How To Play Windows Games On Linux (AAA Gaming On Any Linux Distro, Finally!)

[@misterspitfire6564]

Life changing video right there! Thank you so much. :)

[@fymlinux]

Right?! Once I learned it I had to share it so everyone else could benefit. 😊 Thanks so much for the comment!

[@misterspitfire6564]

@@fymlinux You're welcome. I've already tried it on MX Linux, and I must say it works really well. Thanks once again!

[@argasmb]

@@fymlinux Can i play windows heavy games such as far cry 5, battlefield, on redhat with high quality graphics ? Dont worry about my computer specs, because I got amd ryzen 7 3700x with high graphic card...

[@VictorRodriguez-zp2do]

@@argasmb there's protondb.com for that. Also why redhat? it's not widely used as a desktop OS also it's paid, don't get me wrong redhat is a great distribution for servers but it's not the best option as a gaming OS in my opinion.

[@mahdiesmaeli4690]

@@fymlinux Hi.I have one question.You buy the games fron steam or you install them like a crack way that we can crack games on windows? I mean if I want to play game on linux then I should pay money if I want run games sith proton?

[@AarshParashar]

So actually higher number of games work on Linux than Mac? Awesome!

[@fymlinux]

Crazy, right?

[@Lestibournes]

Theoretically this could be used for Mac too.

[@FozillaMirefox]

That's not true sadly Lestibournes. Proton is using DXVK, which translates DirectX into Vulkan calls. I've heard they're working on something for metal.. but it's not there yet.

[@GG-zh9hd]

lol seriously ? i didn't know this

[@contytub]

@gghhkm it's not the devs that hate vulkan... it's apple policy... devs work with what they have

[@lenaviazmitinov8198]

I was all ready to set up my computer to dual boot Ubuntu and Win 10 from two separate ssd because no matter what I couldn't get steam games to run in Ubuntu (even the ones that are Linux compatible like road redemption and ARK evolved.) ordered the second ssd and was gonna do it tomorrow, then I came across this video - and let me just say, I got every single game that wasn't working to run through proton. I also got the sims, which was a huge part of my childhood and I had never dreamed I could run it on Linux!!! Thank you for this!

[@JasonBillingham]

This was exactly the video I was looking for. Native Linux games, Lutris and Steam w/ Proton is the exact combo I needed in order to move Windows to a VirtualBox on Linux, instead of vice-versa. Thanks for this video!

[@fymlinux]

Very glad it helped! Thanks so much for the comment and for watching. :-)

[@mg42sd]

"Without any loss of framerate" Well, that depends, usually you would get a performance decrease (dute to drivers optimisation), often you would see no difference at all and in some cases you will see an increase of performance. Linux gaming is going in a right direction and I love it!

[@fymlinux]

Definitely, and well said. Depends on the game, but overall I haven't noticed a huge loss (sometimes not at all). More testing needed, though.

[@tommyrottn]

@@fymlinux I don't know - watching the video looked like 24 fps... If that's what you want / normally get, OK?

[@manic221]

Dark Souls 3 isnt a Linux native game. It just runs so well using proton that it may aswell be native it's truly impressive. Infact ALOT of Bandais ports seem to work beautifully in Linux not sure what Bandai do but even without natively supporting Linux they seem to be making it very easy!

[@theunconventionaldeal3879]

Steam works amazingly well on Linux, I was running steam on Linux before they had a Linux client.

[@fymlinux]

Very nice, and absolutely, it's incredible how much progress they've made.

[@theunconventionaldeal3879]

@@fymlinux the awesome part is codeweavers is making all the proton builds for steam, So innovation is being amplified by some actual $$$ now.

[@RagingInsomniac]

Well how do people get it to work? I installed it and it just opens up and crashes instantly.

[@Prshfh]

@Rihan sus

[@infinitebeast5517]

I already have dual boot on my laptop and I rarely use my windows parititon. now I'm going to dual boot my main desktop which is a big deal for me since I consider it my main rig for gaming and large productivity projects. I hope this gaming move on linux gets larger and better. The next step would be the integration of more productivity suits such as Microsoft office and the Adobe suite. Great video by the way.

[@fymlinux]

Great thoughts! And appreciate the compliment. Things are moving up and on for Linux, for sure. 😊

[@fuseteam]

an linux port of office is the top voted request on office365's uservoice

[@Johny40Se7en]

One hell of a step forward aye. Just like Linus of Linux Tech Tips said, it's all about accessibility at the end of the day, and this definitely adds to that. Great stuff.

