Play Windows Games on Linux with Steam Play

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Published on October 19, 2018 8:11:06 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NWoSUsnwuo

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Steam Play is a big deal, letting you play PC games on Linux directly through the Steam interface. Steam Play is still in beta, but it already works great, already letting you play over 1000 games that were previously unavailable on Linux. You just need to enable the Steam Play beta and use an internal Steam tool called Proton to get it going.

So happy gaming, Linux people. Your time for unadulterated fun has come.

1:10 Install Steam on Linux
2:18 Enable Beta Access
2:48 Enable Steam Play and Proton
3:26 Launch a game!

INSTALLS TO CUT AND PASTE

Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install steam

Fedora
First, enable RPMFusion.

dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

Then, install Steam.

dnf install steam

Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S steam

OpenSUSE
sudo zypper install steam

Gentoo
Install and set up the Steam overlay.

sudo emerge --ask layman
sudo layman-updater -R
sudo layman -L
sudo layman -a steam-overlay

Now, install Steam.

sudo emerge --ask steam-launcher

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