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Is Linux Ready For Mainstream Gaming In 2025? (news.itsfoss.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I also noticed that these kind of games usually have problems on newer Windows versions as well. Not sure what causes this though, DRM is usual suspect. For me most of the time it's some Japanese game that uses a weird custom engine. No problems with the ones that use Unreal Engine or Unity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

Same here.

In my transition from Windows to Linux on my main machine, one of the more funny discoveries I made was that for many older Windows games, Linux with Wine has better backwards compatibility than Windows.