Linux
Everything regarding piracy on Linux.
Best Linux distribution for gaming?
None. None of them will provide you the performance they claim that you can't get yourself by picking a regular distribution and using latest updates.
So to get the best performance, one simply needs the latest updates. All linux distributions provide the sames packages and provide updates. Some provide them faster than others. So any distribution that updates its packages the soonest after upstream, is good in our opinion.
Beware of what you search/read online!
Beware of what you search and read online on the Internet, it's the general rule that one shouldn't believe everything they see online.
Not everything will work out the way you intend it may work, sometimes the advice online is outdated or just incompatible, so be sure of what you're seeing will work for your system or not, before running any commands or changing configurations, and breaking your system in the process.
If you need a guide, the Arch Wiki is good and works universally for most distributions, not only arch.
Downloading
Direct Download Sites
- 🌟 Torrminatorr - GOG, Linux games & Scene releases forum / Registration required
- 🌟 KAPITALSIN - Game repacks forum (occasionally has lossy, or compressed repacks) / Translator
- 🌟 CS.RIN.RU - Game piracy forum / Registration required / Enhancement mod / Password:
cs.rin.ru
Torrent Sites
- 🌟 johncena141 - Linux games
- 🌟 RuTracker - Linux games / Translator
Software
Kernels
DANGER
Custom kernels can significantly change your system behavior, disable security mitigations, and cause all sorts of instablities and reliablity issues. It is recommended that you keep backups and a backup kernel installed to boot back to, from GRUB.
- linux-zen - Reliable kernel with patches for casual users
- XanMod Stable Real-time
- Liquorix
- Clear Linux Kernel - For Intel systems, very useful for servers
- linux-tkg - Requires self-compilation
Launchers
- 🌟 Lutris - Game launcher
- 🌟 Heroic Games Launcher - Epic, GOG, & Amazon Prime Games launcher
- Minigalaxy - GOG client
- Bottles - Windows software manager
Tools
- MangoHud - Overlay for monitoring performance / GUI
- ProtonUp-Qt / ProtonPlus - Wine & Proton-based compatibility tools manager
- Winetricks - Wine fixes & tweaks
- DiscordOverlayLinux - Discord Overlay for Linux
- Luxtorpeda - Steam Play compatibility layer for games
- GameHub - Unified games hub
Websites
- ProtonDB - Proton's compatibility reports and fixes.
- AppDB - Wine's tracker to track reports and ratings of video games.
- GamingOnLinux
- The Linux Gamers' Game List - Games that run natively on Linux
- Arch Wiki / Gaming - Everything from configuration tips to running games
- LibreGameWiki
- Open Source Game Clones - FOSS Game remakes/clones