Right, but you realise that’s a reverse engineered version of the game? The original can’t be played on Windows. One glorious project to save a beloved game is a noble endeavour, but the same cannot be done for all the Windows games like it that cannot be played anymore. Spore is barely playable these days.
Right, but you realise that’s a reverse engineered version of the game?
The source article we’re commenting on here largely argues that Linux is only halfway decent for gaming because of Wine, a reverse-engineered version of the Windows ABI/API. Are reverse-engineered versions a valid point or not?
Wine is not an emulator. It’s a translation layer, which enables running the original software. Linux with Wine supports old windows games better than new windows does. In the next few years we’ll reach the point where Linux can play more games than Windows can, and it may already be here.
True, but getting us privacy-concious folks to use any version of windows, even the most palatable (Enterprise IOT LTSC, which is impossible for an individual to acquire through official channels) is a hard sell. I’m still only using Win10 IOT LTSC for VR game support, but I’m just biding my time. Already switched all of my other devices off windows.
Not necessarily, steam includes a windows compatibility layer making many windows games playable on Linux and that’s how most steam deck games run. On stream deck specifically the battery life and performance is often better under this translation layer than installing windows and running them natively.
Edit: Just skimmed the article, this is exactly what it’s about.
I think its more that you stated the obvious. Like saying 100% of Linux Appimages run on Linux.
The reason to move from Windows, or one of them, is MS using telemetry and screen capture and other bloat that ruins the gamiglng experience due to processing power needed, you move that to a Linux machine and there’s no background garbage running.
For example my machine had dual boot, at idle windows was using 6% of processing power to do nothing. On Linux it was 0 to .5% to idle.
With windows updates I have to delete Ai.exe and Ai.DLL from the office folders or randomly ai starts hogging resources even if I have no office apps in use. Just a terrible user experience.
They stated the obvious, which didn’t add to the conversation, and also was wrong. There are a number of older games that just do not work on modern Windows. Frequently they work through WINE/Proton just fine though.
at idle windows was using 6% of processing power to do nothing.
You think it’s doing nothing, but it definitely is doing something. Windows just does more stuff than Linux. For all you know it’s rebuilding indexes to make the whole PC run better.
100% of Windows games run on Windows. Just saying.
Space Cadet Pinball was removed from Windows, but it comes stock with Bazzite.
Just play it anywhere.
Right, but you realise that’s a reverse engineered version of the game? The original can’t be played on Windows. One glorious project to save a beloved game is a noble endeavour, but the same cannot be done for all the Windows games like it that cannot be played anymore. Spore is barely playable these days.
The source article we’re commenting on here largely argues that Linux is only halfway decent for gaming because of Wine, a reverse-engineered version of the Windows ABI/API. Are reverse-engineered versions a valid point or not?
Wine is not an emulator. It’s a translation layer, which enables running the original software. Linux with Wine supports old windows games better than new windows does. In the next few years we’ll reach the point where Linux can play more games than Windows can, and it may already be here.
Even the 16 bit ones? ;)
Yes.
Hmm, while interesting, that doesn’t seem like it comes with windows itself :P
I’ve heard that there’s some older windows games that don’t run in newer versions of Windows but do run in proton
If only Windows wasn’t so ass :(
True, but getting us privacy-concious folks to use any version of windows, even the most palatable (Enterprise IOT LTSC, which is impossible for an individual to acquire through official channels) is a hard sell. I’m still only using Win10 IOT LTSC for VR game support, but I’m just biding my time. Already switched all of my other devices off windows.
Why would privacy-conscious folks run a system that’s largely being developed by Microsoft, Red Hat and the NSA instead of a BSD?
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Not necessarily, steam includes a windows compatibility layer making many windows games playable on Linux and that’s how most steam deck games run. On stream deck specifically the battery life and performance is often better under this translation layer than installing windows and running them natively.
Edit: Just skimmed the article, this is exactly what it’s about.
The comment you replied to did not dispute that. They said Windows games run on Windows, not that they don’t run on Linux.
Fair point :)
Linux users hate reality, so they downvote comments. Made my day.
Bait 😔
I think its more that you stated the obvious. Like saying 100% of Linux Appimages run on Linux. The reason to move from Windows, or one of them, is MS using telemetry and screen capture and other bloat that ruins the gamiglng experience due to processing power needed, you move that to a Linux machine and there’s no background garbage running.
For example my machine had dual boot, at idle windows was using 6% of processing power to do nothing. On Linux it was 0 to .5% to idle.
With windows updates I have to delete Ai.exe and Ai.DLL from the office folders or randomly ai starts hogging resources even if I have no office apps in use. Just a terrible user experience.
They stated the obvious, which didn’t add to the conversation, and also was wrong. There are a number of older games that just do not work on modern Windows. Frequently they work through WINE/Proton just fine though.
WINE works on Windows.
You think it’s doing nothing, but it definitely is doing something. Windows just does more stuff than Linux. For all you know it’s rebuilding indexes to make the whole PC run better.
you can downvote on lemmy?
some instances (like yours blahaj) block the use of downvotes
Which is a good thing in my opinion. Constructive debates work better without wordless reactions.