hearthstone-linux VS lutris

Furthermore, because you didn't name Distrobox, is it fair to assume that you're not making use of it? Back when I started, I didn't know much about Nix. So my go-to (when a flatpak didn't exist) was to go directly for a distrobox with a custom home folder (at least I could get rid of everything contained within when I felt like it). And I'd argue it has been instrumental in easing the experience until I got more comfortable with how Silverblue is used. Heck, even now I've got a dedicated Arch-distrobox with Wine for the times Bottles fails me. I also just recently made another Arch-distrobox for a native install of HearthStone for some experimentation with getting the Deck Tracker to work in it while all being properly confined (still WIP). I can't remember the amount of times I tried some random stuff in a(n ephemeral) distrobox (like installing cmatrix for the heck of it), get some enjoyment/fulfillment out of it and just continue with my life afterwards. I feel like with Distrobox, you'd have a much easier time on Silverblue. At times you can afford to rethink/relearn your ways to do it more accordance to the 'Silverblue-way'; one-step-at-a-time. But sometimes you can't, or for some reason it just doesn't seem to work. For such cases, instead of reverting back to Workstation, you should instead use Distrobox to get the work done.

i followed this guide https://github.com/0xf4b1/hearthstone-linux, and it worked perfectly for some months, but now whenever i start hearthstone it wont let me log in and im met with this message:

You can easily install it using lutris or you can even install it without using wine/lutris https://github.com/0xf4b1/hearthstone-linux

The OSX version of HearthStone uses the Unity engine, using the Unity/OSX version it is possible to get Hearthstone running on Linux without wine or similar compatibility/virtualization layers.

You actually CAN use decktracker if you install it via lutris contrary to what some people say here. Google arena tracker, works good enough. But here is another issue, I don't know how for others, but for me game might suddenly just get stuck, and moreover you won't be able to get back instantly because battle.net takes so much to launch on lutris. It happens really rare. But when it happens on 10-2 arena run or when you are 2 stars from legend... You could also install it as native game which works absolutely flawlessly, https://github.com/0xf4b1/hearthstone-linux, but here you won't be able to use decktracker ( at least I don't know how, if you know how, I'll be happy know )

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.