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Celebrating 6 years since Valve announced Steam Play Proton for Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I have 3 Linux based PC gaming rigs. The challenge I face in my family is that my kids want to play what other kids play, and that means Fortnite and FIFA primarily, both of which can't run under Proton and their respective publishers are to blame for intentionally not supporting the platform because it doesn't make business sense to them (cost of support vs. quantity of users).

I will hold the door as long as I can, but if this doesn't change, my kids will eventually ask me for a Switch or a PS5. I guess I'll take my shot at dual boot then.

[–] TheBakedPotato 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, if you can spare the cash, I'd say get a console. Maybe a cheap one secondhand instead of dual booting. Especially if it's for the kids, probably easier for them to just use the console instead of the crazy machine with TWO operating systems. Lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It also means avoiding any future craziness in the name of "anti-cheating" from both Microsoft and publishers. It's bad enough that publishers are forcing kernel-level access now, but once there's a workaround for those applications, what's the next step?

[–] TheBakedPotato 1 points 3 months ago

Exactly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Honestly when I think about it, this is just what Mac Users have been doing for years. It's ok to have different devices that do different things.

With that being said, I know my journey with computers was me breaking a lot of stuff and installing software I shouldn't as a child. If they want a windows PC, make them come up with the build. That's the best way to share your hobby.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

So much THIS. Yes, absolutely. Thanks for reminding me I broke a gazillion PCs as a kid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I caved and got an A11y on sale. I explained why I think those games are trash, but at the end of the day I caved to peer pressure that wasn't even directed at me. On the plus side, we can play stuff together in the same room now.