[@MERTYILMAZGAMES]

Funny how Morrowind "Just works" on Linux but Fallout 76 wont run on Windows

[@fymlinux]

That comment was awesome. 😁

[@Punchmememe]

Wow this video is so under rated, everyone on steam is crying that they have linux and they cant run windows and they cant play windows games even tough steam has already a build in future 🥺 Lovely to see ❤️

[@astroverse378]

Dude i have been looking for videos everywhere and they didn't help me at all but this video did thanks a lot man!!

[@SupaShang]

Just found your channel. Subbed. Great video. I have 530 games on Linux Steam and only 9 don't work for me due to anti-cheat/drm or third party game launchers. I think once this problem gets resolved the total games playable on Linux will explode.

[@Prophet6000]

I'm thinking about switching sick of windows 10.

[@fymlinux]

You and me both. Once they get a few more key games working well out of the box I'm done with Windows on my machines. My production PC's are all Linux-exclusive, though. :)

[@cjtronan]

@matt M ikr matt, sheeples without real will to actually do something if they hate windows. All they do is talk and keep feeding that M$ their pcs into hell oblivion and selling their info and signing the deed with the devil on the premise of one game and the words "But I need this one to work" when theres so many games it makes one head spin Recently I game 10 dollars to play station now, and I just am enjoying Pplay station only titles on linux, currently playing the last of us and next will be gears of war 5 and Im also just began state of decay 2 and all runs perfect :) for just 10 dollars.. on linux PS only titles 55+ games in their categories and I know its not really linux games, since its called cloud gaming but hell it works in linux and not just windows :)

[@cjtronan]

@matt M indeed, I'm currently watching some video about solu's project called; LSI at kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppa5qHtjeb5-nbs Did some research and its a snap for you can use on any distro now, read the vid description, but im about to go play some more last of us :)

[@cjtronan]

@matt M in the vid description it also mentions its using some of the unix libraries instead of the steam integrated with the client, hence the performance boost, makes me wonder if this will only work for the steam games or if it can use that trick for non-steam games you add thrgout hthe steam client into it. You know, adding games from your pc into the steam using add-non-steam game from the top of the client menu

[@nate32396]

Linux TV Valve is also working to get battleye and Easy Anti-Cheat working with proton.

[@yelacid5558]

Thank you so much for this video, I've been trying all kinds of methods i can find in the internet so i can play my games on Linux, and this one just nailed it. i hope you keep making this kind of videos as this help a lot of people. again, thank you soooo much.

[@haloinfjr6069]

thanks this saved my life man my dad just fixed my computer and got pop os and turned it into a Linux instead of Windows and I couldn't play rec room

[@AarshParashar]

Windows is dead for me.

[@fymlinux]

Amen!

[@adziup]

He will not be missed

[@aeebeecee3737]

Dead twice

[@ronguin7062]

2 machines running mint, gaming was my hang up... I think you just changed that, thank you for posting this video, new sub now.

[@fymlinux]

Very glad it helped. Yeah this is a big step for me getting rid of Windows and committing to Linux full time. You'll have to let me know what your experience is -- whether games work well for you on Mint.

[@ronguin7062]

@@fymlinux day 2 with the windows machine cold. Linux mint 19.3 and lutris my struggle ended up being moving my old crutch to the linux environment which is my nostromo n52 game pad lol. I had a fit with that thing and still can't find a native driver. Currently I only play wow so a bit of clever in game key binding had me off and running. My machine is fairly modern and I'm about to go ahead and upgrade cpu and gpu as I am moving in permanently. Current config: Gigabyte b450m 16gb corsair vengeance 3k ddr4 Ryzen3 3200 4/4 Radeon rx580 gts 8gb. I may stay with gpu for now but I'm definitely getting a more permanent cpu in the next few days. Looking for a deal on a 2nd gen ryzen 7...either way I'm loving linux mint and dont plan on going back to windows for home use. If support ever happens for more business software like quick books enterprise and the like It could change to world of small business as well!

[@jakeadams2067]

thank you so much i just installed linux today and this is one of the most helpful videos. keep up the good work

[@rudrashankarmajumder3228]

Completed Titanfall 2 on linux mint. It was extremely smooth. I tried Doom 2016 as well which ran great as well but whenever there's smoke it lagged but I remember that it happened in my windows 10 as well so I think its a hardware issue. I have installed Max Payne 3 and I will try it on lutris tomorrow. Mass effect Andromeda didn't run for me but I am extremely happy with my linux mint 19.2 and lutris.

[@fymlinux]

That's awesome!!

