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So anyway, any beginner tips?

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

A lot of games are going to work without you having to do anything and some will need some tinkering. In that case, https://www.protondb.com/ will be your best friend, telling you exactly what you need to do to get things running.

That being said, some games simply can't be run under Linux. They might work in the future as compatibility improves but some won't. If it's an issue for you, you might want to dual boot windows as a workaround.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Personally, I recommend quitting Windows cold-turkey and not dual-booting at all. If a game genuinely doesn't work without dual-booting, you don't need it. No game is so important that it's worth compromising your security, privacy, and property rights over.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This 100%. Give up Windows and never look back, you will not regret it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you do then you already know that. The recommendation is still good, and I'm hoping you agree, but sometimes it doesn't work. Cool. We don't need to hear that every time. We know.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately some of us need windows for more than games, and there aren’t Linux alternatives

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Im a wuss and have an older laptop running windows for some things. Its really just me being lazy and not wanting to bother with the high hanging fruit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, and the more people do this then the more likely it will be that games support Linux (or are at least tested to work with WINE/Proton.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

but dont dual boot on the same drive! get a second SSD or something because windows is a big bully and always wants to screw stuff up

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Funnily, sometimes the pirate version of a game works whilst the official one does not...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

If you do dual boot, turn on the BIOS password to prevent Windows from messing with your bootloader.