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Just use Proton. Install games from Steam directly.

Anunayj 5y ago
Atleast right now, most anticheat software aren't available for Linux, You need a Windows kernel for them to run. This can however change as Steam plans to use SteamOS (based on Arch) as their primary OS on the SteamDeck.
- 29athrowaway 5y ago
  And only a minority of games do require anticheat.
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- Rd6n6 5y ago
  I hope they make it opt in. I don’t really want an anti cheat snooping around my Linux system without my knowing
  - Anunayj 5y ago
    yup, though since they will require administrative permissions, I don't think valve will go around making you install it unless you play the specific game. Also I don't really understand how GPLv2 and kernel modules work, but I wonder if AntiCheats would be forced to open source themselves? Probably not honestly. Edit: If anyone wanna read Linus's thoughts on it [1]. TL;DR It's a legal gray area. [1]. https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/gpl_modules.html https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/gpl_modules.html
JustStoppinIn89 5y ago
This is a non-answer. Steam is not and should not be the sole source of video games on PC. This is a workaround that doesn't even work as well as you imply. > Just use Windows. Install games from developers directly. See how silly that sounds to you ?
- 29athrowaway 5y ago
  Proton (a fork of Wine) can be used outside Steam. It's open source and hosted on github. There are also forks of Proton that are community maintained (e.g.: Glorious eggroll). If you want to have the convenience of Steam, without Steam, you have projects like Lutris, which have community maintained scripts for each game. Those scripts are responsible for installing all the necessary dependencies and workarounds necessary for getting a game to work. You can check https://www.protondb.com/ https://www.protondb.com/ to see which games work well under Proton. If you don't want to use Proton, you can search the Wine application database for compatibility information: https://appdb.winehq.org/ https://appdb.winehq.org/ I recommend Steam + Proton because it's the most frictionless way of getting games to work. The #1 complaint about Linux is how hard it is to do some things (like the guy I initially replied to), but it doesn't have to be that way.
- shmerl 5y ago
  I'm mostly buying games from GOG, not Steam. You can perfectly use Wine, Wine staging and Proton without Steam for them.

Atleast right now, most anticheat software aren't available for Linux, You need a Windows kernel for them to run. This can however change as Steam plans to use SteamOS (based on Arch) as their primary OS on the SteamDeck.

29athrowaway 5y ago
And only a minority of games do require anticheat.
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Rd6n6 5y ago
I hope they make it opt in. I don’t really want an anti cheat snooping around my Linux system without my knowing
- Anunayj 5y ago
  yup, though since they will require administrative permissions, I don't think valve will go around making you install it unless you play the specific game. Also I don't really understand how GPLv2 and kernel modules work, but I wonder if AntiCheats would be forced to open source themselves? Probably not honestly. Edit: If anyone wanna read Linus's thoughts on it [1]. TL;DR It's a legal gray area. [1]. https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/gpl_modules.html https://yarchive.net/comp/linux/gpl_modules.html

JustStoppinIn89 5y ago

This is a non-answer. Steam is not and should not be the sole source of video games on PC. This is a workaround that doesn't even work as well as you imply. > Just use Windows. Install games from developers directly. See how silly that sounds to you ?

29athrowaway 5y ago
Proton (a fork of Wine) can be used outside Steam. It's open source and hosted on github. There are also forks of Proton that are community maintained (e.g.: Glorious eggroll). If you want to have the convenience of Steam, without Steam, you have projects like Lutris, which have community maintained scripts for each game. Those scripts are responsible for installing all the necessary dependencies and workarounds necessary for getting a game to work. You can check https://www.protondb.com/ https://www.protondb.com/ to see which games work well under Proton. If you don't want to use Proton, you can search the Wine application database for compatibility information: https://appdb.winehq.org/ https://appdb.winehq.org/ I recommend Steam + Proton because it's the most frictionless way of getting games to work. The #1 complaint about Linux is how hard it is to do some things (like the guy I initially replied to), but it doesn't have to be that way.
shmerl 5y ago
I'm mostly buying games from GOG, not Steam. You can perfectly use Wine, Wine staging and Proton without Steam for them.