this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2025
22 points (95.8% liked)

Linux Gaming

18042 readers
1086 users here now

Discussions and news about gaming on the GNU/Linux family of operating systems (including the Steam Deck). Potentially a $HOME away from home for disgruntled /r/linux_gaming denizens of the redditarian demesne.

This page can be subscribed to via RSS.

Original /r/linux_gaming pengwing by uoou.

No memes/shitposts/low-effort posts, please.

Resources

WWW:

Discord:

IRC:

Matrix:

Telegram:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
monolalia@lemmy.world
22
EA App, GoG and Epic (lemm.ee)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Parptarf@lemm.ee to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I’ve got Steam pretty dialed and working great. EA App is also decent but not sure I like Lutris that much. Got Epic and GoG set up on Heroic, but other than a few modern ones, games from either don’t run that good. If I understand correctly this is cause they’re using Wine and not Proton.(?)

Would adding these games to Steam using the third party games function effectively make them use Proton like they’re steam games?(I find conflicting information regarding this) Or is there a way for Lutris and/or Heroic to just use Proton out of the box?

Running Nobara KDE.

Edit: Got Fomo, installing Fedora 42 right now. Testing out Bottles!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Kory@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

You can select GE-Proton in Heroic under "Wine Manager".

Most games simply work for me in Heroic but sometimes I have to try a few versions until it's working properly.

[–] Parptarf@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Oh, I misunderstood completely what Wine Manager actually is it seems like. Though that was just a configure tool for Wine.

I’ll have a look. I like Heroic’s interface WAY more than Lutris

Edit: Would you look at that, if I only actually looked in that menu I would have tried it already. Giving it a go now

[–] Kory@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Well, these launchers can be a bit confusing at first, but you will get used to all that. And if you still have questions, that's what the community is here for.

[–] Parptarf@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This community has been mind-blowingly helpful every single step of the way so far. At this point I cannot see myself going back to windows. Other than the few things I use that won’t work obviously.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you don't like the Lutris interface give Bottles a try.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Does Bottles support Epic and GoG?

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You can take the windows installer from GoG and run it in a bottle, but honestly Heroic is much more convenient for that. Bottles works for any local game installer though, just like Lutris, but it has a more accessible interface, and once you've installed games you can add the shortcut to the bottles library which gives you a tiled view like Heroic.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you wanted to play many games from GoG and Epic, would you personally go for Heroic or Bottles? 😁

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Heroic, definitely.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Okay, cool, thanks! I'll give it a shot! ❤️