Guess Sony realized that the policy was costing them profits. Just shows that voting with your money works ... :grin:

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@Reyold
You beat me to it. I was just going to point out that there was a Linux version in AppImage format on the itch.io page [External Link].

There's a Mac version too.

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Thanks, @tuubi, I will look into this the next time my laptop has Internet access. Time to do some testing!

By the way, I found a Reddit thread about the topic that seems to support your findings. The title was misleading, so I didn't look at it before.

Reddit: What's happening with Wine and umu-launcher? [External Link]

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@tuubi

I don't think there's any setup involved in Lutris beyond selecting "UMU-Latest" as your Wine version.

That's just it. I cannot see an option to select "UMU-Latest" as my Wine version. I am running Lutris 0.5.18. I'm betting that it is because I don't have UMU-Launcher installed. But neither Lutris or Heroic mention this need, not even in their wikis or user forums. The Readme on the UMU-Launcher GitHub is out of date, as is the install instructions (building is the only option mentioned, even though Releases now gives the option to download .deb files for Ubuntu derivatives). That's why I felt there might be value to posting instructions on how to configure UMU-Launcher for use with Lutris and Heroic. So that at least somebody on the Web is giving clear instructions on how to get UMU working with the various launchers. Maybe it is too soon for such a document.

Can you confirm for me that I am right about needing to install UMU-Launcher?

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Liam, this is sort of related. What about setting up the Lutris and Heroic launchers to use UMU-Launcher?

There is very little official information from all three parties on how to do this and what dependencies are required.

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@jordicoma

I'll will give money to ID happly but not bethesda or microsoft.

Bad news, then -- id Software is owned by Bethesda, who is, in turn, owned by Microsoft. If you give money to id Software you're giving it to Bethesda and Microsoft too.

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I can see that Bethesda is up to its usual "new h/w required" b******t. I'll pass.

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Divinity II: Developer's Cut
I wonder if this will fix the Videos not running in Linux? Although I've heard that the videos don't run in Windows 10/11 either.

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@tuubi

Good to know. Thanks for updating. I don't do social media myself. Would never have known without this.

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@WorMzy
They've been doing that since (at least) Windows 8. No matter how many holes they make in their feet, idiots are going to keep on using Windows. It's not going to cause a mass migration to Linux.

I hear you. In my case, it was Windows 7. I wouldn't have made the effort if my drive -- and, subsequently, the Windows backup -- hadn't failed. I had nothing to lose and I certainly wasn't paying for another Windows license. I replaced the drive and installed Linux. Once done, I never looked back.

For most, I suspect it's too much like work. Installing a new OS can seem like a daunting task. Nevermind trying to figure out which distro is right for you, much less what "distribution" means in Linux parlance. Using USB Live drives to test distros were certainly a plus for me.

Do you make a total system backup first? What tool do you use? Do you set up a dual boot? Do you even know what a dual boot is? If dual booting, can you navigate the installation challenges related to Legacy BIOS versus UEFI?

If you are not tech-inclined, this is all very daunting. Assuming you get past all of this (or just replace Windows with Linux), then there is the learning curve for figuring out how to do everything in Linux that you knew how to do in Windows (personally, I enjoyed this challenge -- the forums are your best friend).

It's not difficult to understand why inexperienced Windows users would just choose to put up with the frustrating flaws of their preinstalled M$-OS that they know rather than switch to an OS they aren't familiar with. IMO, it's their loss ...

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those delusional people online who say things like "the MINUTE SteamOS is out, I'm leaving windows!1!!11"

I wonder if it's more the cache that the brand name "SteamOS" has than anything? Valve has built an incredibly positive reputation for SteamOS (much deserved) through the success of the Steam Deck. I suspect that a lot of these individuals don't understand the significant differences between a handheld OS and a desktop OS. Games can be played on both so they assume the OSs must be comparable in other ways as well.

It does demonstrate the frustration that they must be feeling with the latest iterations of M$-OS though ...

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