Some others on ProtonDB are reporting this. For me switching to an older version (7.0-6) worked fine.

Glad you got it sorted.

I don’t think that’s distro related. I’ve played GW2 on Mint with an Nvidia card and it worked just like on Windows. I installed the Steam version though and linked my account.

What Proton version are you using in Steam to play it, did you try some different ones? Without knowing what your issue really is, there are some tinker steps mentioned on ProtonDB, maybe have a look. It’s really hard to recommend anything without more info.

Their easy installer is why many people I know installed it, but it only supports 21 devices and mine wasn’t one of them, so I can’t say much about usability or security. If yours is one of them, there’s also a Linux guide on their website: https://doc.e.foundation/easy-installer

And how is that relevant in a post about “Linux Mint and Steam”?

In Mint most people recommend installing Steam directly from the website as .deb. There are dozens of informative threads on the official forums, which also explain some differences of the installation method, for example: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=427582

Also Valve’s guide on how to use Steam with an NTFS disk (which I assume you’re using) can be found here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows

Heroic Games Launcher and Lutris also support Proton versions, since some games run best with them. But most games simply run with the latest version of Wine or Proton respectively.

Same discussion from 4 days ago with the link to the respective Github issue: https://lemmy.ml/post/18936433

Not sure about that popularity comment, it’s also available on Windows and I know of many people who have been using it for years instead of the crappy Epic Store. And yes, it works great for GOG.

Maybe you find something you like here: https://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html

Invidious is facing the same problem, there’s issues on both Githubs since June.

Thank you, that’s very helpful. I will have to think about it - it comes down to a question of convenience vs. “best” security possible.

Oh yes, that’s entirely my own fault. I first installed Aurora, then Steam as Flapak and later rebased to Bazzite. It was all just for trying stuff out, on my main machine, the install will be clean.

Oh I think I’ve found my answer, it was about SELinux being disabled. Now it says on their official website: "SELinux:

– We have replaced SELinux with AppArmor (AppArmor is used in Ubuntu and OpenSUSE) as we find it to be more user-friendly, less intrusive, and easier to write policies for. You will still see some SELinux packages as they are required to keep Fedora compatibility and not break package dependencies."

I am very interested in what you are saying. I’ve been trying Bazzite for a while now and I ran into some quirks I couldn’t resolve - tiny stuff, that’s mainly a small inconvenience like not being able to put icons on the desktop with Steam due to it being Flatpak and Valve not having enabled that specific option) -

BUT -

I’ve also tried Nobara then was kinda put off by people saying something along the lines, that GE disabled some security features for better performance (and since it was a distro for personal use at first) and I tried to search for the details, but came up empty. Could you say a bit more about this or where I could find more info, please? Cause I’m using my distro as daily driver and not only for gaming, so it got me worried a little.

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/frontends/

😂 Well, at the beginning I was a bit lost and a friend played with me for like half an hour and then I knew the basics. After that you look things up that you want to know more about, but it’s not necessary to have the wiki open all the time. The game actually has a quite clear progression and hints on first playthrough.

Highly recommend. I have finished so many worlds with and without mods and I still return to it once in a while.

Terraria

https://docs.usebottles.com/components/runners

Thank you, this is great. I will keep it in mind next time I post something about NOYB.

EFF podcast: https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/11579/

Glad to hear so many volunteered so quickly, awesome!

Only me reading that as ‘uwu’?

Sounds promising, please keep us posted and good luck!

If you need something powerful (but maybe not very easy to use at first) GIMP also works great for that.

I’m using Linux Mint with an Nvdia card and it works great. But I don’t have a completely new PC so I don’t need the latest of the latest stuff. Taking your hardware into account is always a good idea.

My advice: don’t switch too fast, maybe keep dual boot at first and give yourself time to learn. Try distros with a live USB stick on your system to see if it works. For the look and feel consult https://distrosea.com/ and play around. Linux can be fun and it’s serving gamers very well now (for the most part - there are games that won’t run mostly due to invasive rootkit ‘anti-cheats’).

Yay for the first post!

I cannot comment on the topic but I’m wondering if you would get more insights from the folks in the !linux@lemmy.ml community. Maybe wanna crosspost?

Done. Screw Reddit.

If you decide to contribute there, it’s quite clear that all the information is public. I mean you can see how the website is structured and what kind of information can be found at each entry.

Additionally, the github states the following about the protondb data: “Data exports from ProtonDB.com released under ODbL” - see here: https://github.com/bdefore/protondb-data

Well, I have, have you?

From their website: Legal Assistance and General Information

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Do you have some further reading on the active exploit of Genshin Impact’s anti-cheat?

EA Launcher, Ubisoft and Battlenet work fine with Lutris.

I wouldn’t install a kernel level “anti-cheat” crap on a Windows machine anyway, no loss here.

Also having zero issues using NVIDIA, works great. Distro wise it comes down to personal preferences and tastes. I second Mint for easy use, but I’m hearing that other distros like Nobara and PopOS also work great for gaming.

There’s literally thousands of complaints on Steam, some people also report an increase in RAM usage up to 1 GB, that’s insane on older machines, and even on new ones, I want my RAM for my games tyvm.

The number your phone provider associates you with, you can find it on your invoice.

Cool project, thanks for sharing!

I was using Linux Mint when I made the switch and it was great cause everything was just working, no tinkering needed. I want to mention https://nobaraproject.org/ though, cause it’s a modified Fedora version that works very well for gaming too.

I don’t think there’s a “best” but PopOS sure is one of the recommended ones. You might also find some answers in this post: https://lemmy.ml/post/1130762

Great recommendations here already, just chiming in to say that it works great with no issues at all.

The username sheds some light on it I believe.