I currently have a load of pirated games and I’m considering moving my systems to Linux cuz Windows is ass. Would this make it difficult to run pirated games?

  • baguettefish
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    7 days ago

    Some repacks (fitgirl and dodi and sometimes others) occasionally decide not to install ever in any linux system with wine or proton (they’ll crash at some point in the installation), and then you’ll have to install them first in a windows vm and then move them over to linux. It’s not really a rare issue, like 50/50, depends on the repack and its compression settings and just the luck of the day. Games that are already installed which you’re just moving over work perfectly 99% of the time. I recommend lutris.

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        7 days ago

        You can even get uncracked game folders from cs.rin.ru and then crack them yourself (assuming only steam drm) using something like „steam auto cracker“ or whatever that tool is called.

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          7 days ago

          That’s what I meant by “Steam Depots”.

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              7 days ago

              No prob anyway … You explained the meaning of “Steam Depot” to those who may not know.

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      7 days ago

      Is setting up a VM in Linux any different than doing it in Windows? Would I just copy the files over when it is finished?

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        You’d just copy them over when it’s finished. First into a shared folder that can be accessed both from inside the vm and outside in linux, and then from there to wherever you’d store your games.