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Steam on Linux is like that 99% of the time. Download the game and play it.

by rjh29 3y ago

Timon3 3y ago
Better yet, check reports of other users in ProtonDB: https://www.protondb.com/ https://www.protondb.com/ They are not necessarily applicable to everyone, but most of the time they are accurate. Makes it easy to see whether setting it all up under Linux is worth it for your library.
Faaak 3y ago
I didn't even know about this when I installed steam on Linux in order to play two games. "Nice, they support linux" I thought. It wasn't until the third time that I understood that they were windows games supported by steam/wine
darreninthenet 3y ago
What distro would you recommend for maximising gaming performance and compatibility do you think? Valve seem to have gone for Arch but
- beebeepka 3y ago
  I think Manjaro is a great choice for gaming rigs. You get easy access to latest kernels and drivers without having to babysit your computer. Only problem with Linux gaming is that you don't get stuff like fan, voltage, frequency control for newer AMD hardware. This hasn't been an issue for me until I got a 6800XT. I thought about RMA until I remembered their Adrenaline software exists. I wish I could save my settings to the card's BIOS. I no longer use this machine for anything but gaming. Going back to windows sucks
  - cherryteastain 3y ago
    https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT This application lets you adjust everything and the settings are saved on reboot
pluijzer 3y ago
I really want to second this. All games I want to play these days work under Linux without effort. Older titles work even better where under Windows you could run into compatibility issues not so under Linux because of the great effort put on backward compatibility by Wine. Also, a bit susprising and unfortunate, the Windows version of a game that has native Linux support often runs better. I run Manjaro Linux and have an Nvidia GPU for if it matters. My Steam games I run with Steam and for the games I bought on GOG I use Lutris. I would really suggest people to check out how far it has come.

Steam on Linux is like that 99% of the time. Download the game and play it.

by rjh29 3y ago

Steam on Linux is like that 99% of the time. Download the game and play it.

Better yet, check reports of other users in ProtonDB: https://www.protondb.com/ https://www.protondb.com/ They are not necessarily applicable to everyone, but most of the time they are accurate. Makes it easy to see whether setting it all up under Linux is worth it for your library.

Faaak 3y ago

I didn't even know about this when I installed steam on Linux in order to play two games. "Nice, they support linux" I thought. It wasn't until the third time that I understood that they were windows games supported by steam/wine

darreninthenet 3y ago

What distro would you recommend for maximising gaming performance and compatibility do you think? Valve seem to have gone for Arch but

beebeepka 3y ago
I think Manjaro is a great choice for gaming rigs. You get easy access to latest kernels and drivers without having to babysit your computer. Only problem with Linux gaming is that you don't get stuff like fan, voltage, frequency control for newer AMD hardware. This hasn't been an issue for me until I got a 6800XT. I thought about RMA until I remembered their Adrenaline software exists. I wish I could save my settings to the card's BIOS. I no longer use this machine for anything but gaming. Going back to windows sucks
- cherryteastain 3y ago
  https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT This application lets you adjust everything and the settings are saved on reboot

pluijzer 3y ago

I really want to second this. All games I want to play these days work under Linux without effort. Older titles work even better where under Windows you could run into compatibility issues not so under Linux because of the great effort put on backward compatibility by Wine. Also, a bit susprising and unfortunate, the Windows version of a game that has native Linux support often runs better. I run Manjaro Linux and have an Nvidia GPU for if it matters. My Steam games I run with Steam and for the games I bought on GOG I use Lutris. I would really suggest people to check out how far it has come.