Gonna test it out with mesa-git later today on Tokyo Xtreme Racer, which is the only game I currently play that has ray tracing.

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Overwatch might be trash but I have to give it up to Blizzard for being one of the few devs on earth to do anti-cheat right (server-side).

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Perhaps this is the wake-up slap that capable devs need to realize relying on a proprietary surveillance tool was bad from the start, and that a proper alternative can be developed.

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Glad I went ahead and read the former Bazzite dev's response, as before that this whole saga seemed like the most worthless thing, but the post made me realize it probably wasnt a good idea to promote such a newface (and apparently shaky) Linux distro to the incoming masses.

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Quoting: eggroleYou can install them fine with Heroic. It is as simple as Add Game -> Select Executable (or installer) and go.

I simply haven't been as lucky, or maybe I should give it a try again. To me it feels like Lutris is more reliable when installing games. Or it could be the Proton version I'm using being the culprit... Which one do you use to install games on Heroic ?

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XFCE would probably be my second choice after KDE. I really like its super lightweight and functional focus.

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Quoting: RussianNeuroMancer

Quoting: PyrateAffinity Studio teasing Linux support

Could you please provide a link where they did so?

https://techcentral.co.za/affinity-for-linux-canvas-next-big-move-could-reshape-the-desktop-software-market/274861/ [External Link]

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Quoting: MinoscerebI guess it goes to show how seldom I actually play anything on EGS.

I was exactly the same, and it turns out that not having to deal with a shitty launcher does lead to wanting to play those free games. Give it a shot, you might end up like me, actually choosing to play those freebies because of the much much better UX.

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Will 2026 truly be the real year of Linux gaming on the desktop?

Between this, and Adobe Photoshop getting a Wine fix, Affinity Studio teasing Linux support, and the new Vulkan extension that will apparently fix the performance loss on Novidia..

Yeah, I'd say this is the year 😁.

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Quoting: MinoscerebI like the look of Heroic, it's a lot better designed visually than Lutris and feels more user friendly, but since Lutris can run all the stores Heroic can, and at least for GoG has access to lots of useful scripts for things like mods or just actual playability, I don't see a use case for Heroic for myself. I'm curious where other people fall on this though. Have I missed something about Heroic?

Unless this was changed, Lutris installs EGS meaning you have to deal with that garbage game store. Heroic basically bypasses any store it integrates and just asks you to login to the services to serve the games you have purchased.

My use case for Lutris over Heroic is for those game setup files I find laying on the ground after they fell off a truck full of game setup files. The customizability shines better there, even if both programs are capable of the same end results eventually.

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