They won't support Linux unless they have to. As long as people decide to play along with them then they'll continue to not support it. If you give up this game then eventually Linux will be supported.

In my opinion, every game worth playing supports Linux. There are way too many games that I don't have time to play them, so I'll play the ones that respect their customer's choices. I'll ignore the ones that require us to install malware —whether that's kernel level anti-cheat or Windows.

i haven't tried this but couldn't you use herioc ganes launcher? as sketeched out here https://www.aeanet.org/how-to-download-fortnite-on-steam-deck/#Step-by-Step_Guide_Downloading_and_Installing_Fortnite

You can play the android version in desktop mode with the Unofficial *nix Launcher.

You can also play the Android release fine with Waydroid.

Oh just run it in waydroid ,it supports mouse and keyboard.

suggestion: luanti???

And Battlefield 1

At least EA let us keep 4....for now.

I am aware. I am also aware that I'll probably spend way more time than I'd like trying to fix issues. What I'm saying is that for me, Windows no longer has an advantage in that regard because it keeps doing stupid shit and has all kinds of performance problems that don't make any sense

Ok, I booted the usb, but I think it went under the kitchen cabinet so now I'm stuck.

TBH if the person has a laptop I don't blame them. Those can be an absolute hell to wrangle into giving you access to the boot menu. Some won't even let you select the boot device and require that you edit the boot order from BIOS instead! You also might have to disable secure boot if your distro of choice doesn't support it - and I bet even with Windows 11 requiring it 95% of people have no idea that it even exists as an option.

Ok, I chucked thumb drive in the back of the car, now what? Is something supposed to be happening?

"Wdym I can't install linux from vscode extension store!"

LUG

Now that is a term i haven't heard in a long time.

🙂

Brilliantly

Should have worded that differently.

-W11 sucks so much I was gonna move to Linux regardless and that happens to coincide with a time in my life where I want to waste less time playing games.

Steam has done something amazing, I hope GOG follows at some point.

no
you can use WSL in windows
it's still inside windows, and you can passthrough USB, block, etc. devices to it

I expect that there would be some switching cost every time I switch OS (such as the time to reboot and/or the mental adjustment to the interface) and gaming is the majority of what I do on my PC.

So, I don't think it would be worth it if I used Windows for all gaming still. But I would maybe consider using Linux for everything except for specifically games that require Windows.

The vast majority of games work fine on Linux. Try not switching sometime. You don't even need to reinstall them. Linux can read your Windows partition fine, do you just need to point whatever launcher to the same spot.

I almost always am playing games with friends, so it depends on what they want to play as well. We generally rotate through different games at different times, and the choice depends on what we can find that everyone would enjoy. It can already be hard to do that sometimes, so removing more options could make it worse.

Battlefield 6 is one of the ones we have been playing recently, so that one would require Windows (at least as a dual boot option). It's also hard to know what games might be the group preference in the future.