With all that’s going on. I’ve been really considering setting up a dual boot and testing Linux Mint properly. (i hate virtual desktops, but I have Mint running on one now) I know I have to make some changes to my productivity workload, as I’m an Adobe Lightroom user. I’ll keep that on Windows for now.

But my question is regarding gaming.

I play a lot of varying games, from new singleplayer and multiplayer stuff to old games back up to about 1999. I know I have to do a bunch of research setting things up, but right off the bat I have a question.

What games will not be possible to use on Linux?

For example, will something like Escape from Tarkov work? That’s a game I do not want to even install of there’s a chance it will lead to a ban.

And is comparability with older games better or worse than W11?

Edit: I just wanna extend a huge thanks to the community already! There’s some great info here so I’m gonna set up a dual boot soon!

Edit 2: Dual boot is now setup! Even though Mint makes sense from a long time Windows user. There’s a bit of a learning curve. But I’ll try it as a daily driver for a few days. Right now my disk setup prioritize Windows, obviously. But if I end up loving Mint, I’ll make a full switch and keep a small partition for Windows to run whatever Mint can’t.

Edit3: Spent hours trying to get anything to work. Games just would not launch and I exhausted everything I found online. Trying a reinstall and Pop Os this time. Learned a bunch of lessons my first try

  • applemao@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    6 days ago

    Do the dual boot and test it. For now, it’s mint when I want to tinker and be happy 1 game out of 300 works, and windows when I want to actually play any games.

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      For me, it’s 1 game out of 300 that doesn’t work. Not sure when last you have tried. Reliable Linux gaming via Proton has grown by leaps and bounds since the Steam Deck.

      Haven’t needed Windows for 3+ years. Gaming every day.

      • applemao@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        6 days ago

        I must play different games than most on linux, because so far I’ve had issues with

        -Assetto corsa -iRacing -Automobilista 2 -Lego racers -(Obviously pubg and gtav are a no go, as well as lethal company) -Diabolical

        More than I’m forgetting. Agreed proton helps but it’s still way too glitchy to be daily used by me. Its fine to tinker but trying to get any games working while your friends wait on you is just a pain. Especially in any game with mods.

        I wish it was as easy as people say! It is fun once something gets working though, feels like a huge accomplishment on linux if a game even starts up for me. I’d love to leave windows behind but I don’t see it happening soon.

        • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          6 days ago

          For me lethal company worked fine before.
          I last played it with my friends in around December 2024 and had no issues

        • DesolateMood@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          6 days ago

          I can personally attest that assetto corsa works, and according to protondb iracing is the only sim that doesn’t work. Automobilista 2 not only has a native port but also works under proton, and Lego racers (I’m assuming you’re talking about Lego 2k drive?) works and has a platinum rating

          • applemao@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            5 days ago

            How did you get AC to run?? I’ve tried every proton instance and proton ge, it will not launch at all. And I haven’t even started trying to get content manager working which seems pretty hard.

          • applemao@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            6 days ago

            Amd fx 8 core cpu and rx580… really shouldnt be any issues. Never had Nvidia.

            I should have specified, gtav online doesn’t work.

            You’re lucky! I’ll keep tinkering. Still going to have to upgrade to 11 soon to keep using my wheel and playing any vr or pubg though. Someday!

            • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
              1·
              6 days ago

              Ah yes, GTA Online now has kernel-level anti-cheat – but only got it recently. It used to work.

              I’m also on all AMD. I do play almost exclusively single player, so maybe that’s the main difference.

              There shouldn’t really be anything about Mint to cause such different results – even though they’re both derived from Ubuntu, I’d be curious if your experience changed with something like PopOS (more designed with gaming in mind, so could eliminate some possibility of setup issues or similar).