,” and most indie devs do not target multi-platform support, as that takes extra knowledge and effort. What makes it so Linux can run just about any game is a bunch of dedicated global volunteers who were somewhat recently given a leg up by Valve’s Proton.
The only thing she’d have problems with is games that use kernel-anticheat.
Check https://protondb.com/ to see if your games will run and/or what small tweaks you might need.