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Dealing with games that just won't run on Linux (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago by RadDevon@lemmy.zip to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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How are people coping with games that just won't run on Linux (aside from leaving them behind)? Do you dual boot Windows? Virtualize? What's your strategy for this?

This will be extremely rare for me since I don't play a lot of competitive stuff, but I'd love to find a solution. I have a large library, and it's bound to happen from time to time.

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[–] Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

I have a small windows install on a second SSD that I dual boot with. Most of my games work on Linux so I rarely have to boot over.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

I was a total Rust junkie, I was playing 40 hours a week. Then they dropped support for the Linux client and wouldn't let Proton users do EAC. I had to stop cold turkey. But I fucking did it, because fuck capital-driven operating systems designed to exploit me and my own computer against me.

[–] ma1w4re@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I stopped playing games. Honestly, they are more boring than lying around watching flys buzz.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 1 points 5 months ago

I have a Windows dual boot for the (nowadays rather rare) cases where a game won't run in Linux.

Interestingly, I spent a while trying to get League of Legends working with their new rootkit requirements... But my Windows-using friends weren't comfortable playing the game any more.

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