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For those who are wondering, yes, Wine is malware compatible so be careful about the EXEs you run!

https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Is_Wine_malware-compatible.3F

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I haven't run a Linux machine in years. Has wine improved or was I just not savvy enough to get things to run on it?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

If you run games with Steam on Linux, it will probably use Proton, which uses Wine. It allows thousands of games to be click & play now on Linux now. See: https://www.protondb.com/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's gotten significantly better since ~2010 or so when I was first struggling with it. Valve developing Proton on top of it definitely didn't hurt even if that in particular is more games focused.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wine has gotten pretty good, but mostly for games rather than traditional applications.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've used it for some windows only programs and it works great, the only gripe I could have is the one looks different because of the fonts. I'm sure I could add in the fonts or w/e and make it identical though.

[–] PlutoParty 3 points 1 year ago

It can't run literally everything, but it's pretty damn good, in my opinion. Not that I find myself needing to run a whole lot with it, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I still get excited launching steam on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's really good for WoW and GW2.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How's the blizz launcher now? I bailed and went to ffxiv and that plays flawlessly. I keep trying to talk myself out of going back to wow because of how toxic it became.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It runs about as well as it does under Windows. I'm not currently interested in paying another subscription - feels like too much pressure and the amount I spent on WoW over the years is distressing.

I've been playing GW2 since December and it also runs well with Wine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I feel that, played from LK to Shadowlands. At times I miss it, but really just miss the old days of it and the people I played with.