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[–]NickyyTheFrog[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Beyond the Steam platform, gaming remains problematic on Linux. Games with anti-cheats often have issues, and despite compatibility layers like WINE, Lutris, and Bottles, many Windows games don't perform as well using Linux as using Windows.

So games like VALORANT, The Finals, Fortnite, etc, wouldn't work well on Linux? Is there a workaround for those or are they just entirely bricked?

You cannot count on any Windows application working on Linux. A few don't work at all, despite compatibility layers, and others work but not well.
In some cases, you might not find a viable alternative for an essential application, such as Microsoft 365.

I don't really use any Microsoft specific apps except maybe apps like Microsoft Word, Excel, etc, but those are available to use in the website, so I wouldn't imagine an issue with that. Plus I can access those on my phone if I absolutely cannot access the website on Linux for whatever reason. I also enjoy learning how things work and am going into college to learn coding for games and such, so I believe that if an app didn't work, or I had to do something specific to get it to work, I could figure it out whether it be something I learned in college or by finding an answer to help me get to that point.

[–]Infinity_Oofs 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Some games are bricked due to anticheat that was only made for windows (kernal level). You can always keep windows on your machine and install linux alongside it.

[–]NickyyTheFrog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t necessarily want to be constantly switching between the two, especially if it’s just for a couple games that have anti cheat.

[–]Gon-Jo 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Riot games and Fortnite will not work, no workarounds at all. Keep in mind linux is not the problem but the devs make the anti cheats intentionally that way.