The worst issue for linux gaming are still the anti-cheat systems. Especially the kernel level kind. You can’t easily emulate that. Not to say that Linux needs a kernel patch for this, because there is still the wider issue if it’s good practice of game companies basically installing in all but name spyware on your computer.
It’s funny because this meme is so old it wasn’t playable back then, then it was for a good chunk of time, and then anti cheat came and killed it again.
Kernel level anti cheat works fine on linux. Like battleye. It’s ups to the devs, and with steam deck using Linux I think you will see a lot more anticheats working.
I’ve started trying out Bazzite, but it’s definitely not ready to replace Windows yet. HDR was a pain to get working, only for me to find SteamInput is disabled when I get HDR active. I haven’t tried VR yet, but I’m a bit worried that won’t go well.
As I understand it, PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND is needed for HDR, at least on gnome, which is what I am using.
I think KDE might have somewhat better HDR support right now, but I much prefer gnome and am trying to use Bazzite as a daily driver besides just games.
Yeah, there are a few things preventing me from going Linux full-time on my desktop, and shitty anti-cheat systems is one of them. I have friends who I regularly play BF6 with, and I enjoy it quite a lot, so it’s annoying I can’t play it on Linux.
The worst issue for linux gaming are still the anti-cheat systems. Especially the kernel level kind. You can’t easily emulate that. Not to say that Linux needs a kernel patch for this, because there is still the wider issue if it’s good practice of game companies basically installing in all but name spyware on your computer.
League was playable on linux before Vanguard came along.
It’s funny because this meme is so old it wasn’t playable back then, then it was for a good chunk of time, and then anti cheat came and killed it again.
Tbh, even before switching to Linux I used kernel level anti-cheat as a red flag filter to avoid games.
It’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make
Kernel level anti cheat works fine on linux. Like battleye. It’s ups to the devs, and with steam deck using Linux I think you will see a lot more anticheats working.
Linux users: the linux community is too toxic
Also linux users: we need to let MOBA and BR players in
It’s also hard to get certain things working.
I’ve started trying out Bazzite, but it’s definitely not ready to replace Windows yet. HDR was a pain to get working, only for me to find SteamInput is disabled when I get HDR active. I haven’t tried VR yet, but I’m a bit worried that won’t go well.
That sounds like a bug in wine 10.0 that was fixed shortly after release.
On Bazzite, it looks like you can just use protonup-qt to upgrade to the latest GE-Proton (ge-proton10-23, currently) and make sure you’ve set Steam to use it by default (you can also set it on a per-game basis) and you shouldn’t have SteamInput issues.
Doesn’t seem to be a bug.
As I understand it, PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND is needed for HDR, at least on gnome, which is what I am using.
I think KDE might have somewhat better HDR support right now, but I much prefer gnome and am trying to use Bazzite as a daily driver besides just games.
Meanwhile server side anticheat is close to non existent and the few ones that exist don’t even catch obvious stuff like spinbotters.
Yeah, there are a few things preventing me from going Linux full-time on my desktop, and shitty anti-cheat systems is one of them. I have friends who I regularly play BF6 with, and I enjoy it quite a lot, so it’s annoying I can’t play it on Linux.