• Deyis@beehaw.org
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    3 days ago

    Gaming on Linux is better than it ever has been, but there are some games that just won’t run on Linux.

    Is there any way of telling which ones will and won’t run on Linux? How does running them on Linux differ from Windows?

    Avoid Nvidia graphics due to driver complexities.

    Well, I’m fucked if that’s the case as both my machines have Nvidia GPUs.

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      2 days ago

      Nvidia still has its pains, but it’s certainly daily drivable now.

      Is there any way of telling which ones will and won’t run on Linux?

      It’s very easy, if a game doesn’t have invasive data thieving anticheat, then it will run on Linux, otherwise it won’t. Sometimes it takes some fiddling, but pretty much anything at least a month old without anti will run.

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        2 days ago

        It’s very easy, if a game doesn’t have invasive data thieving anticheat, then it will run on Linux, otherwise it won’t.

        Can you be clearer about this? The majority of games I play on PC are online multiplayer.

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          1 day ago

          Here’s a nice list.

          https://areweanticheatyet.com/?search=&sortOrder=desc&sortBy=status

          Online multiplayer games are the most likely to have anti cheat. EA (Battlefield) is the most visible unsupported one. They view running under any virtualization or compatibility layer as an opportunity for cheating, so they intentionally deny it. EasyAntiCheat supports running in Linux, but not all game developers enable it. The success of the Steam Deck is starting apply pressure to change this, though.