linux gaming isn't as bad as people say it is. i got every old game running without any problem. if a game doesn't run with wine it will run with playonlinux
i say old games because my laptop is not a high end gaming laptop
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why not just use windows to play windows games? i get that linux can play lots of games natively, but the whole wine thing is such a convoluted way to play games that just work on windows.
also, every game works on windows.
use the right tool for the job, if you want to play video games on a PC, you need to use Windows
buy more than one PC, dual boot if poor
because i hate windows
okay, so have fun playing Tux Racer and having your numerous bugs and having the wine games break every time the windows game has a new patch
I top frag in overwatch and counter strike 2 while my winshitter friends drop frames and lag
> having the wine games break every time the windows game has a new patch
i haven't encountered this problem
the only time i used wine was to play League of Legends way back in the day and literally every new patch it broke, anectodal but that was my experience
because windows is malware
your proprietary games made for windows are malware
I would have to install Windows, which would take space, frick up with my boot process, and be a huge annoyance to keep up in general. Also, I would have to restart whenever I want to play or stop playing something, which tanks my productivity because it takes more willpower to stop playing than to start and I could use that willpower elsewhere, I don't want extra steps when going from playing to doing productive things.
I had dual boot with Windows for games and I'm much happier since I deleted it a few years ago. I have mostly no trouble playing games, almost all of them just work, some even run better, and those that give me problems take less time to set up than it would take me to keep Windows operational, updated, and to perform rituals when somerhing in it breaks. Which reminds me, it's much less frustrating being able to see what the problem is and solve it.
All in all, I have no problems with gaming on Linux, regardless if the game is from Steam, GOG, Epic or just pirated, it was actually quite liberating.
>proprietary software
>liberating
do you even know what youre typing?
okay so get a job and have more than one computers. i too find dual booting annoying. i have a gaming pc that runs windows and a lot of software that is not available on linux. if your computer is for GAMING and you use linux, you're just stupid, I'm sorry but that's stupid
>frick up with my boot process
Don't try installing windows and linux on the same hard drive, fricking genius.
>convoluted
please look up what wine stands for as an acronym and understand what its trying to do
Wine is a Windows API implementation - for all intents and purposes, a "native Windows application" running under Wine is effectively native if things run perfectly, and in cases where Proton has succeeded as a more supported fork of Wine on games that run well under it, that evidence is clear
i get it, I've used linux exclusively before but I built a gaming PC for the express purpose of gaming and put Windows on it because Windows is better for gaming than linux. I just feel like recommending Linux for gaming is wrong, it's not good for gaming, if all you can have is one computer and you like Linux that's fine.
i also steam stream windows games to my 7 year old linux thinkpad and play shit like RDR2 in bed
I'm not anti-Linux I'm just anti-complication
If you play old games, Windows is far more complicated. Especially as Windows breaks compatibility with each update.
I use Linux to game because it's easier and I don't want to spend a million hours reading tutorials of how to get my old games to work.
>I'm not anti-Linux I'm just anti-complication
I find it more complicated on windows actually.
enabling steam play across your account then installing games and going straight to using the play button isn't complicated. in fact streaming a game from another PC is as complicated or less
Just use proton on steam? You just right click on your game, click compatibility in settings, select proton. It's basically wine already configured so you don't have to mess with anything. I can run fallout New Vegas and 3 with no bugs and zero screwing around.
Most old games like this just run.
You get better performance on linux because there the wingoys bloat is gone
if you clean install windows bloat is minimal, and you you have a good PC it just doesn't matter. my windows gaming experience is going to be lot better than some college boy that got a gaming laptop for chanukah
Many games run better on wine now, winblows is useless
Why not just suck the dick of every Black person you pass in the street?
i beat simpsons hit and run the other day using ubuntu
it took like 30 tries to beat the last mission
>if a game doesn't run with wine it will run with playonlinux
There are games that plain wont work in linux. That being games with some heavy DRM or intrusive anticheats.
Other than that, youre right.
I too am currently replaying that game. Rewatching the seasons from about that point too. Pretty good stuff. The writers actually did a LOT of the writing for the game, which is why the jokes are good. Dolphin seems to lag on the loading screens while the audio stutters until it catches up. wild to me that happens 20 years later.
>dolphin stutters
play the pc version if you don't want it to stutter due to shitty emulation
https://github.com/CodingKoopa/lml-linux-launcher/blob/master/Readme.md
you use this to launch the lucas simpsons hit and run mod launcher
https://www.myabandonware.com/game/the-simpsons-hit-run-bg6
here's the game
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here's how you do it
Im gonna be honest, I didn't know there even was a PC version till last year and contentiously forget it exists. neat stuff.
FMV cutscenes still don't work on Linux.
that's not true
i beat the entire game on ubuntu
What breed do you run? A Debian baby, a Fedora hatrack, a contrarian SUSE system, or a autistic Gentoman or arch build?
Debian or bust.
i'll post all the games i got running with ubuntu
What's a "must" install on Linux mint PC with dated hardware: Lenovo yoga. I'm loving Linux, frick windows spyware in the goat ass.
Same here OP. Touhou is especially fun as frick under Linux and a really good experience. DOS emulation is also really nice, too. Surprisingly, I have had an easy plug and play experience under unusual and archaic setups which are known to cause difficulty in GNU/Linux environments. Even then, I don't mind the extra setup with modern games. I think it is extremely necessary to persevere despite the difficulties; we can not let companies exploit us because we want ease of use. It is absolute cuckoldry to yield oneself to exploitation for that reason. I will never be okay with what Microsoft is doing, and I never will be comfortable with it. We should not normalize constant instant gratification and quitting at the sight of any slight difficulty or nuisance at the expense of ourselves and our principals. We are more than products to be sold to the highest bidder - we want to control our software rather than for our software to control us.