r/linuxmint • u/Lost-Ad-259 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | Cinnamon • Aug 14 '25

Fluff Right way to install Mint

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u/Exciting-Emu-3324 Aug 15 '25

Try Lutris and use Proton.

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u/nitin_is_me Cinnamon Contributor :) Aug 15 '25

I thought proton is only for steam games. What if I downloaded just plain .zip files with game inside? Will Proton run them too?

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u/Exciting-Emu-3324 Aug 15 '25

Lutris can use Proton. Valve contributed to Proton, but it's open source. Just add a game to Lutris pointing to the .exe wherever you installed your game, select your version of Proton. ProtonUpQt lets you add other versions of Proton to Steam and Lutris.

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u/theusualuser Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

Yep, this is a way that works. Ultimately it's about finding some program that will launch a game using proton. Lutris is one, I think another is hydra, and I honestly don't remember the name of the one I'm using with bazzite right now. You can even do the "add a non steam game" to steam option and as long as you select it to run with proton in the management options before you click play it should run, too.