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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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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

In addition to what others are saying, there is a lemmy for people that moved from r/blind: https://rblind.com It has a small number of active users, but perhaps you might get some help there. You could perhaps ask in their main community, !main@rblind.com.

[–] MostlyBlindGamer@rblind.com 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As an r/blind mod and RBlind.com adminI am, in fact, aware of it. Hehehe.

Seriously though, the blind community Linux desktop install base is small and virtually nonexistent for gaming, and I have very simple accessibility requirements, so I figured I’d get better feedback here.

It’s great to know there’s some awareness of the instance around the broader Fediverse!

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm dumb, your account is on that instance 😆

I think here is a good place to ask as well, just wanted to make sure you were aware of that community in case it was helpful.

[–] MostlyBlindGamer@rblind.com 12 points 5 months ago

So you just… didn’t see it? Ba-dum-tss. Hehe.

I might cross post there later.

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