Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for example runs Ricochet Anti-Cheat on kernel level which fundamentally contradicts Linux architecture and will never run.
Easy Anti-Cheat is an example where the devs gave in paving the way to a proton addon which allows you to play Apex, for example.
No, I’m not big for online gaming, just heard that not all games that work on PC work on Linux, and I’m not sure about the status of various emulators that I use.
Check out Protondb, it’s not only for the steamdeck, but (probably) all Linux derivates. You can sync your steam library to see, what works and how well.
I’ve got a Steam Deck which is essentially a portable Linux machine, and I’ve been positively surprised by how well every game I throw at it has worked (even the ones that aren’t officially verified to work on the Deck). Of course it’s an underpowered system compared to desktops, but Proton - the not-emulation system based on Wine - is absolutely terrific, and it can be used on other Linux OSs than just SteamOS. I’d recommend giving Linux a go on a separate partition, you might find that your games run pretty much out of the box as long as you have Proton installed
I’m running Windows 10 and Linux Mint on my PC. I booted into Mint earlier this week, and out of my 189 (mostly older) Steam games, 186 work with no tweaks. It’s definitely worth looking at :)
I regularly watch stuff about Steam Deck on YouTube and they’re always emulating just about everything. I don’t know anything about the subject but it seems to me it works pretty well on Linux.
True. Gaming is extremely awesome on Linux compared to a few years ago right now, though. Anti-cheat holding you back?
Everything on steam works except modern anti chat games.
If i knew it was this good… Woulda jumped sooner
Er, what’s a modern anti chat game
It’s a typo, should be anti cheat.
You can chat away to your heart’s content.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for example runs Ricochet Anti-Cheat on kernel level which fundamentally contradicts Linux architecture and will never run.
Easy Anti-Cheat is an example where the devs gave in paving the way to a proton addon which allows you to play Apex, for example.
A modern game with anti cheat software.
No, I’m not big for online gaming, just heard that not all games that work on PC work on Linux, and I’m not sure about the status of various emulators that I use.
Check out Protondb, it’s not only for the steamdeck, but (probably) all Linux derivates. You can sync your steam library to see, what works and how well.
I’ve got a Steam Deck which is essentially a portable Linux machine, and I’ve been positively surprised by how well every game I throw at it has worked (even the ones that aren’t officially verified to work on the Deck). Of course it’s an underpowered system compared to desktops, but Proton - the not-emulation system based on Wine - is absolutely terrific, and it can be used on other Linux OSs than just SteamOS. I’d recommend giving Linux a go on a separate partition, you might find that your games run pretty much out of the box as long as you have Proton installed
I’m running Windows 10 and Linux Mint on my PC. I booted into Mint earlier this week, and out of my 189 (mostly older) Steam games, 186 work with no tweaks. It’s definitely worth looking at :)
I regularly watch stuff about Steam Deck on YouTube and they’re always emulating just about everything. I don’t know anything about the subject but it seems to me it works pretty well on Linux.