LibreGaming VS lutris

I always use this project to get everything set up for gaming - https://github.com/Ahmed-Al-Balochi/LibreGaming. A quick word of advice, I would recommend using the python option (sudo python3 setup.py install --user), then I would launch Steam, set up all the lirbaries and using proton, etc, then shut it down and run Libregaming -p to install the latest version of Glorious Eggroll's Proton.

You can even make it a lot easier using something like LibreGaming, I've used it before and it's pretty good, makes installing those tools very simple.

Make sure you've removed all amd packages. I believe some can cause issues. Make sure you have any dependencies you might need. This script can help with that. Don't forget 32 bit Nvidia packages. You could also try the Steam flatpak which should come with all the needed dependencies.

Check out LibreGaming to download any dependencies that may be missing, I'm not quite sure whats causing the crash.

I use the LibreGaming script on Github to install everything I need (WINE Staging, Steam, Lutris etc) and games work very well, whether using WINE?Proton or native Linux titles

Also i used ProtonGE using this "https://github.com/Ahmed-Al-Balochi/LibreGaming" and this "https://www.reddit.com/r/wine\_gaming/comments/no5l54/method\_to\_use\_protonge\_with\_lutris/"

Well you should by letting manjaro be installed on the ssd alongside windows ther is a option in the installer . I would prefer swap to file rather than a partition . About apps I would recomend installing the proprietary drivers from manjaro settings. And install some thing like libregaming to install required packages.( I havent personally used it as it is a new project but there are many youtubers covering it on there channel so i asume it would be fine ) . About the virus it depends from where you install it as it can run under wine but its not that big of an issue as for moat people the games they require are either in steam or available on lutris which both are highly popular and repiluted platform to download games for linux.

Link to the Github page for Installation and more details: https://github.com/Ahmed-Al-Balochi/LibreGaming

You can get Lutris: It's an open source launcher that you login into with GOG account and it will download the games and wrap them with Wine, similar to Steam.

https://lutris.net/

For "normal" games you could look yourself using ProtonDB regarding every game released on Steam and AreWeAntiCheatYet for most multiplayer games. If a game isn't available on Steam you have three possibilities. First if it's available on GOG, Epic Games or Amazon Gaming, you could use the Heroic Games Launcher. Second you could try to run the launchers through Steam itself using once again Proton. Third you could try installing it with a script or tutorial in Lutris or Bottles.

Can I suggest you head over to the lutris.net site and follow the link the lutris discord - with what you are describing, it would take me 20 minutes to get the base battle.net working so you can see what is causing your issue or 3 days back and forwards here. As a hint, your wine version has known issues, and unless you manually installed the lutris 0.5.14 from the git page in Mint, or are running flatpak, you have other issues related to that

Hmmm I remember there was some confusion in Lutris around this, like https://github.com/lutris/lutris/issues/4237 , and I had to do some workaround. But I can't check what exactly right now...

As a data point, you can run a fair number of Windows games under Proton by using Lutris instead of Steam:

* https://lutris.net

* https://github.com/lutris/lutris

It's an OSS game launcher that takes the place of Steam, and you can set things up to run locally so you don't even need an account on their system (lutris.net).

Lutris

[Resources] * Ventoy (for EZ bootable USB sticks) ==> https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html * How to use Ventoy ==> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K64sT0pQc-0 * Rufus (alternative bootable USB stick creator in Windows) ==> https://rufus.ie/en/ * MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility (for validating your ISO downloads) ==> https://download.cnet.com/md5-sha-checksum-utility/3000-2092_4-10911445.html * Steam will be in the repositories (repos) and Proton is apart of Steam * www.protondb.com (lookup Steam game info... see how well it works or if it is in a FUBAR state on Linux) * WINE will be in the repos and can be acquired via WINE HQ. I recommend using the repos, but WINE HQ if you need it ( https://www.winehq.org/ ) * Lutris is a front-end to WINE which makes installing and running non-Steam games easy. It can be found in the repos ( https://lutris.net/ ) * How-To videos for setting up various distros for gaming ( https://www.youtube.com/@IntelligentGaming2020/videos ). I have no affiliation with this channel. He is a Linux user/gamer sharing info. Search his channel for your distro to find the specific how-to videos. * r/linux4noobs (a newbie focused Linux subreddit) * most if not all of the distros will have their own subreddits (ex: r/pop_OS, r/linuxmint, r/fedora, r/manjaro, r/EndeavourOS)

ProtonDB is a community list of Steam games rating their playability. Heroic launcher runs GOG and Epic games. Lutris and Bottles can be used to run everything else.