[Guide] Everything you need to know about gaming on Linux (popcar.bearblog.dev)

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Hi everyone, I just finished writing a guide on everything you need to know in order to game on Linux. It covers Proton (Steam play), using Heroic Launcher (with Wine-GE), and all sorts of tidbits and tips I wish people had told me earlier. I hope this can be useful to someone out there!

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[-] oldlamps@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The NTFS warning is a little disingenuous. I wouldn't recommend people go with it if they're choosing Linux only obviously, but I'm going to say with years of personal testing about 99.9% of things work just fine using an NTFS drive. I think it's been years since I had any kind of issue with game data that I attributed (and maybe falsely) at the time to the NTFS filesystem.

In steam you'll need to symlink your compatdata folder to a linux filesystem, but that's about it.

[-] Weazel@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I don't even symlink compatdata and haven't run into any problems. The whole NTFS thing is wild :D

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