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Deyis@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Gaming on Linux is better than it ever has been, but there are some games that just won’t run on Linux.

Is there any way of telling which ones will and won’t run on Linux? How does running them on Linux differ from Windows?

Avoid Nvidia graphics due to driver complexities.

Well, I’m fucked if that’s the case as both my machines have Nvidia GPUs.

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Sina@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
Nvidia still has its pains, but it’s certainly daily drivable now.

Is there any way of telling which ones will and won’t run on Linux?

It’s very easy, if a game doesn’t have invasive data thieving anticheat, then it will run on Linux, otherwise it won’t. Sometimes it takes some fiddling, but pretty much anything at least a month old without anti will run.

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AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Protondb.com.

And no, nvidia runs pretty smooth on modern linux. I run ZorinOS with intel + nvidia and have no problem

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- Deyis@beehaw.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  So I’d need to check that site for every game I want to play? Presumably if there isn’t a user report for whatever distro I’m using (how do you go about choosing one? Guessing from your comment that some work better with certain components than others) the only option is to buy the game in the hope of it working whilst preparing for X hours of faffing about to get it to work?
  
  Protondb also looks to be focused on Steam, I’m guessing it’s like MacOS where if it’s a game not on Steam then you’re shit out of luck if there isn’t a Linux specific version?
  
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  - Vodulas@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    I’m guessing it’s like MacOS where if it’s a game not on Steam then you’re shit out of luck if there isn’t a Linux specific version?
    
    In addition to the options hamsterkill said, I run a lot of non-Steam games through Steam without issue. I’ve even run non-game software through it.
    
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  - hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    Presumably if there isn’t a user report for whatever distro I’m using
    
    Distro is unlikely to matter, as long as you don’t pick a really obscure one. And even then, flatpaks will probably work fine.
    
    Protondb also looks to be focused on Steam, I’m guessing it’s like MacOS where if it’s a game not on Steam then you’re shit out of luck if there isn’t a Linux specific version?
    
    Steam is the easiest to work with and most well-supported. But there are other managers like Heroic Launcher and Lutris that can cover non-steam. Knowing whether a game can run on proton/wine outside of Steam does likely require a google search, though. Most things can be made to work as long as the game doesn’t require kernel-level anticheat (e.g. Destiny and BF6).
    
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