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As a long time Linux enjoyer, this is honestly the easiest way to get it into the mainstream. People have already seen the success of the steam deck which only reinforces that Linux can be used for gaming better than ever before. As long as people stop using Windows I'm here for it.
Eh, I don't really care if they stop using Windows, I care that they start using Linux. Dual boot if you need, but more market share for Linux increases the likelihood that devs will support Linux directly.
For sure. I'm doing the dual boot life these days because as much as I want every game to work on Linux there are still some that don't. And some games just work better on Windows. But at the same time that's why more devs supporting Linux is what we wanna see.
I'm always curious tochear what games people aren't able to run in Linux. Which ones are you unable to run?
It's mostly the problems with anti cheats. The one that comes to mind is Helldivers. I already hated the anti cheat for that game but it's impossible on Linux. If I was still into Apex Legends I'm sure Easy Anti Cheat would cause some issues but I'm not sure. If Easy Anti Cheat doesn't work then there are a lot of games to add to that list like Halo and The Finals. I can't name a lot off the top of my head but Easy Anti Cheat is super popular with devs of online games.
Proton has modules for EasyAntiCheat. I have played Halo on Arch. I don't know about Helldivers, or Apex. But I absolutely know anticheat is an issue on Linux. Well if you ask me it is more so that these Kernel level anti-cheat mechanisms need to die.
(iirc) Apex worked great up until recently, when they started deliberately banning Linux players.
Helldivers or Helldivers 2? HD2 runs very well in Linux.
Helldivers 2. It kept crashing so I figured it was because of the anti cheat. Perhaps it was just user error and I need to try again.
I've played Helldivers 2 for over 400 hours now, and all of that has been on linux.
Look it up on protondb, there's some launch options you could try.
I'm starting to wonder if that's true. I thought so do but now I'm wondering, especially with compatibility layers like Proton, and even Wine before that, and plenty of tools like Electron, Unity, etc helping to be cross-platform, if the lack of support is rather due to bad habits instilled by years of Microsoft partnership with manufacturers (and thus driver support) implying that drivers must be kept secret and thus Linux support is "bad for business" and that then cascades down to developers then users.