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Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by eloisant on Monday March 27, 2023 @04:35AM (#35324296)
Nowadays you don't need to mess with Wine manually, there are a lot of tools to install Windows binaries just like they were Linux binary. You'll even forget you're using Windows versions.

You can check ProtonDB for compatibility. The information is valid even if you have the GOG version of the game. For games that are not on Steam there is WineDB but I find that the UI isn't as nice as ProtonDB.

Steam has a Linux launcher and let you install Windows binaries directly. For GOG or Epic games there is Heroic launcher which is very easy to use.

Don't overthink your distribution choice, just go for one of the major general purpose distribution (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, etc) and you'll be fine no matter what you pick.

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Re:Get Off My Desktop Windows Needs to Stop Showing Tabloid ... by mcv on Monday March 27, 2023 @05:01PM (#35332560)
Will the GOG version of the game work as well as the Steam version even if GOG doesn't list it as a Linux game while Steam does?

Also, I think the choice of window manager might matter more to my experience than the choice of distribution. I find some Linux wms too clunky, too Win95.

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