For those who are wondering, yes, Wine is malware compatible so be careful about the EXEs you run!
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
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I haven't run a Linux machine in years. Has wine improved or was I just not savvy enough to get things to run on it?
If you run games with Steam on Linux, it will probably use Proton, which uses Wine. It allows thousands of games to be click & play now on Linux now. See: https://www.protondb.com/
It's gotten significantly better since ~2010 or so when I was first struggling with it. Valve developing Proton on top of it definitely didn't hurt even if that in particular is more games focused.
Wine has gotten pretty good, but mostly for games rather than traditional applications.
I've used it for some windows only programs and it works great, the only gripe I could have is the one looks different because of the fonts. I'm sure I could add in the fonts or w/e and make it identical though.
It can't run literally everything, but it's pretty damn good, in my opinion. Not that I find myself needing to run a whole lot with it, though.
I still get excited launching steam on Linux.
It's really good for WoW and GW2.
How's the blizz launcher now? I bailed and went to ffxiv and that plays flawlessly. I keep trying to talk myself out of going back to wow because of how toxic it became.
It runs about as well as it does under Windows. I'm not currently interested in paying another subscription - feels like too much pressure and the amount I spent on WoW over the years is distressing.
I've been playing GW2 since December and it also runs well with Wine.
I feel that, played from LK to Shadowlands. At times I miss it, but really just miss the old days of it and the people I played with.
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