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Oddly it’s GOG games that gave me the most trouble. Steam has gone seamlessly with just a right click to select proton in compatibility for each game.
Lutris & Wine handled GOG.
Next up is seeing if ME Legendary and AC Odyssey will fxn.
But yes, I just had a conversation with someone last week. He bought a new Windows 11 laptop because his favorite games wouldn’t work when flipped his old one over to Linux.
Try using Heroic launcher for GOG. It makes things super easy though it does not sort kernel level anti-cheat (obviously)
Have you tried the heroic launcher for your GOG games? It's trivial to connect your account and download/install the games (and select the compatibility layer of your choice). There an option to add the games to steam too.
They’re working in Lutris now that I’ve sorted how to manually set each game up, but I’m open to trying other things. My partner did Mint with a windows partition, and I’m trying to see just how far I can get without windows. Options are good.
But the thing is, the average user won't be able to do that. So Linux is not viable as a gaming OS.
As long as there are exceptions to just installing and starting the game, then it's not an alternative
valve already proved you wrong with Steam Deck