Hi Barry,

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I've had really good luck with Manjaro. As for running Windows games, have you
tried Proton with Steam? I've had good luck with that too, although I've only tried it for a few games. I don't play as
much as I used to. But it worked with AOE, Dealer's Choice, and StarCraft II.

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I am looking to switch one of my PCs to some flavor of Linux since it
can only run WIN10 (CPU keeps it from going to 11). I do use the PC for some gaming so looking for a distro that is easy to work with as I am still kinda a Linux noob. Some people were recommending Mint to use. Something that would help setup Windows based games using WINE or
whatever would be nice. Barry Davis Jr
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Re: Switching from Windows
By: Andy Alt to Barry Davis on Tue Jun 02 2026 00:18:48

Hi Barry,

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I've had really good luck with Manjaro. As for running Windows games, have you
tried Proton with Steam? I've had good luck with that too, although I've only tried it for a few games. I don't play as much as I used to. But it worked with AOE, Dealer's Choice, and StarCraft II.

I mainly play World of Warcraft and still thinking about going to Linux Mint cuz I am getting tired of MS sneaky stuff. I know some of the other games I have I can use via Steam.

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What other games do you play on Windows?

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Re: Switching from Windows
By: Andy Alt to Barry Davis on Tue Jun 02 2026 00:18:48

Hi Barry,

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I've had really good luck with Manjaro. As for running Windows games, have you
tried Proton with Steam? I've had good luck with that too, although I've only tried it for a few games. I don't play as much as I used to. But it worked with AOE, Dealer's Choice, and StarCraft II.

I mainly play World of Warcraft and still thinking about going to Linux Mint cuz I am getting tired of MS sneaky stuff. I know some of the
other games I have I can use via Steam.

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Re: Switching from Windows
By: Barry Davis to Andy Alt on Tue Jun 02 2026 11:29 am

I mainly play World of Warcraft and still thinking about going to Linux Mint cuz I am getting tired of MS sneaky stuff. I know some of the other games I have I can use via Steam.

I have just checked the Internet and it seems people is playing WoW on their Steam Decks, therefore I suppose you won't have many problems running it on a generic Linux system.


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