[@santiagokilling1165]

did you play Titanfall 2 Multiplayer on Lutris ?

[@rudrashankarmajumder3228]

@@santiagokilling1165 I didn't try multiplayer. Only single player. You can try it though. But online games which has anti cheats don't work as of now. But I think Titanfall 2 is working with lutris now lutris.net/games/titanfall-2/

[@JoussefJouda]

I see Linux Mint I upvote!

[@fymlinux]

Thanks! Love Linux Mint. :)

[@budgetstylestories8357]

Eww, a redditor.

[@Mangaki86]

I’m sorry if this is a dumb question. I’m new the Linux gaming. I’m a gamepass subscriber. Would I be able to download Microsoft gamepass games and run them using proton? I know gamepass steaming and other streaming services will work. But what about a native download and install of windows games? If it’s possible would you be able to do a video demonstrating that? I really appreciate this video thank you.

[@williamferreira4947]

Man, I don't know who you are, but I love you S2

[@esseindividuo]

13:00 i play some games on linux mint + proton + dualshock 4 , some games need more work than others to run with controller ...

[@fymlinux]

Definitely.

[@adrianlee.28]

On my linux mint, when I click play, its says "Preparing to launch". Then, it says that it's "running". But, like, a second later, it stops running. I never see anything pop up when I press play. Help?

[@LNK258]

I have the same problem how do you fix it???

[@iLunyr]

Most games with an anti-cheat will not run with Proton.

[@egranier1]

Great work mate ! Thank you to show Linux can play Games via Steam, Vulkan, Proton, Lutris, etc.

[@fymlinux]

You bet! Happy to help. :)

[@egranier1]

@@fymlinux I just wrote a couple of articles in a magazine called "Linux Identity" (Ubuntu 19.10 edition N°45) about Linux and Gaming.

[@ThomasGrillo]

Thanks. Gonna be needing this, as I side-grade from Windoze, over to Linux, soon. :)

[@TheVertical92]

Haha xD *launches a Bethesda Game* "It just works"

[@fymlinux]

Right? :D

[@TheVertical92]

@@fymlinux 16 times the detail^^

[@genericname9875]

RADIENT AI

[@gaonkarprajwal]

Infinite number of quests.

[@theskepticcoder7883]

windows was crushing my graphics card i dual booted ubuntu and i can do more than i ever thought my pc can do this is amazing

[@tylerstarkey9141]

Linux is definitely picking up some serious traction, thinking about making the switch myself. Just wish they would do more with the anti-cheat so more of the "popular" titles would be compatible..

[@fymlinux]

Absolutely. If/when you're ready to make the switch, check out my comparison video for the different versions of Linux so you can choose which would be best for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIKudJJnmsuXjtU

[@tylerstarkey9141]

@@fymlinux thanks so much for the reply. I'll definitely stay tuned for more info+updates. Being a budget gamer, open source "free/share" ware+software is huge! What would you recommend for a gaming distro for low end hardware?.. something other than steam os

[@Luke996]

Great video, gave me another good insight on Linux gaming. I didn't have that well of an experience with more recent games, but I'm gonna try to get at least some games running to see if I really need Windows anymore. Also, as a small tip from a random person: I suggest putting some slow music in the background that goes something more into the lofi kind of direction, so the video doesn't seem as boring. It was kinda difficult to listen on some occasions. Other than that, good video!

[@fymlinux]

Well said, thanks. And great points -- music is a hit and miss for many. I've had it in, sometimes, and people have said, "Dude, get rid of the music" while others have said, "man, love the music" on the same vid'. Hard to please everyone, but your feedback definitely helps. :)

[@ZarathustraDK]

Switched to Pop!_OS last week after a 2 year hiatus on Windows, and holy shit has linux-gaming come a long way in that timespan. Proton works wonders, I can even play VRChat *in* VR with my Index. Hats off to Valve for being true bros.

[@geraldmckee6556]

Thanks for the great video, games and streaming TV like sling are the only reason I am still using Windows at all.

[@mikeyyt737]

omfg dude ur the goat, i was so happy when i saw all my games are available, wow no point of dualbooting now LESGOO

[@ChillPard]

that wallpaper's dope where'd you get it?

