I’m a disabled gamer with lots of time on my hands. I’m considering dual booting Linux Mint (or something else equally easy to transition to) with Windows 10. My plan would be to entirely swap to Linux, but keep Windows for the few games that require it. However, I have some concerns.
Do I need to worry about certain niche programs I use not being Linux compatible, or do things like Wine make that irrelevant? I’m especially curious about 3rd party game/mod launchers, like GW2Launcher and XIVLauncher, or Overwolf/Curseforge.
What about Windows store apps-- is there any way to use them while in Linux? Sounds like a dumb question, but figured I’d ask just in case. This part isn’t a deal breaker either way.
I do in fact have Nvidia… bummer! I’m not too worried about AntiCheats that don’t support Linux since that mostly seems to be for PvP-heavy games, which are not usually a thing I’m into. Ark & Rust were about the only games like that I liked, & I played on PvE servers. But I do think some MMOs use AntiCheats, right? Though for sure not GW2 or FFXIV, which are my current obsessions.
My current plan is, since support for Windows 10 is being dropped in October 2025, maybe I’ll upgrade to Windows 11 so I can keep getting security updates, and then dual-boot to Linux, but have Linux as the main. Like 90% of the time I’ll be in Linux Mint (or whichever one I pick), and then just swap over to Windows briefly if/when I need to.
The VM plan sounded really awesome, but I think the nVidia fix looks beyond my ability. I’m someone who can’t code & only knows like 3 DOS commands, but can set up a Minecraft modpack (without changing any recipes) & upload the files to servers others run, or otherwise handle setting up mods for games in general. I’m saying all that to try and give some idea of my expertise or lack thereof. I’d consider myself a low-end power user, maybe? So given that, does this plan sound reasonable, re the dual booting & mostly swapping to Linux Mint (or whatever distro)?
Oh wow, nice! I especially appreciate the ProtonDB link-- I’d known about Proton, but not ProtonDB. :) And that’s awesome, re GW2 especially!
I’m thinking I’m going to try Pop!OS… I was reading reviews etc. of various gaming/newbie Linux stuff on [itsfoss.com](It’s Foss) and they’re a big fan, and Pop seems pretty readymade for gaming stuff. I plan to put it on a flash drive & test it before dual booting to it, and if I’m not a fan, Linux Mint it is! I tried that once before, years ago.
Yesterday, you probably saw this informal post by one of our head admins (Chris Remington). This post lamented some of the difficulties we’re running into with the site at this point, and what the future might hold for us. This is a more formal post about those difficulties and the way we currently see things....
Oh hey, nice! For you & other people into roleplay online and such (and especially telnet to MUDs/MUSHes), check out [https://aresmush.com/](Ares MUSH) which is a pretty modern take on telnet roleplay. You can even roleplay on the website, or you can connect with telnet clients (which is what I've always preferred). It's really moved telnet roleplay up to at least the 2010s era. ;)
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