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Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance (www.tbsnews.net)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (6 children)

As someone trying to move to Linux this year, what issues are there? I've heard this before, but I never see an explanation on what makes it difficult.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

    Proton can handle the game files but not the installer. So you have to install in wine and it's a hassle. I install the games on my windows pc, zip them and then transfer them to my deck.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Since Fitgirl's installer just unpacks stuff, I just use the same prefix for all installers. Protontricks/wine lets you specify a path in the Z:/ drive as well (the linux base system), so no need to move stuff.

    I even made a dummy exe file that does nothing and added that as a non steam game that works as a catch-all prefix for whatever I need to run without adding it as a non steam game first.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Huh? I add the installer to steam, use proton and install. No problem.

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