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Out of curiosity, what games do you play? Would wine and/or a virtual machine suffice?
by barbs 5y ago
Out of curiosity, what games do you play? Would wine and/or a virtual machine suffice?
- hnthrowaway0315 5y agoI actually play a lot of old school games so 1) Dosbox solves a lot of them and 2) Never tried that but maybe Wine solves the rest. A list of freq games: 1) Baldur's Gate EE Trilogy (And their EE cousins) 2) Quake I (this I'm sure can be played in Linux directly) 3) Diablo 2 (Also think there is a Linux version, they even have a MacOS one) That's pretty much it, and TBH I don't really play them frequently, maybe a few times a week? So yeah I can probably move into Linux right now, and the only "obstacle" is that I removed most bullshits from Windows 10 Pro and it is now usable, so I'm kinda lazy to change. On the other side, since I want to learn sys programming, that's some incentive to move to Linux...
- goosedragons 5y agoThere's a Linux version of Baldur's Gate EE and all the other Beamdog EE titles including NWN. If you bought them on Steam or GOG you already have the Linux version. Only Icewind Dale 2 is left on Windows but they lost the source code which is why there's no EE version of that. Diablo 2 doesn't have an official Linux version but there is a source port called OpenDiablo 2. Diablo 2 also runs well under Wine.
- barbs 5y agoYeah it does take some effort to install linux and get everything running, especially since you've got your Windows setup working well enough without all the bullshit. I guess if it ain't broke, no need to fix it. But as you and goosedragons has pointed out, those games would most likely run well on linux, so if you are ever in a position where you need to reinstall an OS I'd recommend considering linux :)