I’m thinking of installing Linux (think I’m going to use Nobara) on my new budget gaming PC, and my biggest worry is video games compatibility. I have most of my games on Steam and Epic. Some on GOG, and some on Itch. I know a bit about steam compatibility, but not much about the rest. Is this something I need to worry about, or should it just work?

Edit: for anyone that finds this, sounds like the Heroic Launcher is the way to go. Thanks everyone!

Edit 2: I’ve used Heroic Launcher and Steam + Proton for a few days now, works great! I’d recommend it to anyone with a similar question.

  • someonesmall@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’'m using Lutris to play games on Epic:

    • Create a new wine/proton prefix
    • Put the epic launcher installer on C:, set it as the exe to run in the Lutris settings, run it and install.
    • Change the executable to the exe of the installed epic launcher. Run the launcher, install and play your game.

    I’m using a separate wine/proton prefix for each game. This allows to appy custom proton settings and workarounds per game. The epic launcher is about 250mb so it doesn’t waste that much disk space.