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Anon goes back to Windows 10 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] arockinyourshoe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Part of what I'd been struggling with is I'd gotten into game emulation as well as building up a library via Steam and GoG, and wasn't 100% sure how using Linux might make using what I'm used to harder to use.

So what have I done so far to combat this? I've been putting my emulators on consoles.

I started with a 60$ Wii, and an SD card from a digital camera I hadn't used since college (almost 10 years ago). After learning to set up a Wii/GameCube machine with some retro Nintendo emulators, I moved onto hShop for my wife and I's 3DS'. Most recently, I learned how to put custom firmware on my old PS3 slim (thank god the manufacturer date was just right, else I'd be using Ps3hen)

So, I suppose since I'm not nearly as worried about emulation, Steam seems to be more compatible with Linux by the day, and I suppose I did teach myself about emulation on console, maybe I'm closer to jumping than I think

[–] Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Oh, you'll find it easy then, Linux is a walk in the park next to console firmware. Steam pretty much takes care of itself, and GOG is a little more complex but is largely handled by Heroic Games Launcher. Do check ProtonDB with regards to your favourites - generally it's only online games with kernel level anticheat that won't work at all with Linux, but there are a handful of others that aren't working yet - but personally I haven't had to do anything more than change the proton version in the steam settings to get a game working. Well, except Helldivers 2, but I'm pretty sure that's a cursed tangle of code that crashes on all operating systems.