I’ve managed to run some old games on Linux with Bottles/Wine that didn’t work on Windows anymore.
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Jrockwar@feddit.uk 3 weeks agoAt this point, and given the current state of Proton (👍) and the current state of Windows (👎), the question should be, “Does the new version of Wine run Windows apps better than Windows?”
blaue_Fledermaus@olio.cafe 3 weeks ago
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Yes. It can run classic gaming that windows outright refuses to run. Wild
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Yes. Especially if said application was developed before 2010.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I misread the title at first and I genuinely thought that’s what this article was about.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
There used to be a Wine on Windows project because Wine was so much better at backwards compatibility.
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Proton works nicely in steam
Non steam games is an entirely different complicated issue (for some games)
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Heroic works great for pirated henrai games and GOG games.
Supervisor194@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Epic and GOG work on Heroic just fine and I’ve run two standalone games (Elite Dangerous and ESO) using Lutris with no problems.
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You can download Proton for use outside of Steam, I use it in Lutris and Bottles pretty regularly. Also, you should be able to get just about anything to run just as well in Bottles or Lutris as it will in steam, but I will admit it can take some tinkering with some games or software and there is a much easier option: Add “non-steam game” in Steam library and run whatever program you need through Steam anyway.
BlackDragon@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
What kind of complicated issue? Simply adding them as non-steam games seems to work fine. I’ve managed to get jank ass pirated 90s visual novels running, fan-patched, on a steam deck lmao
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
With some apps/games it definitely feels like ir does. Would love to see someone dedicated do proper Wine vs windows benchmarks!
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
There are plenty of old applications that just do not run on windows 10/11 anymore at all. Wine and emulation is the only choice left for those.
setsubyou@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There were some last year specifically for games on SteamOS bs Windows, like this: arstechnica.com/…/games-run-faster-on-steamos-tha…