Hey Nightfox!
On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 21:20:46 -0800, you wrote:
> I'd like to see more Linux support for gaming too. It sounds like it
> has come a little ways though. I've heard of Proton for Linux,
> allowing more Windows games to run on Linux, but I think it still has
> a bit of a ways to go.
The last bit of news on their website is from November 2023. Has it been
abandoned already? Their site also says 10% of games have been verified, 60% are
'playable' (whatever that means, still somewhat broken possibly?), and 30% is
unsupported. I'd definitely agree that's a little ways, and not making strides
by any means.
That said, after looking a bit, I also found a github page for
ValveSoftware/Proton that was updated last month, so maybe they just abandoned
the actual website and moved to github around that time.
There's a huge difference between 'being able to run Windows games on Linux' and
the games running natively. The former (even with Proton) still utilizes Wine
and whatever else to get them to run, which probably takes quite a bit away from
performance. But the fact that at least they can run is better than nothing, I
suppose.
> Native Linux versions of games would be ideal too - but I've been
> seeing more of that too. Several months ago, I heard of a 2018
> sequel to the old PC Descent games, called Overload, and it's
> available for Linux, as well as Windows and Mac. And if you like
> flight simulators, X-Plane is available for Linux - I've tried it,
> and I actually think it's quite good. There's also an open-source
> arena shooter game called Xonotic that's pretty good (it's somewhat
> similar to Unreal Tournament).
These aren't AAA games, though. Not really a driving force in gaming or anything
that would attract gamers to possibly make the move to Linux, at all. It seems a
lot of these bigger games have shitty anti-cheat measures that while trying to
run these games on Linux will set off, probably getting you banned from the
game(s). That would definitely have to be addressed at some point.
> And the Java version of Minecraft should naturally run on Linux too.
I've never played Minecraft, but have watched my kids play it over the years.
From what I've seen of it (as well as anything from 'Roblox'), I'm not
interested in any of that stuff where the graphics seem to be straight out of
the 90s.
Regards,
Nick
... He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
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