I thought I’ll make this thread for all of you out there who have questions but are afraid to ask them. This is your chance!

I’ll try my best to answer any questions here, but I hope others in the community will contribute too!

  • JinxLuckless@beehaw.org
    2·
    2 years ago

    I’m a disabled gamer with lots of time on my hands. I’m considering dual booting Linux Mint (or something else equally easy to transition to) with Windows 10. My plan would be to entirely swap to Linux, but keep Windows for the few games that require it. However, I have some concerns.

    Do I need to worry about certain niche programs I use not being Linux compatible, or do things like Wine make that irrelevant? I’m especially curious about 3rd party game/mod launchers, like GW2Launcher and XIVLauncher, or Overwolf/Curseforge.

    What about Windows store apps-- is there any way to use them while in Linux? Sounds like a dumb question, but figured I’d ask just in case. This part isn’t a deal breaker either way.

    Thanks in advance for any replies!

    • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      Microsoft store apps don’t work in wine.

      Guild wars used to work in Linux, idk about two but it seems to.

      What you might consider, since you have the time, is using Linux as a main os and run windows in a vm inside it with gpu passthrough.

      The idea is that you boot Linux all the time and when you need windows you “turn on” the virtual machine running it which gets direct control over a video card connected to a monitor.

      It’s like having two computers with two monitors right next to each other except with only one computer.

      The big benefit is that you get damn near 100% compatibility with even games that have windows only anti-cheat because… you’re running windows. It’s also nice to not make a choice to “switch” because windows is always right there when you need it!

      The cons are that it takes a little time and learning to set up and you need to make sure your hardware works with it and that you have enough of it to make such a setup work (both onboard and discrete video cards, two monitors or a kvm switch, etc.).

      But for a certifried gamer it’s a good move.