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Adventures in Linux gaming!
Jul. 1st, 2021 03:42 pmI recently set up a Windows laptop to dual-boot Linux Mint, figuring that it might solve some lag issues with gaming. I also knew from prior experience that not everything was going to run easily, no matter what I did with WINE or Proton. (WINE, for those not familiar, allows users to run Windows applications under Linux.)
The items I tested (under cut) are mostly a random sample from Steam (which has its own WINE implementation, Proton, for its games) and GOG, with two independent installers. I did not even try Origin (which would give me Sims 4 and Dragon Age Inquisition); maybe when I feel a bit more adventurous. For those that don't run but I still want to play I'll boot into Windows.
Interestingly, some of my games played better on Linux than on Windows; my Spirit Scout of Cozy Grove has a bit more bounce to her step, House Flipper does not take half an hour to load, and my builder for My Time at Portia moves faster even though I've got the graphics set higher that I did in Windows.
( A quickish experiment )
(One thing that I discovered while testing is that I swear up and down I bought a pack containing Shining Force II (Gaiden): The Sword of Hajya a year or two back; they may have lost rights somewhere along the way because now I have the Shining Force RPGs and not my gaiden game!)
The items I tested (under cut) are mostly a random sample from Steam (which has its own WINE implementation, Proton, for its games) and GOG, with two independent installers. I did not even try Origin (which would give me Sims 4 and Dragon Age Inquisition); maybe when I feel a bit more adventurous. For those that don't run but I still want to play I'll boot into Windows.
Interestingly, some of my games played better on Linux than on Windows; my Spirit Scout of Cozy Grove has a bit more bounce to her step, House Flipper does not take half an hour to load, and my builder for My Time at Portia moves faster even though I've got the graphics set higher that I did in Windows.
( A quickish experiment )
(One thing that I discovered while testing is that I swear up and down I bought a pack containing Shining Force II (Gaiden): The Sword of Hajya a year or two back; they may have lost rights somewhere along the way because now I have the Shining Force RPGs and not my gaiden game!)
