It’s not DRM in general, most DRM works on Linux. It’s mandatory malware (the industry calls it Kernel-level Anti-Cheat, KAC for short) that’s the problem. The malware doesn’t support Linux, which is good because it shouldn’t even exist in the first place, and refuses to work in virtual machines. It pretty much is only used in competitive FPS games.
BF6 has onerous requirements. That’s not a strike against the Linux gaming ecosystem. It’s a strike against MS and BF6. it’s shocking that you’d put up with that.
The only issue I’ve seen is with anti cheat, like the ones Activision uses for call of duty.
It sort if solves itself though, you don’t buy games that don’t work on Linux therefore not supporting them. I ended up returning battlefield for example because booting into windows wasn’t worth it, been happy playing arc raiders instead
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.
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.
Anecdotal, but I’ve never had issues with DRM on Linux. Even the most hated ones like Denuvo work fine. But as others have said, the biggest issue for gaming on Linux are multiplayer games with kernel-level anti-cheat.
So every single game in existence works with Linux? I’ve had this game many times through the years with people that love Linux, and there’s always one or more exceptions.
I believe way back, Wine was the answer to everything. Turns out, it wasn’t.
Not trying to be salty, I’m geniunly curious, because as soon as that happens, I have no reason to run an American OS.
Tbh I’ve only ever had problems with anti-cheats or games that were absolutely ancient and needed some obscure workarounds to run. I’ve played hundreds of games on my Linux machine and there were only around 2 or 3 that I never got working.
For users, yeah. This is mostly about making things easier for the distro maintainers. Especially if they upstream all their patches, as that will then trickle down to all the other distros.
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Isn’t the last obstacle to switching fully to Linux as a gamer, DRM-enabled games?
With the events that has unfolded, it makes me ick everytime I use Apple and Microsoft. But I am so deeply connected to them
It’s not DRM in general, most DRM works on Linux. It’s mandatory malware (the industry calls it Kernel-level Anti-Cheat, KAC for short) that’s the problem. The malware doesn’t support Linux, which is good because it shouldn’t even exist in the first place, and refuses to work in virtual machines. It pretty much is only used in competitive FPS games.
I’ve only really run into it on f2p MMOs, and then Black Desert Online. But also I don’t really play competitive FPS games
Like Battlefield 6?
BF6 has onerous requirements. That’s not a strike against the Linux gaming ecosystem. It’s a strike against MS and BF6. it’s shocking that you’d put up with that.
Yes.
The only issue I’ve seen is with anti cheat, like the ones Activision uses for call of duty.
It sort if solves itself though, you don’t buy games that don’t work on Linux therefore not supporting them. I ended up returning battlefield for example because booting into windows wasn’t worth it, been happy playing arc raiders instead
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.
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.
Try using Heroic launcher for GOG. It makes things super easy though it does not sort kernel level anti-cheat (obviously)
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
The only obstacle is people supporting games with DRM.
And how will that change?
I want to play Battlefield 6? and other popular DRM enabled games. The average gamer won’t switch OS and miss out on certain games
Don’t play Battlefield if it has DRM, you don’t need to change your OS for that.
If you wanted devs to support Linux then don’t play games that don’t support it.
Simple as.
Anecdotal, but I’ve never had issues with DRM on Linux. Even the most hated ones like Denuvo work fine. But as others have said, the biggest issue for gaming on Linux are multiplayer games with kernel-level anti-cheat.
So every single game in existence works with Linux? I’ve had this game many times through the years with people that love Linux, and there’s always one or more exceptions.
I believe way back, Wine was the answer to everything. Turns out, it wasn’t.
Not trying to be salty, I’m geniunly curious, because as soon as that happens, I have no reason to run an American OS.
more games work on Linux than i could ever play.
but of course you need to check what is important to you.
these days most things work unless it’s intentionally locked out (ie Fortnite)
So every single game in existence works with Windows? The answer is no, in case you weren’t sure.
For me, I don’t play online games with kernel malware so yes every single game I have tried works in Linux.
Yeah there’s no version of Windows that can play every Windows game, let alone non-Windows/non-PC games
There is a website called protondb.com, which lists which games are playable based on feedback from Linux gamers.
Tbh I’ve only ever had problems with anti-cheats or games that were absolutely ancient and needed some obscure workarounds to run. I’ve played hundreds of games on my Linux machine and there were only around 2 or 3 that I never got working.
For users, yeah. This is mostly about making things easier for the distro maintainers. Especially if they upstream all their patches, as that will then trickle down to all the other distros.
The Logo looks like a dude holding his dick. So ggwp.