You use the same torrent client or web browser that you used on windows and download the game, then run the game with wine, set up the prefix and install the dependencies with winetricks. Or use Steam, Lutris or Heroic and have it do all the complicated stuff for a new user.
Yeah we all know Manjaro is ass but a 16:10 screen that's 120hz is cool. I'd get one if it had adaptive sync. When I saw OrangePi I thought I'd be an ARM device using box86/64 to run Steam games, as inefficient as that sounds.
The only modern Sony PlayStation exclusives I'd want on PC are Gravity Rush and The Last Guardian. Haven't been super interested in their output so far.
The fact that I don't have to deal with lib32-gst-plugins-ugly/bad/ect is amazing, but I'll have to keep 32 bit libraries for Team Fortress 2 and other online Source games.
Start looking at the desktop environments and use a virtual machine/live usb to try them out. For something similar to Windows I'd recommend KDE plasma or Cinnamon, both can be tried out using KDE Neon or Linux Mint.
i do not see the hype for immutable distros, they seem to be for an incredibly niche sub-section of the linux desktop which is already incredibly niche (i'll probably be answering my own question). good for the devs for trying new things i guess but these seem like hell to use if you are a tinkerer, gnome is whack and won't convince any new users to use linux. it seems like an operating system i'd install for my tech illiterate parents so i won't have to troubleshoot anything if it had a desktop like cinnamon or kde because they would have some familliarity with a windows like ui.
kugmo @ kugmo @sh.itjust.works Posts 14Comments 368Joined 2 yr. ago
You use the same torrent client or web browser that you used on windows and download the game, then run the game with wine, set up the prefix and install the dependencies with winetricks. Or use Steam, Lutris or Heroic and have it do all the complicated stuff for a new user.