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I switched to macOS pretty for all my day-to-day, development and work uses, but still have a Ryzem+RTX (I do use Ray tracing features) desktop that I only ever use for gaming anymore.

I play games from Steam, GoG, Epic, and occasionally Xbox Game Pass.

The big problem here is I’m visually impaired and need a desktop environment that will let me consistently use a lime green mouse cursor and zoom in full screen via keyboard and scroll shortcuts.

At the risk of 1) nobody having actual experience and 2) the current Linux distro/DE ecosystem being hopelessly broken, what should I try?

I also only have some 2 hours a week for videogames. I can’t afford the time to tinker, after the transition and setup period.

I’m perfectly happy with “you’re outta luck, buddy, just suffer through Windows,” but I figure it can’t hurt to ask…

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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Others have already commented on the accessibility stuff, and Xbox game pass.

I'll add that if you do give it a go, I recommend heroic launcher for managing Epic and GOG games.

It is able to handle installation, as well as running stuff with the wine/proton compatibility layer, for games that need it.

[–] MostlyBlindGamer@rblind.com 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

It is! Heads up on a known bug tho, which will already be fixed in the next release. GOG games can show up as "not installable" for seemingly no reason preventing them from being installed.