[@fymlinux]

Enjoy. :) duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=cyberpunk+wallpaper&ia=images&iax=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwallpaperaccess.com%2Ffull%2F676037.jpg

[@patrickgerardonate9334]

Saved me as I was happy with Ubuntu when I was forced before to have it installed before. It was faster than windows in many things I needed. Gaming was the only downside for me but this saved it for me 😍 Though how do I install still windows specific tools to Ubuntu? 🤔

[@stuntman083]

Question: Does this also work with Linux supported games too? Reason is I'm playing Total War Warhammer and I don't want to wait for the linux DLC release (which is always later then the Windows release date)

[@garamari]

The Flatpak version of Steam works fine but Valve doesn't recommend it because they plan to put the games running in proton within flatpaks or similar containers themselves.

[@darrenclift6704]

for some of the games that dont run change to a lower version of proton, like games as an example, simcity wont run on the latest version of proton, but i go back to a lower version of proton and it works then. you kinda have to experiment. i also love proton :-D

[@SivakD]

I have begun dabbling with Linux on a VM (Mint actually, same as the video). I don't have a spare machine to try out the full experience that is Linux, but when the time comes to get one I'm really thinking of starting from Linux. Also, nice video.

[@fymlinux]

Thanks for the comment! I might suggest buying a 2nd hard drive for your PC and installing Linux natively on that drive. That's what I personally do: I have one HD that has Windows for the games that don't work on Linux, and one hard drive that has Linux for literally everything else. :)

[@SivakD]

@@fymlinux Thanks for the reply. I thought about that, although I have a laptop so a 2nd internal drive isn't really an option. I have looked at trying to install to external USB, although I'm not sure how well (or even if) that'd work. I'll figure something out in the future. :)

[@jonnym2423]

Yo big thanks for this comprehensive and easy to follow video!

[@Adulto357]

Bro you made my day with this thank you so much

[@elr77]

Just making a friendly point of correction @12:30; Controllers work perfectly fine from my experience. You just need to go to the game properties for the game in question (right click on the game in the left hand panel games list and click properties) and select "force off" in the "Steam input per-game" drop down. I even use dual sticks in Star Citizen under Lutris and they work fine with the right config XML file. Only thing that doesn't work are the throttle sliders, but that is probably because there is no entry for them in the XML file I use. Anyway, ever since switching to Linux completely in 2016 with a VFIO/GPU passthrough VM for Windows games, I now only buy games on Steam that have or are expecting native Linux versions or ports. I do have the odd 1 or 2 games that aren't Linux, but they tend to be ground breaking work of art type games; things like Nier Automata before it went Linux native. Other games are things that I get free with AMD GPUs or CPUs. I don't use GoG (unless it's a Linux native game) and will not use Epic or anyone else outside of Valve or now Stadia because I feel we Linux gamers should vote with our wallets for companies that are working to improve Linux gaming. Same thing with hardware, I will spend $1000 on a 4K Magewell capture card rather than switch to Windows and use a $300 AverMedia 4K capture card, because AverMedia do not support Linux in their hardware.

[@fymlinux]

Appreciate the comments and the correction. Helps me to know how to better communicate these things in future videos. Very cool that you made the full switch to Linux -- truly well done. :)

[@danielstevenson3903]

Buying on GOG in 2019 is usually a mistake. I love their anti-DRM, pro-consumer ethos, but if they won't support an OS that lets me extend that philosophy to the rest of my computer, I'm not buying. I plan to rebuy The Witcher 1-3 on Steam after Christmas.

[@elr77]

@@danielstevenson3903 Yeah, there should be a bunch of great sales on Steam after Christmas; think I got all 3 Witcher games at the same time a couple of years ago. Honestly, I personally believe that anti-DRM thing that GoG use as a selling point is slowly washing away. Games are changing and the way games are delivered is changing. There was a video I saw a few weeks ago by this woman talking about Half Life Alyx and (based on her conversations with developers and studios) how it is an indication of what is coming and how the way we play video games will change. There are so many things changing and moving quickly that Stadia, XCloud, and others are probably the way things are going. People in time won't care about DRM if they are paying a subscription for entire libraries of games like MS GamePass and Ubisoft are going to roll out on Stadia and elsewhere through Uplay. We can also assume Valve will launch something too and Amazon are probably going to release something of their own and my gut tells me Star Citizen and Squadron 42 (see the video: "Squadron 42: 2019 Visual Teaser") will be the poster child of anything Amazon roll out. On top of this there will probably be more services like Shadow for gaming via cloud computer instances to reduce local hardware requirements, it is only a matter of time before gaming becomes a Netflix type model and only the super enthusiasts will build high end PCs. In fact, AMD in their ray tracing road map talked about could computing based for full ray traced scenes in games. But we'll see how GPUs and software development progress.

[@rossyragbag]

Brilliant video, thanks for taking the time for all of us. from, Rothesay, Scotland

[@malcytull]

Another fantastic video, thank you for posting.

