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Linux Gaming is the equivalent of Christian Rock.

gspr 6y ago
No. https://store.steampowered.com/linux https://store.steampowered.com/linux
Shared404 6y ago
Check out Proton. Linux can run almost any windows game at this point. On the subject of Christian Rock, check out Skillet.
- dependenttypes 6y ago
  I think you mean wine. Honestly though, a lot of games are now native for linux. There are very few games that I need wine for nowadays (and there is no game that I want but can't play)
  - Shared404 6y ago
    Yes, wine underlies proton, but Proton makes it accessible for those who don't have the time/desire to debug games individually. Proton "Just Works(tm)", whereas vanilla Wine takes setup. > Honestly though, a lot of games are now native for linux. There are very few games that I need wine for nowadays (and there is no game that I want but can't play) I have to agree here. Almost every game I play can run natively.
    - dependenttypes 6y ago
      Isn't Proton Steam-only? Plus there are quite a few other wine front-ends (playonlinux and lutris come to mind). Personally I had better luck fiddling with Wine than with Proton. (and by fiddling I mean "checking a few dlls in winetricks")
      - Shared404 6y ago
        I don't remember for sure. It is it's own open source project however. I do use lutris as well, but mostly for emulators. > Personally I had better luck fiddling with Wine than with Proton. (and by fiddling I mean "checking a few dlls in winetricks") To each their own. Almost all of my Window's only games I have in my steam library and I've just been able to click install and play, so I haven't looked in depth at any of the other options yet.
- lmedinas 6y ago
  It can run some games but it still has issues with multiplayer games mainly due to anti-cheating. Sadly Vulkan has not really took off as being a major multi platform graphics API which would be the right approach to bring more games to Linux.
  - monadic2 6y ago
    True, but that's just a small subset of even PC gaming.
ISL 6y ago
This seems like a challenge to a developer to make the death-metal of open-source games. If it were written, would it make it into the major distros? :). Are there any titles that would meet that definition written in Scumm?
- Shared404 6y ago
  > to make the death-metal of open-source games. The original DOOM is open source, I think. Update: Found it! It's here, but it's the engine only: https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM
  - chungy 6y ago
    Unfortunately they only pushed the non-open source licensed one. It was relicensed as GPLv2 a couple years later. https://github.com/Doom-Utils/historic-ports/tree/linuxdoom https://github.com/Doom-Utils/historic-ports/tree/linuxdoom
Andrex 6y ago
With Unreal becoming verboten on macOS, and Google working with Valve directly on Steam + Linux for Chrome OS... What does that make Mac Gaming? Insane Clown Posse? Brokencyde?

gspr 6y ago

No. https://store.steampowered.com/linux https://store.steampowered.com/linux

Check out Proton. Linux can run almost any windows game at this point. On the subject of Christian Rock, check out Skillet.

dependenttypes 6y ago
I think you mean wine. Honestly though, a lot of games are now native for linux. There are very few games that I need wine for nowadays (and there is no game that I want but can't play)
- Shared404 6y ago
  Yes, wine underlies proton, but Proton makes it accessible for those who don't have the time/desire to debug games individually. Proton "Just Works(tm)", whereas vanilla Wine takes setup. > Honestly though, a lot of games are now native for linux. There are very few games that I need wine for nowadays (and there is no game that I want but can't play) I have to agree here. Almost every game I play can run natively.
  - dependenttypes 6y ago
    Isn't Proton Steam-only? Plus there are quite a few other wine front-ends (playonlinux and lutris come to mind). Personally I had better luck fiddling with Wine than with Proton. (and by fiddling I mean "checking a few dlls in winetricks")
    - Shared404 6y ago
      I don't remember for sure. It is it's own open source project however. I do use lutris as well, but mostly for emulators. > Personally I had better luck fiddling with Wine than with Proton. (and by fiddling I mean "checking a few dlls in winetricks") To each their own. Almost all of my Window's only games I have in my steam library and I've just been able to click install and play, so I haven't looked in depth at any of the other options yet.
lmedinas 6y ago
It can run some games but it still has issues with multiplayer games mainly due to anti-cheating. Sadly Vulkan has not really took off as being a major multi platform graphics API which would be the right approach to bring more games to Linux.
- monadic2 6y ago
  True, but that's just a small subset of even PC gaming.

ISL 6y ago

This seems like a challenge to a developer to make the death-metal of open-source games. If it were written, would it make it into the major distros? :). Are there any titles that would meet that definition written in Scumm?

Shared404 6y ago
> to make the death-metal of open-source games. The original DOOM is open source, I think. Update: Found it! It's here, but it's the engine only: https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM
- chungy 6y ago
  Unfortunately they only pushed the non-open source licensed one. It was relicensed as GPLv2 a couple years later. https://github.com/Doom-Utils/historic-ports/tree/linuxdoom https://github.com/Doom-Utils/historic-ports/tree/linuxdoom

Andrex 6y ago

With Unreal becoming verboten on macOS, and Google working with Valve directly on Steam + Linux for Chrome OS... What does that make Mac Gaming? Insane Clown Posse? Brokencyde?