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I'm so glad I got comfortable using Linux early on. It just keeps getting easier to use and more powerful. Even gaming on Linux is pretty much tolerable these

I'm so glad I got comfortable using Linux early on. It just keeps getting easier to use and more powerful. Even gaming on Linux is pretty much tolerable these days thanks in part to Valve / Steam and their Proton fork of WINE.

surgical_fire 4y ago
I don't have a Steam Deck and I have no intention of buying one. But damn I am grateful it exists. It single handedly allowed me to have Linux and nothing else on my personal machine. Gaming on Linux for me has been more than tolerable, it has been as close to perfection as I always hoped.
- blooalien 4y ago
  Gaming on Linux for me started getting easy for me around WINE 3.0-ish, when EverQuest (and other MMOs of that time period) started running pretty near flawlessly for me. That's when my Windows XP/7 partition finally died for the last time on my system. Ain't been back to Windows since (other than trying out Windows 10 on a friend's system and instantly remembering why I had learned to hate Windows). Since Steam came to Linux and Valve released Proton, it's all only gotten better by leaps and bounds.
tracker1 4y ago
It's funny, I spent the time to get a windows app launching in proton as I was having some issues with the Linux version that I didn't have the time/patience to diagnose and fix myself. The launcher is called proton-call ... I changed Steam to use the version of proton to match what the app expected, and it worked pretty cleanly. All said, I do wish it were easier for a separate launcher or third party to include proton as a separate package. https://github.com/caverym/proton-caller https://github.com/caverym/proton-caller
- surgical_fire 4y ago
  Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need. Thanks for that!
- blooalien 4y ago
  You might also want to look into "Heroic" (an open source implementation of a GOG and Epic games launcher), and "Lutris", and "Bottles"; all of which can use Proton (and WINE) to launch Windows games and apps on Linux rather easily.

surgical_fire 4y ago

I don't have a Steam Deck and I have no intention of buying one. But damn I am grateful it exists. It single handedly allowed me to have Linux and nothing else on my personal machine. Gaming on Linux for me has been more than tolerable, it has been as close to perfection as I always hoped.

blooalien 4y ago
Gaming on Linux for me started getting easy for me around WINE 3.0-ish, when EverQuest (and other MMOs of that time period) started running pretty near flawlessly for me. That's when my Windows XP/7 partition finally died for the last time on my system. Ain't been back to Windows since (other than trying out Windows 10 on a friend's system and instantly remembering why I had learned to hate Windows). Since Steam came to Linux and Valve released Proton, it's all only gotten better by leaps and bounds.

tracker1 4y ago

It's funny, I spent the time to get a windows app launching in proton as I was having some issues with the Linux version that I didn't have the time/patience to diagnose and fix myself. The launcher is called proton-call ... I changed Steam to use the version of proton to match what the app expected, and it worked pretty cleanly. All said, I do wish it were easier for a separate launcher or third party to include proton as a separate package. https://github.com/caverym/proton-caller https://github.com/caverym/proton-caller

surgical_fire 4y ago
Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need. Thanks for that!
blooalien 4y ago
You might also want to look into "Heroic" (an open source implementation of a GOG and Epic games launcher), and "Lutris", and "Bottles"; all of which can use Proton (and WINE) to launch Windows games and apps on Linux rather easily.