[@fymlinux]

Thank you! Hope it opens up some of those good Windows-exclusive games for ya. :)

[@Nsfwstar]

I'm playing final fantasy 13 on my chromebook with Linux installed, you want something more bizzare than that xd?

[@fymlinux]

That's awesome!

[@AarshParashar]

hows the performance?

[@Nsfwstar]

@@AarshParashar 15 fps :v but to be honest is better than I expected

[@lelouchoftheresurrection782]

Wow on rpcs3 ? What specs do you have ?

[@Nsfwstar]

@@lelouchoftheresurrection782 the windows native version* my Chromebook cant handle the ps3 emulator xd

[@justprince1]

Hey, nice vid. I want to switch to Linux but I'm an engineer and need to do CAD work, also I'm a gamer who first tries the games (pirated) and then buy them if I like. (I'm sick of EA being EA, LOOKING AT YOU ANTHEM). So should I switch to Linux?

[@fymlinux]

Thanks the comment, and good question! At best, if you're interested in switching to Linux, I would dual-boot your system (run both Windows and Linux on it). If you need CAD for work, then you're going to need to continue using CAD; there is no ideal Linux solution to my knowledge. Check out this video I made to see how you could do a dual-boot set-up, but I would encourage you install a separate hard drive and keep Linux on one and Windows on the other (that's what I do): kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHqXaH2brZ6GbLM. Hope that helps! Feel free to ask if you have any more questions. :)

[@justprince1]

@@fymlinux Yeah that's what I was thinking but I really wanna get into Linux. Also I haven't found any way how pirated games would work on Linux (I know there's WINE but I don't know how to setup or anything). I better donate my money to Linux devs than give it to greedy companies who ignore it. And if I were to keep booting into Windows for 80% of my work then I'm afraid I'll start to ignore Linux as noone wants to boot their PC for just browsing the Web which can be done on Windows. Please help me man, I like Linux but my work (and games) won't permit to switch.

[@isqueirosbic]

@@justprince1 You can have draftsight, which is, supposedly, the next best thing. However, I found that the only electrical addon for draftsight is windows only. Oh well. AutoCAD doesn't work at all on wine. Just stick with windows for now.

[@kriba6755]

1. Dual boot. 2. Virtual Machine. I am a Linux only user since 2005. But for some media software, mostly Adobe I always will need my windows somehow. They all reside in my virtual machine since years. Advantage over dual booting: - you can stay in your main OS for other tasks while doing your Media work. -you can keep your files on your main machine and make them just accessible for your virtual machine. This helps you to keep the image size of the VM small, just OS and apps. You can always access your files if needed.

[@luutoo3649]

Why did I not know about this. Why did I make a dual boot. Thanks a lot, all my games are now available to play (install) that are on steam! Will still have to use the dual boot for non-steam games, but this is great! I wonder why this is not installed by default if you are using Linux with steam though?

[@JuanCarlos-oo7on]

bro, thanks a lot, I LOVE YOU , I lose my day just searching how to play what I want ;)

[@goldenheartOh]

Will Proton work with games outside of steam? I have a 20yr old game I love that runs like crap on Windows 10. Star Trek Armada. I just got a Ryzen 3 3700 rig with Rtx 2070 Super & it struggles to get 20fps when ships move & 50fps idle. I can get Windows 7 installed, but Asus mobo drivers don't play nice with Win7. That includes USB & chipset drivers. Not even Gigabytes tool to inject USB & nvme drivers into the win7 install thumb drive works.

[@fizzle._12]

I saw the Mortal Kombat series works on this. I WILL INSTALL PROTON NOW!

[@livewithpatienceandcomposu2510]

Will I be able to play some of the Windows 95 and 98 games on Linux? Let's say I would want to play EA Sports NHL 99 on Linux. Which Linux distribution should I install and would it work on Proton or Wine?

[@CONTINGENCY_sys]

ELITE DANGEROUS HORIZONS / ODYSSEY? I'm about done with WINDOWS as of late and ready to move back to LINUX. I stream live to youtube using OBS and want to maintain my gameplay for my top games. Elite Dangerous, Ark Survival Evolved, Dying Light are my top 3 stream games for me. I use STEAM. I hope this all pans out, because putting WINDOWS in my rear view forever after 30+ years on PC OS systems.

[@donmeles7711]

Thats so cool! Now some time has passed and I now can chose between several proton builds and Proton Experimental, which is selected by default. Should I go for the latest release or for Experimental? Also, can I intstall games out of steam to run them with proton?

