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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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[–] Spectacle8011@lemmy.comfysnug.space 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If it doesn't work in Wine (the only reason I've encountered so far is DRM), I just run it in a Windows VM. I play mostly visual novels, so it's not that much slower. For Anti-Cheat games, I boot into my Windows 10 installation. I still haven't quite figured out what I'm going to do with that installation come October 2025.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I suspect October will not be a huge deal. If a nasty exploit does pop-up in the wild I strongly suspect MS will back patch it for the next year probably.