Gaming

So you’re thinking about switching to Linux. We’ve all had those moments. For me, the first time was during my honours year. At the start of the year, we were asked whether we wanted our machines set up with Windows or Linux. I’d spent my whole life on Windows, but I figured it was time to see what Linux had to offer. So I installed Mint. But no way was I putting that shit on my main machine! Homie had games to play, and the idea of running stuff through Wine? Laughable. Back then, Linux gaming meant only playing what was precompiled for Linux. ...

So you want to join the cool kids club and be a Linux gamer. You have found your distro of choice and installed it. If you’re interested in a distro find my review of one here. In your infinite wisdom you still have that second hard drive to store all your data keeping it separate from your OS install files. After installing Steam you have run into countless stupid seemingly unexplainable problems and your can’t seem to find a clear guide on how to get it all working smoothly. Well worry no more intrepid cyber traveller I put together this guide after piecing together and overcoming the many problems that I faced and you are probably experiencing. ...