[@MystiqPheonix]

Super cool video thx for sharing. I have a question:Can u please tell me if i can play Smite, Paladins and Tera from Steam on linux mint, pop os or Manjaro? They are running? Bcs first 2 are using (anticheat stuff). Ty for answer.

[@rotaxt5411]

Can we use proton without steam? what I mean is let's say I am going to use photoshop(I don't know if its already on Linux or something its just an example) Can I use proton for it?

[@irondavos2811]

I was wondering the same thing. Wine has been unstable with some new game releases.

[@solitudesf8111]

you can, but whats the point? you dont need it for photoshop.

[@Cyrus-ro8kg]

The thing about linux is, higher version date doesn't always means better. On android alone i usually had to revert back to previous version because of incompatibility. It depends on hardware and user preferences though

[@koki10190]

im glad i switched to linux! Im loving it so far and every games i play runs on linux

[@Isassi007]

Great video, quick question, what is your PC hardware? CPU, RAM, and video card?

[@fymlinux]

Thanks! The PC I made that video on is a custom: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X, Nvidia GTX 1080, 32GB DDR4 3200.

[@ozgurdemir8929]

Awesome! Is it possible to stream to another pc and does the pc have be running on Linux as well?

[@milomiloski1556]

I came for the title but i was more excited about you using linux mint lol

[@fymlinux]

Ha, thanks! Absolutely, Mint and Ubuntu are the only distros I recommend. They're both great in their own ways. 😊

[@milomiloski1556]

@@fymlinux yeah I discovered linux two months ago I tried many distros, mint was perfect I even managed to install photoshop and word using wine, both worked great without work arounds, it's awesome on every aspect 😀

[@whitelight3108]

OMFG YOU ARE A LEGEND MY DUDE!!!

[@whitelight3108]

My computer use to be windows than it broke and i had to switch to linux and thought it was over since i could only do some games

[@danielstevenson3903]

Are you familiar with OpenMW? It's a new, open-source engine for Morrowind that supports Linux natively. It works with modern resolutions and has a cool feature where you can use multiple data directories (useful for mods.)

[@fymlinux]

Thanks for the comment. I'm aware of it, but not familiar. I was honestly thrilled just to see it working this well out of the box with the tick of a checkbox. There could very well be some better options, though.

[@danielstevenson3903]

@@fymlinux This tool lets you use the OpenMW engine like you would Proton, along with other open-source engine reimplementations: github.com/dreamer/luxtorpeda/#supported-titles. The same guy has made a similar tool for DOSBox games called Boxtron and one for ScummVM games called Roberta.

[@perkimba8369]

I wanna switch to Linux so I can develop my N64 game faster without having to rely on virtual machine, but I also play lots of old games [Released before Steam even existed] and I don't want to lose them. Is it possible to play them without having to use a virtual machine?

[@marcelocortez3312]

I doubt about Proton, though I never ran it because I use Windows for playing (the only reason why I use it lol). I wasn't aware of how Proton works, but as I watched your video I realise it's pretty easy. I may give my Arcolinux a chance to play.

[@injuneer7942]

GREAT, GREAT, GREAT! Thank you for the information. A question ... with a game like Fallout 4, are you still able to add mods?

[@tenzackyogi1742]

So Proton worked as an emulator in steam+ linux OS. That's what made awesome..

[@fymlinux]

As long as it works, you know?

[@roccandrew]

That is a very interesting wallpaper you have haha. Do you think we will get good compatibility on Cyberpunk 2077 when it launches?

[@fymlinux]

Man I hope so!

[@EbikeAdventuresSD]

No

[@silasgenovese3572]

Heres a question for people that do use Linux for gaming - If, as has been attested, that there is a performance hit from using an abstraction layer to run non-native games in Linux, do these performance hits only matter in say FPS games or multiplayer games? I tend to play mostly single player RPG-type games (though I do play Fallout 4 and Metro 2033) and if it mostly doesn't matter for those type of games then I'm actually way more inclined to make the great leap into Linux. Also, it was sort of amusing to hear you say use the higher number for the Proton install and then proceed to pick 4.11 over the 4.2.

[@fymlinux]

Great question. In my experience, it's been on a case-by-case basis. I believe the way the game was made (and which engine was used) has a bearing on performance in Linux. Aside from benchmark test videos, my best advice would be to buy/install a new hard drive on your PC, install Linux on that, and try it for yourself, so you can see what your experience would be.

