@PurpleJillybeans Any good resources for gaming on...

@necromantrix Steam Just Works™ for the most part. You'll install it from your distro's package collection, or from #Flathub if they don't have it. A lot of games support Linux natively; for the rest you can go to Manage > Properties > Compatibility > Force Steam Play compatibility to make it use Proton.

Try Heroic Games Launcher (available from Flathub) for GOG and Epic games. It will handle Wine automatically as needed.

21 May at 21:59 | Open on kind.social

Merlin04

@necromantrix @PurpleJillybeans just looked around for a tutorial and didn't find anything that seemed like a good simple resource to recommend, but from my experience gaming on Linux has been pretty simple - just install steam, go into the steam settings and enable steam play for all titles (aka proton, the compatibility layer so you can run windows games on Linux), then just play the games from the steam library like on windows!
and if you want to verify that a game will work you can check protondb, for instance here's the protondb page for risk of rain 2: https://www.protondb.com/app/632360
I think things have improved a lot in the past few years, proton has gotten really good

@necromantrix @PurpleJillybeans just looked around for a tutorial and didn't find anything that seemed like a good simple resource to recommend, but from my experience gaming on Linux has been pretty simple - just install steam, go into the steam settings and enable steam play for all titles (aka proton, the compatibility layer so you can run windows games on Linux), then just play the games from the steam library like on windows!
and if you want to verify that a game will work you can check protondb,...

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21 May at 22:04 | Open on queer.party

PiTau

@necromantrix @PurpleJillybeans It's a little tossup... Maybe I should write a simple beginners guide to gaming on Linux. However, here's a short of what you need to know.

If the game is on Steam (or you add it to steam) and is steamdeck verified, it will run. Just enable compatibility tools in steam settings and done. If it's not verified, then check ProtonDB[1]. Most games work out of the box unless developers deliberately borked Proton.

Avoid Linux native ports unless the developer is committed. Otherwise they'll work worse than the windows version under Proton.

You've got games on Epic? Well, there's no official solution so you have to use either Heroic Launcher[2] (simpler but more limited) or Lutris[3] (more complex but very versatile). These work just fine.

If the game is on CD/DVD/other platform like Itch, I'd recommend using Lutris support for game installers. It is far easier than it looks.

Regarding news sources, there is fantastic @gamingonlinux

Generally gaming is far less deal breaker than professional software these days. Write down a list of your dealbreakers for yourself and if there's no red flags, try Linux and keep these pinguins sliding!

P. S. I'd recommend going for a big, well maintained distro. Fedora, SUSE, Ubuntu. Debian might be annoying... Arch and Gentoo are far too much of a commitment or ducktaping, at least for my taste.

[1] https://www.protondb.com/
[2] https://heroicgameslauncher.com/
[3] https://lutris.net/

@necromantrix @PurpleJillybeans It's a little tossup... Maybe I should write a simple beginners guide to gaming on Linux. However, here's a short of what you need to know.

If the game is on Steam (or you add it to steam) and is steamdeck verified, it will run. Just enable compatibility tools in steam settings and done. If it's not verified, then check ProtonDB[1]. Most games work out of the box unless developers deliberately borked Proton.

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21 May at 23:01 | Open on pol.social

Sunbeam Rider

@necromantrix always check the game you want to play at protondb.com to see if it's compatible or if there are any troubleshooting steps you should try in the case it doesn't work

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