I remember those dark days when I would check winehq before buying games because I didn’t know if they would work in Linux or not.
I realized recently that I stopped checking winehq or protondb, because I implicitly assume that everything will “just work”. Hard to say when this transition happened, but it feels at least a few years old.
Looking at latest stats, the only holdouts appear to be those games that explicitly ban Linux users with some quasi-malware anti-cheat.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/06/3500-games-now-steam-deck-verified-or-playable/
What a time we live in!
No
Not all games, of course, but it’s getting that way, yes.
I recognize it because the most free PvP games are working now Linux also the new upcoming ones
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How vulnerable does wine make one for windows malware?
You can look up some in-depth responses, including people showing which malware works when run through Wine. It’s a pretty common question.
A relevant question and advice from the Wine FAQ: https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Is_Wine_malware-compatible.3F
The bottom line is that you’ve asked a very open, broad question. ‘Windows malware’ covers all kinds of things: do you mean a group that has made a malware for Windows users, because that’s the biggest and often easiest target? Or do you mean someone repurposing a Windows malware intentionally targeting Wine users? One will of course have more chance at success than the other.
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afaik some things like modding or anticheats for online games don’t work well but i’d say in general linux compatibility is getting better
I still encounter Software that doesn’t run or doesn’t perfectly run on Wine; one example would be Warcraft III that doesn’t install well after Blizzard “upgraded” the installer; and my friend who tried to play LBA under wine a few days ago encountered problems regarding the controller. However: Most things work well, and I even managed to run a few old and obscure games with that wouldn’t work under windows (a long time ago).
On the Malware-Question: It is possible, however I have yet to meet somebody who managed to get his Wine-Install infected. Native Linux-Viruses should have a much harder time, since the user privileges in Linux are - as far as I know - much stricter than those for windows.
afaik some things like modding or anticheats for online games don’t work well but i’d say in general linux compatibility is getting better
No. Most, but not all.
