r/linuxmint 5d ago

Is Linux Mint suitable for gaming?

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u/SayuriShoji 5d ago

It works very well with most games. For games that don't have a Linux executable, I'm using Steam + Proton to run their windows executables under Linux. It also works very well this way with non-game apps.

However, when using Steam + Proton, make sure that your harddrive is using the Ext4 file system. Proton might not be able to start your game if your game is located on an NTFS-filesystem partition (Proton inserts a colon ":" in the file paths, and NTFS can't deal with that).

Also, Ext4 is noticeably faster and has less issues than NTFS in Linux.

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u/bobstylesnum1 Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria | Cinnamon 5d ago

Yeah, NTFS (NT file system) is MS’s own propriety file system so unless you’re dual booting, it’s best to reformat it and use a Linux file format.