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For those who are wondering, yes, Wine is malware compatible so be careful about the EXEs you run!

https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Is_Wine_malware-compatible.3F

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[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Does it have wine or something like that built in for windows games?

Because TBH the only thing stopping me from switching is the games.

[-] Corgana@startrek.website 6 points 11 months ago

It actually does, but you may also be surprised how many of your Steam games are Linux compatible nowadays!

[-] Piers@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Just install Steam and Lutris and install all your games through either Steam or Lutris and they'll generally just work from there.

(Noone uses just wine directly and manually for their games anymore unless there's a special reason. Valve developed a specialised version called Proton that mashes together Wine, DXVK and a bunch of tweaks specifically for gaming. Steam automatically installs it and then any Windows game installed through Steam is automatically configured with Proton for you. Lutris is an app that does that but for installing games without using Steam.)

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Valve developed a specialised version

That sounds pretty nice. I'll take a look at that.

Lutris is an app that does that but for installing games without using Steam.)

So for example if I want a non steam game like Minecraft I'd go through Lutris but beyond that I'd use steam?

[-] Piers@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Broadly yes. In the case of Minecraft I think at least one version is just made for Linux though so probably best to just follow the official instructions for installing it. But any game that's made for Windows you're best bet is to install it from either Steam or Lutris in the first instance.

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