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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/Subject_Swimming6327 on 2025-07-11 05:50:03+00:00.
I am someone who loves modding their games. The state of modding games through proton/wine really could use some work. From the proton file browser being forced white mode, having to scale it properly so the text isn't tiny and the file browser really sucking to having to go through proton in the first place because a lot of tools don't have linux builds yet, I think that this is a space that needs to reach at least a little more parity with windows. I desperately want to move away from windows but unfortunately I really can't until there is more work in this department. I saw that valve added support for automatic recognition of dinput DLL files so there's no need to put a wine command in the launch options whenever you want to use a modded one, and this is a great first step but work still needs to continue. Tools like mod organizer, wabbajack and fluffy mod manager need linux builds, and/or in general the experience of file management and modding through proton/wine needs more work.
I am incredibly grateful for the work the community has put in up to this point and I am not trying to say that it's bad or anything. I'm just saying that the work is far from over. 99% or more of games are absolutely playable now on linux and even a better experience performance wise, but until modding reaches a point where it is almost the same and not nearly as annoying I can't quite say linux gaming overall is truly a headache free experience, as I consider modding to be absolutely essential to PC gaming as a whole. I know a lot of this has to do with individual programs and creators, but I suppose this is a plea for people to begin recognizing the growing audience for their tools on linux. Shout out to tools like hedgehog mod manager, olympus mod manager, opengoal launcher and outer wilds mod manager among others which have distro agnostic native linux builds. if you are a developer of mods or mod tools please consider making a linux build or at least having your code be open source so that other people can port your tools.
I compleetly agree!