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[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 51 points 1 year ago (29 children)

I went full Linux a few months ago and haven't looked back. Steam has superb support for basically everything I could want to play -- in some cases I feel like Linux actually performs better than Windows on the same hardware. I really appreciate the huge investment Valve made into making Linux gaming work.

[–] LukeMedia@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Only thing so far is other game launchers, and VR. I'm still dual booting, especially for VR.

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For other game launchers use bottles

[–] LukeMedia@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not well versed with bottles, is there a good resource for that?

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I honestly just watched a youtube tutorial

You probably can look into the arch wiki although if you don't use arch there may be some differences.

If i find the youtube video i will edit this comment and link it [here]

Alternatively here is how i did it:

•Install the bottles application (from the aur) •install proton ge runner •Create a new bottle •select proton ge as runner for said bottle •Download launcher installer (battle.net in my case) •run application > battlenetinstaller.exe (or however it's named)

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