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Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive
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this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2026
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Nice!
I've been on windows for ages because of EA anti cheat which drives me nuts (I enjoy the random game of battlefield or FC with friends)
I really want to make the jump for other games like Sims 3 etc which this update is amazing for but EA enabling Linux will be the final nail to make me jump
Why not dualboot?
I'm actually taking the plunge
I've basically reset my SSD entirely and have two partitions - 600GB for windows with FC / BF and then the remaining for Bazzite
So far it's been easy breezy with steam and bazzite after the initial downloads (thankfully I have fast internet else I'd be back to waiting days 🥲)
That's so nice to hear! Welcome to the land of the great Tux
Well, got most stuff working
Fallout 4 with mods was a bit of a ball ache but seems to be working now (had to use steamtinkerlaunch to get mod organiser 2 working and then I could install mods from my downloads)
The mods being the most annoying to figure out how to get mod organiser 2 to work, since downloads from Firefox got cancelled or failed after a period of time [had to use Jdownloader for larger mods to reconnect of any network public] - I want to get the nexus mod links working on mod organiser 2 instead but an issue for another time
I live in Linux in work, it's just come the evening I've genuinely been in the mindset of "launch game, play game"
The benefits of speed from Linux are finally pulling me over
I'm considering it a fair bit, fallout 4 and other games will work better on Linux at least