I’m currently using Windows 10, but I’d like to switch to linux.
I know it’s crazy and weird, but I currently have 3 SSDs and 2 HDDs. One M.2. SSD is used for the OS (Windows 10 in this case) and the other two SSDs are used for games (I currently have about 1.7TB of games on my PC, spread across two SSDs of 1TB each). Besides that, I have one HDD used for general files and the other one for emulated games. (In my case, mainly my totally legal copies of various games from the high seas and a ton of Wii games for the dolphin emulator).
If I were to switch to Linux, would it be possible to keep storing and running the games from other drives that aren’t the C drive? And would it be possible to keep my emulation games (mainly the Wii games) on my separate HDD?
Besides that, is it possible to run cracked totally legally acquired games but just from a .exe file?
As others have mentioned, the way Linux mounts drives means that they are effectively no different (for these purposes) as local folders in the same volume.
That said, I think the clear answer to your overarching question is yes. I have a Linux gaming rig with a boot volume (from which I run no games), 2 gaming SSDs, and a few slow mechanical storage drives. Those SSDs are mounted to subdirectories in /home/myuser, and each houses a separate Steam library. From Steam’s standpoint, they’re ultimately two libraries on the same volume.
There are no C/D/… drives in Linux. Steam and Lutris create their own environment (“bottle”, right?) for every game. I think by using Lutris you will get the most user friendly approach.
Google proton ntfs drive external. You need to add some mount options for the external ntfs drives and symlink the compatdata folder to a linux partition. After you do this, it will work seamlessly.
Yes to both. I prefer Lutris for running Windows games.
@CAPSLOCKFTW @JVT038 is it better than heroic for GOG games?
@Privatepower42 @CAPSLOCKFTW @JVT038 IME Lutris has more options but Heroic is easier to use.
The one thing I would add, is that if you do switch you might want to consider reformatting your drives from NTFS to something linux compatible like ext4.
It can be a bit of a pain in your case though since you have so much to redownload afterwards
