I remember those dark days when I would check winehq before buying games because I didn’t know if they would work in Linux or not.

I realized recently that I stopped checking winehq or protondb, because I implicitly assume that everything will “just work”. Hard to say when this transition happened, but it feels at least a few years old.

Looking at latest stats, the only holdouts appear to be those games that explicitly ban Linux users with some quasi-malware anti-cheat.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/06/3500-games-now-steam-deck-verified-or-playable/

What a time we live in!

  • Vostronix
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    52 years ago

    I recognize it because the most free PvP games are working now Linux also the new upcoming ones

  • @TPWitchcraft@lemmy.ml
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    42 years ago

    I still encounter Software that doesn’t run or doesn’t perfectly run on Wine; one example would be Warcraft III that doesn’t install well after Blizzard “upgraded” the installer; and my friend who tried to play LBA under wine a few days ago encountered problems regarding the controller. However: Most things work well, and I even managed to run a few old and obscure games with that wouldn’t work under windows (a long time ago).

    On the Malware-Question: It is possible, however I have yet to meet somebody who managed to get his Wine-Install infected. Native Linux-Viruses should have a much harder time, since the user privileges in Linux are - as far as I know - much stricter than those for windows.

  • 两块五毛
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    42 years ago

    afaik some things like modding or anticheats for online games don’t work well but i’d say in general linux compatibility is getting better

  • 两块五毛
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    32 years ago

    afaik some things like modding or anticheats for online games don’t work well but i’d say in general linux compatibility is getting better