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I\u2019m not sure you should beat yourself up too much for a Linix* port, emulators are so well supported and ubiquitous, if it works there (not everything does), call it a win! I use Lutris (https://lutris.net/) for its ease of use. I can see your a \u201clow level mahn\u201d and this may be more of a quest for you than playing a cool retro game. Any which way, GREAT WORK!!!!", "context": "", "use_case": "running games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "DOS Game \"F-15 Strike Eagle II\" reversing project needs DOS test pilots"}, {"id": 757724784, "item_id": 47357799, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47357799", "by": "freedomben", "date": "2026-03-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love and use lutris, and I'm extremely grateful that the creator took the time to build it", "excerpt": "I could not agree more with the lutris creator here. This fight over whether we should use AI or not is needlessly binary in my opinion. In the hands of a skilled programmer, AI can be a huge boost. I've had it help me narrow down extremely obscure bugs that I spent days trying to figure out myself. There's a massive spectrum between vibecoder and totally human controlled, and in so many of these debates people peg s", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "running GOG games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it"}, {"id": 732687953, "item_id": 45792997, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45792997", "by": "p1necone", "date": "2025-11-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I get better compatibility for really old stuff through lutris than I ever did on windows", "excerpt": "I made the switch more than a year ago and it's been basically problem free. Almost all modern games work flawlessly through proton and I get better compatibility for really old stuff through lutris than I ever did on windows (I used to have to run a win 3.1/95/98 vm to play certain older games, now I just use lutris/wine). The only stuff that doesn't work is multiplayer games with unsupported anticheat - it's always", "context": "switched to Linux over a year ago", "use_case": "running old games", "switched_from": "", "story": "Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 737523956, "item_id": 46095247, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46095247", "by": "Zedfragg", "date": "2025-11-30", "stance": "warn", "quote": "PopOS/Lutris hated... Everything...", "excerpt": "Soooo, after having to migrate multiple college campus sites across to Windows 11 in time for the W10 drop dead date. I kinda gave up with trying to get my PC running Windows 11 without bugs and freezes. Switched to PopOS, was \"ok\", switched to Arch, performance was awesome. A few days ago I gave Bazzite a blast and now I'm currently installing it as the primary OS on my gaming rig. Other than a few small tweaks, it ", "context": "", "use_case": "game launcher", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming"}]}], "who": [{"by": "freedomben", "context": "Linux user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47357799", "date": "2026-03-12"}, {"by": "p1necone", "context": "switched to Linux over a year ago", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45792997", "date": "2025-11-02"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["game launcher on steam deck", "running games on linux", "running gog games on linux", "game launcher", "running old games"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49167448", "title": "Xbox goes down. 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I have SSH turned on for the Steamdeck, I use Lutris so all the configs are in a database, so I just point Claude to the MD file and the game files and tell it to set it up for me. The main purpose of the skill file is really just to save the SSH, rsync instructions and give it lutris config examples like which version of proton w", "context": "", "use_case": "game launcher on Steam Deck", "switched_from": "", "story": "Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc"}, {"id": 777765568, "item_id": 48610348, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610348", "by": "yepyoukno", "date": "2026-06-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Lutris (https://lutris.net/) for its ease of use.", "excerpt": "Nice work! I\u2019m not sure you should beat yourself up too much for a Linix* port, emulators are so well supported and ubiquitous, if it works there (not everything does), call it a win! I use Lutris (https://lutris.net/) for its ease of use. I can see your a \u201clow level mahn\u201d and this may be more of a quest for you than playing a cool retro game. Any which way, GREAT WORK!!!!", "context": "", "use_case": "running games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "DOS Game \"F-15 Strike Eagle II\" reversing project needs DOS test pilots"}, {"id": 757724784, "item_id": 47357799, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47357799", "by": "freedomben", "date": "2026-03-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love and use lutris, and I'm extremely grateful that the creator took the time to build it", "excerpt": "I could not agree more with the lutris creator here. This fight over whether we should use AI or not is needlessly binary in my opinion. In the hands of a skilled programmer, AI can be a huge boost. I've had it help me narrow down extremely obscure bugs that I spent days trying to figure out myself. There's a massive spectrum between vibecoder and totally human controlled, and in so many of these debates people peg s", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "running GOG games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it"}, {"id": 737523956, "item_id": 46095247, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46095247", "by": "Zedfragg", "date": "2025-11-30", "stance": "warn", "quote": "PopOS/Lutris hated... Everything...", "excerpt": "Soooo, after having to migrate multiple college campus sites across to Windows 11 in time for the W10 drop dead date. I kinda gave up with trying to get my PC running Windows 11 without bugs and freezes. Switched to PopOS, was \"ok\", switched to Arch, performance was awesome. A few days ago I gave Bazzite a blast and now I'm currently installing it as the primary OS on my gaming rig. 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