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Linux users: Are we over-reliant on Steam? (beehaw.org)
submitted 6 days ago by slauraure@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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I’ve recently moved my whole game library over to Linux and stopped dual booting. Everything runs great on Linux, I just run it through Steam’s Proton layer.

Therein lies the problem. Even my non-Steam games I run through Steam since it’s so convenient with Proton. My experience with using straight up wine, winetricks, Lutris etc. had been much more clunky in comparison and less reliable for getting things running.

While it’s working fine for now, what do I do if I’m offline and Steam decides this is one of those days offline mode doesn’t work? What if I get banned from Steam?

Has anyone had any luck replicating their Proton setup outside of Steam? Or simply just running a Proton game outside of Steam after getting it set up using Steam?

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[–] danielhanrahantng@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

It depends, on the situation, if you are playing open source games then no, at least for the most part, of playing closed source games that only works on windows then yes, I am just answering the question are we over reliant on steam. I have made open source games and here is a list of them and they run in linux: Bowling_Mega_Mix: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/Bowling_Mega_Mix Untitled_Knight_Game: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/Untitled_Knight_Game The_Game_Of_Trusters: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/The_Game_Of_Trusters Quest_For_Chalice: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/Quest_For_Chalice Bug_Invasion: https://github.com/Daniel-Hanrahan-Tools-and-Games/Bug_Invasion

I hope this helps you.