[@oldschooldiablo169]

Most games will run like they do on windows. Provided u have ur install set up properly. Dont use play on linux. Lutris is the go to. Enable dxvk and escyn if u dont u will have a shitty experience gaming on linux. Also check ur ulimit should be 54288 around thier if not. System is not ready for gaming. To check tuun ulimit -Hn

[@oldschooldiablo169]

Using the newest proton all the time is not best. Some games run better using an older proton or custom proton. Such as mesa-aco

[@marcelobezerra5045]

the title says "On Linux 2021" but the date of the video publishing is 6 dez 2019.... is this correct? very good video anyway!

[@syauqieclark]

Nice.... So I can fully switch to manjaro for daily use with no regret 😁 thanks sir

[@abdullahnadeem1823]

Which linux distro do you have? And is that a Cyberpunk wallpaper?

[@nicegy0197]

The only issue I've had is with Monster Hunter World where the game won't recognize my Xbox controller at all. I've tried tweaking Steam settings like big picture mode & Gamepad profile, and even reinstalling the controller drivers in Linux. Out of all the Windows games I've played on Linux Monster Hunter is the only one to have the controller issue, so I continue to play it on Windows.

[@imnotother6027]

Maybe this is a little strange, but i have a chromebook, i have downloaded linux, and tried to run some games, but it doesnt seem to work, not very sure of whats missing. Great video, subscribed!

[@Noah-tz1sg]

Epic, thanks for the tutorial!

[@YourPalHDee]

Windows forced Skype onto my PC recently... I'm getting ready to jump ship. It's clear that they're spying on their users. Sick of it.

[@n4ppyboyx]

Lol 😂😂😂

[@murkkz1679]

So how'd it go?

[@grunge-616]

@@murkkz1679 im actually switching to Linux mint mate today. I have an old laptop and I'm tired of the bloat. It's gonna be permanent, like completely wipe windows 10 from my system. Any advice?

[@murkkz1679]

@@grunge-616 i was installing Ubuntu (recommended for beginners) and it was hard also I was doing it on a virtual machine and it was really slow running games compared to win 7 on the same machine idk tho prolly missed something up, my advice is follow tutorials so much easier than reddit and stuff.

[@murkkz1679]

@@grunge-616 gl lemme know how it turnes out

[@rohanayush]

I am running Chrome Os on dual boot alongside Windows. So really excited if this works with linux support on chrome os

[@TheSanatanaMantra]

i am happy to be a Linux user now. . its so fast and so much capable . . windows is a disrespect of all these games coz out of 4gb windows eat 3 GB ram already but in Linux, its use just 1gb out of for. .that's amazing feeling to know that my laptop hardware has no lacking or issue the issue is poor build windows OS. RIP windows :D

[@mxyer2605]

Can you make a video on how to install linux on a new pc. I like the way you explain things, also is linux streamer and youtuber friendly for recording and streaming?

[@FlintG]

Haha awesome! I just got rid of mac os catalina on my old 2012 mac mini and replaced it with Kubuntu Linux. Im so gonna try this out on some of the simple games I have on steam thanks! I cant wait till the day where I can fully ditch windows even on my main gaming pc.

[@MrBulldog125]

Ok this was helpful but I know nothing about Linux, I have recently built a new gaming pc and have always wanted to try Linux but the gaming side always put me off. My old gaming pc is an I5 with 16gb of ram and a Nvidia GTX 970 gaming card so is more than capable of running most games. So for me this is the right time to try and learn about Linux and see how I feel about it and see if i can get some games working with it. So just some questions what is the best Linux distro for gaming ? then I take it I need to download the steam OS or is that an OS in it self ? does proton automatically download when you install games from steam ? I am so confused ATM so any help would be great and thanks in advance.

[@zair1604]

I think if you're going to play games on Linux go all out and play native games sense there is 6500+ native Linux games that work perfectly out of the box. I do get the point of wine, Lutris and proton its just better to provide support to the developers that actively chose to work on the Linux platform. instead of finding work a rounds.

[@ricoandrean158]

First of all I want to thank you for making such a great video, it really helpful especially for me who just switched to linux. But I have a question, if I already downloaded the game in my windows steam library did i have to reinstall it and downloading again from linux, or I can directly play it?

[@adamuk5037]

Different file system, you would need to re-install under linux

[@karinano1stan]

thank you sooo much! much love and stay home!

