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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
&gt; but it's more hassle because you mostly have to trick the games into thinking you're not on Linux.

I can't really speak for a ton of non-Steam games, but it's not really a hassle in the Steam client. You click "enable Steam Play", and you're done (unless you want to tinker with it).

If the end result is that you're playing the game, I fail to see the problem, and why this would be evidence of gaming being in a poor state on Linux.
gpt
&gt; can't really speak for a ton of non-Steam games

You do the same things as in Steam, but in Lutris. That's it basically. Lutris also runs Proton, so it's pretty much the same thing for non-Steam games. Or you can run non-Steam games in Steam too, if you wish (and use Proton to do it).