I recently bought a XPS 15 and it came with Windows, but I'm thinking of putting Linux instead and maybe have a Windows VM.. I love Linux for dev and customization but Windows is just easy to game on. What is your experience on gaming on Linux ?

I don't think gaming in a VM is going to be the best experience. You're better off just dual booting Linux and Windows, that way you can choose which one you go into on boot. That's what I do on mine anyway :)

Linus tech tips recently made a video about gaming on linux. Check it out.

I game on Linux. The majority of the games I play run natively on linux, and the majority of the windows games that don't are fully functional with wine. The rest(mostly big-dick AAA games that don't really hold my attention anyway) I can play with parsec.

As a gamer, I have no complaints with linux.

I had a Dell XPS 15 that I immediately put Linux on when I got it. If you're into indie games, there's plenty of Linux stuff on Steam/Humblebundle. I personally just have a separate Windows gaming laptop. I recently did an upgrade video for it:

https://penguindreams.org/videos/...

Biggest problem with the Dell XPS 15, or at least mine, were thermals. I do a lot of intense dev work and hit some throttling issues. Dave2D covers some of the cooling/throttling issues in his review videos.

Gaming on Linux is getting better and better every day. Check out level1linux on YouTube. Their latest video is exactly what you're looking for.

Love it!

@bananabread with Linux as host you can setup GPU passthrough and it appears it's not that bad from what I've heard

@olback @pionell I've seen those videos and that's what got me thinking I should try. I wanted to have some user feedback before

@bahua I've never heard of parsec, I'll take a look

It's a high-fidelity streaming system for playing games on a remote computer in real-time.