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Is there any collector site that states what titles are Linux compatible and what are not? I'd like switching and gaming is keeping me from it. Browsing to all

Is there any collector site that states what titles are Linux compatible and what are not? I'd like switching and gaming is keeping me from it. Browsing to all developer studios websites for my favourite 50 steam titles is a bit tedious... in other words... I'm lazy.

b0afc375b5 5y ago
Perhaps protondb fits your needs? https://www.protondb.com/ https://www.protondb.com/
- Kim_Bruning 5y ago
  With steam+proton you can almost just buy whatever; but it does help to check the db before you pay. For those who are not (always) on steam there's also the original wine: https://appdb.winehq.org/ https://appdb.winehq.org/
  - alpaca128 5y ago
    > With steam+proton you can almost just buy whatever Unless you don't have a magically compatible hardware setup. On my laptop like half my Steam library won't start, only shows a black screen or crashes instantly. Not even all official Linux releases reliably work. The last time I tried Ubuntu I couldn't even install Steam out of the box. Yes, Steam+Proton has improved the situation immensely. It's still a different kind of experience than on Windows, though. I just went the console route. Not perfect, but I like that it basically guarantees the hardware will be compatible with new games for 5+ years. The slightly better visuals aren't worth it to me, most games look good enough nowadays (or rather, the best-looking games tend to not be the most enjoyable ones on average).
    - Kim_Bruning 5y ago
      Hilariously, NixOS actually gets steam set up perfectly every time, all the time. Of course this presupposes you got NixOS set up at all in the first place. And I'm not ENTIRELY sure I'd recommend it for your daily driver. But a friend of mine talked me into it all; and despite the warts at times it just seems like it's the least worst distro (to praise it with faint damns)
      - xyzzy_plugh 5y ago
        There are some massive, incredibly fiddly consequences of using NixOS to run Steam games via Proton. A lot of stuff works, a lot of other stuff is a royal pain the ass. I moved to flatpak for Steam on NixOS and couldn't be happier, except now the latest proton uses flatpak under the hood and flatpak doesn't support nested containers. I hear the flatpak-based Proton works much better (and that makes sense) but I still have some titles that are broken with it but work with older versions.
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AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
Tracking "Linux" compatibility is difficult because there's no standard "Linux", just a bunch of separate hodgepodges that become incompatible with themselves after 2 years. It's been a problem with distributing software on Linux since the beginning.
blooalien 5y ago
Yep. ProtonDB and WINEHQ mentioned in other replies here are both excellent sites for that sort of information. For native Linux games, sites like Steam, and Itch.io both have little icons (often a little "Tux" the penguin, tho on Steam it's the SteamOS icon) you can look for which labels those games as bein' natively Linux. Obviously any game or program you install directly from your Linux distribution's package manager (app store, basically) will be native to Linux. For non-game software (and even some games), https://alternativeto.net/ https://alternativeto.net/ can help you easily find Linux-native alternatives to software that you know the name of from other platforms. Also great for finding interesting software alternatives for your other platforms (iOS, Androin, Win, Mac, etc) too.

b0afc375b5 5y ago

Perhaps protondb fits your needs? https://www.protondb.com/ https://www.protondb.com/

Kim_Bruning 5y ago
With steam+proton you can almost just buy whatever; but it does help to check the db before you pay. For those who are not (always) on steam there's also the original wine: https://appdb.winehq.org/ https://appdb.winehq.org/
- alpaca128 5y ago
  > With steam+proton you can almost just buy whatever Unless you don't have a magically compatible hardware setup. On my laptop like half my Steam library won't start, only shows a black screen or crashes instantly. Not even all official Linux releases reliably work. The last time I tried Ubuntu I couldn't even install Steam out of the box. Yes, Steam+Proton has improved the situation immensely. It's still a different kind of experience than on Windows, though. I just went the console route. Not perfect, but I like that it basically guarantees the hardware will be compatible with new games for 5+ years. The slightly better visuals aren't worth it to me, most games look good enough nowadays (or rather, the best-looking games tend to not be the most enjoyable ones on average).
  - Kim_Bruning 5y ago
    Hilariously, NixOS actually gets steam set up perfectly every time, all the time. Of course this presupposes you got NixOS set up at all in the first place. And I'm not ENTIRELY sure I'd recommend it for your daily driver. But a friend of mine talked me into it all; and despite the warts at times it just seems like it's the least worst distro (to praise it with faint damns)
    - xyzzy_plugh 5y ago
      There are some massive, incredibly fiddly consequences of using NixOS to run Steam games via Proton. A lot of stuff works, a lot of other stuff is a royal pain the ass. I moved to flatpak for Steam on NixOS and couldn't be happier, except now the latest proton uses flatpak under the hood and flatpak doesn't support nested containers. I hear the flatpak-based Proton works much better (and that makes sense) but I still have some titles that are broken with it but work with older versions.

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AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago

Tracking "Linux" compatibility is difficult because there's no standard "Linux", just a bunch of separate hodgepodges that become incompatible with themselves after 2 years. It's been a problem with distributing software on Linux since the beginning.

blooalien 5y ago

Yep. ProtonDB and WINEHQ mentioned in other replies here are both excellent sites for that sort of information. For native Linux games, sites like Steam, and Itch.io both have little icons (often a little "Tux" the penguin, tho on Steam it's the SteamOS icon) you can look for which labels those games as bein' natively Linux. Obviously any game or program you install directly from your Linux distribution's package manager (app store, basically) will be native to Linux. For non-game software (and even some games), https://alternativeto.net/ https://alternativeto.net/ can help you easily find Linux-native alternatives to software that you know the name of from other platforms. Also great for finding interesting software alternatives for your other platforms (iOS, Androin, Win, Mac, etc) too.