[@gdydrhcshbdeg5762]

thanks so much! also this means that u can now play Windows games on chrome OS because it has a Linux Debian. now this is epic

[@mcharan2509]

excuse me , i was downloading a game called valorant in my laptop of linux os , so i clicked download and i tried to extract it but it was showing an error occured so can you resolve my problem

[@patricknatal4887]

thanks man this video is life changing

[@Lathera1]

i just installed and played anno 2070, it works marvelously, check the proton db listing again

[@fymlinux]

And it worked seamlessly for you out of the box? The Proton listing shows a lot of intermittent behavior results: you have to put in some prefix text to the launch options, and run it lots of times to get the auto-patcher to work successfully, in my experience.

[@Lathera1]

@@fymlinux i falowed the arch users instructions

[@ΘεοδωροςΖωης-β7σ]

Very nice but we can play games like tekken 7 stored in ssd drive ?

[@54leyna]

Can you also use this for games that aren't on steam? For example, games that are still in the demo version (Yandere Simulator, etc).

[@5izzy557]

"It just works" while a bethesda title is booting x

[@fymlinux]

Haha, right? :)

[@tariik.h]

Godd approves. 👌🏻

[@SinisterSinner7]

LOL oh come on bro! LMAO

[@GG-zh9hd]

it starts at 2:46 for those who don't want to wait

[@Jonty-ky9no]

Will have to try this as my windows partition has crapped itself after a system restore only use it to play some old sims such as flight, and train sims annoying. Hopefully through steam I can use windows even less and I hardly use it as it is last few years

[@watercat1248]

I have 1 very important question about proton is pasble to play non steam games I have multiple games on my epic game store and other platforms also i have i few games that don't use i game launcher like the original half life for example is pasble to playing this game on steam proton or because i don't have the steam version is not ablel to play this games with proton ?

[@heyguyslolGAMING]

Are there any performance advantages to using Linux over Windows? I personally have no use for Linux but if there is a performance advantage that makes sense for the extra work of setting this up I'd be interested.

[@raddisonwatson3334]

3 gb of ram freed for a starter no more MS background spyware wasting resources and selling your personal data without paying you a dime. Greater control over the os interface and functionality. Almost no viruses, similar to mac in that regard. If you're careful you'll be fine. Far greater performance overall, less 'services' hoggin your processor and slowing down your boot and hogging memory. But I think most people switch these days because windows has gotten so much worse with 8 and 10. I hear the weirdest comments from fairly smart people about how bad 7 is, the discontinued support leading to slowly building incompatibility, which will start affecting more users over time, but it's a relative issue. It's the only thing. If you assume new is better because new, you're fucking moron. Just look at what's happening to user interfaces with multi-spring loaded menus, games that barely work and the xbox one dashboard, or the strain of the windows update that came with Windows 8/10. Software is improving in some ways, and degrading in others, all for profit. MS seems to have stopped trying. If you have a windows 10 device in your house it will update other machines on your network to it. There was a story out about a hospital that was effectively shutdown from this a few years back but I can't find it, I suspect the MS legal team got onto that. There are other benefits. But this isn't for someone who isn't very tech savvy. If you're gonna complain about it being difficult save yourself the trouble.

[@edgarpeddy6736]

Dark Souls III does not have a Linux native port, but it is on Valve's whitelist of games. Same with Nier: Automata

[@fymlinux]

Yeah, they haven't perfected a lot of their lists, yet. The only real way to see if things can work, in my experience, is use the list as guidelines and give it a shot. :)

[@Mr_Fu_Manchu]

I did try to play Armored Warfare which did fine when on Windows but does not work on Linux even with Steam and Proton , and I am thinking of going back to Windows thank you very much .

[@mariozenarju6461]

ProtonDB says the game runs with a silver rating, so you might wanna check what you did wrong

[@fymlinux]

Mario is right, check this out: www.protondb.com/app/443110. Unfortunately, not all Windows titles are working, but a VERY large number of them opened up (compared to the native ports of Windows titles) when Proton was released. And more and more are being whitelisted with each new version of Proton. If the game you're looking to play isn't seamless just yet, give it some time. :) Still lots of good reasons to have Linux on your computer.

[@TheMegamanx1978]

LinuxTV Most of my Windows games that do work on Manjaro Linux also work with my gamepads. Sometimes I need to select game properties then select forced off in steam input. I hope that helps.

[@fymlinux]

Thanks so much, yeah I needed to fidget with it more to get it to work, most likely. Appreciate the input. :)

[@turbodragon66]

i downloaded proton and can play some of the games that i used to play on my mac before it broke but for some reason i can't play gta san andreas. it says preparing the game to lauch then it closes itself. is there a reason for that?

[@MousyOrla]

I click play, the button goes to the blue stop button but doesn't launch. After a moment is goes back to the green play button.