Installing Games on Linux



Games play nicely on GNU/Linux distributions.

My experince and i have got low end pc.
 
My understanding is that there are mainly 2 ways of installing games on Linux.

1. Installing Linux native games directly on Linux without any type of API translation

2. Using something like WINE to run windows games which essentially does API call translation from Windows as these are windows games and are not natively compatible with Linux.

The WINE approach is pretty good for a lot of games, but it is not perfect.

From my experience on gaming on Linux, WINE works pretty well when it ia properly installed with all the correct dependencies, but you kind of have to know what you need to run your games in Linux.
 
TheProf said:
My understanding is that there are mainly 2 ways of installing games on Linux.

1. Installing Linux native games directly on Linux without any type of API translation

2. Using something like WINE to run windows games which essentially does API call translation from Windows as these are windows games and are not natively compatible with Linux.

The WINE approach is pretty good for a lot of games, but it is not perfect.

From my experience on gaming on Linux, WINE works pretty well when it ia properly installed with all the correct dependencies, but you kind of have to know what you need to run your games in Linux.
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Ways of installing or environment because there are only 3 environment Wine and Proton and then native. ways of installing is many you can use something like lutris to install it you can do it in Terminal, you can use a Steam there are many ways "To" install games but yes if you see Proton and Wine as the same environment Then yes then there is only 2 environment to install game into.
 
And yeah, WINE is good too, but if you're looking to try out some games like fortnite or anything, you'll just need to install steam, and sign into your account (or create one) and play. Not sure if linux is supported for steam, so idk, but I think GEFORCE NOW is compatible with linux devices.
 
matthewalinuxuser123 said:
And yeah, WINE is good too, but if you're looking to try out some games like fortnite or anything, you'll just need to install steam, and sign into your account (or create one) and play. Not sure if linux is supported for steam, so idk, but I think GEFORCE NOW is compatible with linux devices.
the problem with steam is
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I would love to see you edit your post instead of making three posts right after each other that would be nice.
The problem with steam is it's a hit and miss depending on what kernel you use.
I recommend using Flatpak Steam, but it needs a little tinkering to make working and install some other Flatpak stuff depending on what you want to do like I have.
SGDBoop, Steam ROM Manager, Boston, Proton (community build), Proton experimental(community build), Proton-GE (community build), MangoHud, gamescope, protontricks, SteamTinkerLaunch, and vkBasalt installed inside the same Steam Flatpak Environment so no matter what i want to do i have the tools to do it.
 
TheProf said:
No reason, I just dont use emulation much or any classic games. But feel free to chime in.
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i don't use emulator ether but old games i played and love over the years.
sonic, golden Axe, Final Fantasy 7-8, Resident Evil 1-2, Silent hill 1-2, Super Mario Bros, spy vs spy, Mega Man, Battletoads, micro machines and many more just thinking about all those tittles make me feel really old.
 
One can install games native to linux with the package: bsdgames. It includes these game programs:
adventure,
arithmetic,
atc,
backgammon,
battlestar,
bcd,
boggle,
caesar,
canfield,
countmail,
cribbage,
dab,
go-fish,
gomoku,
hack,
hangman,
hunt,
mille,
monop,
morse,
number,
pig,
phantasia,
pom,
ppt,
primes,
quiz,
random,
rain,
robots,
rot13,
sail,
snake,
tetris,
trek,
wargames,
worm,
worms,
wump,
wtf.
Lots of fun.
 
osprey said:
One can install games native to linux with the package: bsdgames. It includes these game programs:

Lots of fun.
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garuda also comes with a lot of native games that is easy to install.
 
Unless you're into asking questions on this forum, i would not recommend nvidia at all, because there's a lot of differences between the cards and how they work with linux.
 
