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[–] [email protected] 64 points 5 months ago (27 children)

I just dual booted Linux Mint yesterday when I was reminded of the Win 10 end of service date, and hope to keep with it as my main system.

Linux has come a long way with compatibility since I last tried it ~10 years ago. The fact that Steam games ran perfectly without an evening of configuring settings blew my mind.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Do Ubisoft and Blizzard games run? I keep reading praises about Steam but I am more concerned with the other launchers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Afaik Steam has a compatibility layer (Proton) which makes the games run on linux, because the SteamOS which is running on the Steam Deck is Linux. There is Wine you could use for games outside Steam, or you could also try running them throuhg Steam.

Now I have no experience with any of this, but plan to set up Linux dual boot at some point and this is my understanding of things. Somebody better suited will probably chime in with mire details

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There's the new UMU launcher that allows running proton outside of steam. Winehq also works fine by itself, at the end of the day proton is just a fork of wine with a few patches and relies on plenty of shared components like dxvk and vkd3d.

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