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Is Linux still a good option for gaming if one were to not purchase games?
Linux is paradise when it comes to emulation ๐ฎ
Lutris is good for that. It can be confusing at first if you donโt know how Wine works, but itโs very easy to use and doesnโt require Steam.
I find Bottles it's less confusing than Lutris, (though it's not UX perfect), and a better suggestion for people starting off with gaming.
Though Steam is the number one suggestion. If all your games run through Steam then you don't even need to worry about Bottles or Lutris.
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Yes, Steam doesnโt do anything
You can just as easily use Wine/Proton as your runner as you can set up Steam to use Wine/Proton as your runner
Not true, steam makes it incredibly easy. Install steam, tick compatibility option, install, click green play button.
Lutris makes it incredibly easy. Install Lutris, tick runner option, install, click play button
Lutris is great, I use it myself.
However, if you have a friend fresh from Windows who already uses steam and you say, tick compatible proton 8 or latest and click play vs install new software and then add the game youโve already lost the easy battle.
yes but steam is so easy
Steam works on Linux.
yeah and it is very easy
Sure. I've run several modern ... repurposed... games and it usually works through lutris.
Yes, but it will take some learning time
You could say this for almost any linux usability question lol
I think that for most people linux is the most simple OS to use, switched my parents and sister computer to Linux Mint and they don't ask me to help them with windows changing their browser or moving their icons every two weeks. Though if you are trying to do anything more than web browsing, document editing and listening to music, you will have to learn how some of the os works.
At this point in time, I only occasionally have mild issues with newest games, because Wine is a continuously developed software, and games with an annoying anticheat, such as Destiny 2 or R6 Siege. Everything else just runs, including older games, that don't even run on Windows, or titles you had to sail the seas for
Take your piracy back to the piracy sub
Take your ignorance elsewhere
Fuck off.
Pirate everything.
fuck off buddy