CrazedNerd said:
Unless you're into asking questions on this forum, i would not recommend nvidia at all, because there's a lot of differences between the cards and how they work with linux.
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I don't agree! I use NVIDIA only and I have no problem at all here is a Benchmark i done with 4 Difference NVIDIA cards.
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kibasnowpaw said:
I don't agree! I use NVIDIA only and I have no problem at all here is a Benchmark i done with 4 Difference NVIDIA cards.
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whatever, just because you use one NVIDIA graphics card doesn't mean that it's good to buy. Software problems are not always easy to deal with, and not every NVIDIA card is designed to work with a linux kernel. Nothing personal, but I hate the "I USE IT SO YOU MUST BE WRONG!" approach. Nvidia doesn't have a list of which graphics cards work with linux, and i couldn't find any clear/useful instructions about how to get the last NVIDIA card i had to work on Ubuntu.

There's nothing lazy or wrong about wanting to reduce the number of steps it takes to get something to work, especially when an enthusiastic gamer will be using the internet to buy the computer parts. As a consumer, i've had to think about it like this in order to reduce the number of junk i accumulate. "The devil is in the details".
 
AMD definitely has a leg up in supporting Linux out of the box, but I can definitely vouch from my experience and some of my friends who used nvidia GPUs in the past that it works well in Linux, but I would say that mainly started happening in the last 1-2 years as new GPUs were introduced. I would say newer NVIDIA cards should work well, even with wayland, older NVIDIA GPUs might not work so well though…
 
CrazedNerd said:
whatever, just because you use one NVIDIA graphics card doesn't mean that it's good to buy. Software problems are not always easy to deal with, and not every NVIDIA card is designed to work with a linux kernel. Nothing personal, but I hate the "I USE IT SO YOU MUST BE WRONG!" approach. Nvidia doesn't have a list of which graphics cards work with linux, and i couldn't find any clear/useful instructions about how to get the last NVIDIA card i had to work on Ubuntu.

There's nothing lazy or wrong about wanting to reduce the number of steps it takes to get something to work, especially when an enthusiastic gamer will be using the internet to buy the computer parts. As a consumer, i've had to think about it like this in order to reduce the number of junk i accumulate. "The devil is in the details".
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I'm not saying that NVIDIA is perfect; I'm just saying it's not as bad as you make it out to be. Also, who wants to buy NVIDIA with what there have been doing the last year and will be doing the next couple of years but when it comes to gaming, NVIDIA is not that bad and has nothing to do with JUST BECAUSE I use it. I have tested about 5 NVIDIA GPUs over the past years because that's all I own. They have no problem playing games, and it's been years, about 2019, since I really had a Driver problem with NVIDIA. When it came to games, I think it was in one of the Far cry games that didn't support a Driver version. Still, i have not seen it since then, not with all the support and update that keep coming to proton and Linux. Also, I will not say Do or don't buy NVIDIA because that is more of a stereotypical thing to say. All I can do is to put out my XP with NVIDIA GPU, and they have been great for me, and if you want proof, you are welcome to check out my 1,559 Videos on YouTube with game-plays. As I said, you may think they are Bad! I just disagree with you on that front.
PS. Ubuntu SUCKS if you ask me. (Ubuntu is overrated and is no longer user-friendly, and hard to get stuff to work and easy to kill distributions you can find), and yes, that's my opinion of Ubuntu. I would rather use RedHat, which I never used, than Ubuntu. And it kills me a little inside every time people mention that distribution as if that distribution is the best you can find.

TheProf said:
AMD definitely has a leg up in supporting Linux out of the box, but I can definitely vouch from my experience and some of my friends who used nvidia GPUs in the past that it works well in Linux, but I would say that mainly started happening in the last 1-2 years as new GPUs were introduced. I would say newer NVIDIA cards should work well, even with wayland, older NVIDIA GPUs might not work so well though…
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Yeah, I fully agree that in the last two years, they got good, but it also has to do with Linux has become a more Gaming focus distribution, and so many are leaving Windows or at least trying out Linux the last years or so, and now more than ever.
 
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