Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Tech@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agoNearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than everwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1596arrow-down14cross-posted to: linux_gaminggames[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1592arrow-down1external-linkNearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than everwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Tech@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square71linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linux_gaminggames[email protected][email protected]
minus-squareSektorlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 days agoDoes this apply for older games, early to mid 2000s? I have new pc to put together and a Mint on an usb ready.
minus-squareQwel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 days agoYou can check if your games are compatible on http://protondb.com/ If you have the game as a cd-rom or “just files”, you will have to copy the files inside a windows-compatibility environment. It won’t just start on double-click. Bottles has a pretty UI to create windows environments and run executables in them
Does this apply for older games, early to mid 2000s? I have new pc to put together and a Mint on an usb ready.
Generally those run even better on Linux
You can check if your games are compatible on http://protondb.com/
If you have the game as a cd-rom or “just files”, you will have to copy the files inside a windows-compatibility environment. It won’t just start on double-click. Bottles has a pretty UI to create windows environments and run executables in them