Ok /g/ - What is going on with linux and gaming? Shifted from

>>59192086
If you're not doing anything graphically intensive, give Wine a try. After you install Wine, you literally just use terminal and

wine some_windows_installer.exe

Generally when it finishes you'll even have a shortcut mixed in with your normal Linux launchers. I've used it to install a bunch of Windows-only GoG games using the GoG installer as-is and it works fine. Heroes 3 works like a goddamn charm.

For 3D games, anything using OpenGL or Vulkan is best. Nothing needs to be translated, so you get same or better performance.

>>59192235
I'll give wine another go. I have a big catalog of steam games so I'll need to do some research on how I can play them through wine.

>>59192086

Install steam

>>59192684
I have, this is where I'm still having problems. I run the above mentioned games using the steam for linux application and the performance is so horrible it's unplayable.

Checking out PlayOnLinux now - seeing how well this works and setting everything up gradually.

>>59192086
>That wallpaper.

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>>59193012
Here you go

>>59192086
Meet at footscray park

If you like Morrowind you can play with OpenMW

>>59193874
Thanks for the suggestion actually planning to play a Morrowind game at some point.

>>59193852
Time/place?

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>>59192086
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>59192086
what desktop environment?

>>59195585
xfce4

>>59195646
Try disabling composition in the window manager.

>>59192086
Unfortunately linux has issues with drivers for gpus, mainly because the companies that make them don't want to maintain the drivers for linux and, as far as I can tell, actively hinder the development of open source drivers, steam tends to have a metric fuck ton of issues. Your best bet is to try with a very large and popular distro like ubuntu or debian probably even arch, that or spend hours of frustration making drivers work or choose a machine which is known to work well with linux and steam.

Ask in the Friendly Gnu/Linux thread, somebody is bound to have a good answer. Myself? I gave up on the debacle some time ago and just do without games.

>>59195290
I'm terribly sorry for interjecting another moment, but what I just told you is GNU/Linux is, in fact, just Linux, or as I've just now taken to calling it, Just Linux. Linux apparently does happen to be a whole operating system unto itself and comprises a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Most computer users who run the entire Linux system every day already realize it. Through a peculiar turn of events, I was misled into calling the system "GNU/Linux", and until now, I was unaware that it is basically the Linux system, developed by the Linux project.

There really isn't a GNU/Linux, and I really wasn't using it; it is an extraneous misrepresentation of the system that's being used. Linux is the operating system: the entire system made useful by its included corelibs, shell utilities, and other vital system components. The kernel is already an integral part of the Linux operating system, never confined useless by itself; it functions coherently within the context of the complete Linux operating system. Linux is never used in combination with GNU accessories: the whole system is basically Linux without any GNU added, or Just Linux. All the so-called "GNU/Linux" distributions are really distributions of Linux.

>>59195916
This will never catch on.

>>59195680
I have, no change in performance either way.

I seem to be getting this weird lag like choppiness, where if I move my mouse over UI elements the game takes like a minute to register where the mouse is. Any other movements also are have this 1 second choppiness effect.

>>59195770
Well, dual booting windows seems like a better solution overall as all the games can just run with no issues. What the companies do with the drivers is a given but I would have thought my own gpu would have support by now as I have a pretty old card - GeForce GTX 750 Ti

>>59192086
Some distros are better for gaming than others.
Any ubuntu variant is good for gaming, but IMO Mint is the better distro for gaming out of the box.
Try checking your GPU driver.
I too only play a few Source games and roguelikes nowadays and I can do it perfectly on Linux.

>>59192086

virt-manager

>>59193304

Can you put the date in it like the OP, please? Thanks.