I ask this because I’m in the process of moving fully to Linux mint and have a steam account in Linux. I don’t think EA has a program that runs natively in Linux. I’m wondering if there isn’t a way to grab the windows install file for legendary edition of Mass Effect and install it onto my Linux system understeam.

Or maybe there’s a more efficient way that somebody knows of to do this.

  • Durandal
    2·
    3 days ago

    EA games require the ea.app even if purchased through steam… fyi.

    • andrewta@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      3 days ago

      oh that’s good to know. thank you

      i should ask . if i buy through steam in linux, will steam auto install the ea app? I doubt it but have to ask

      • Durandal
        1·
        3 days ago

        AFAIK it does not. You’d have to manually install it. I haven’t tried installing EA games on linux. Hell even on windows they’re a pain in the ass. App sucks… triggers virus warnings which might or might not be false. EA sucks.

      • andrewta@lemmy.worldOP
        3·
        3 days ago

        i just checked in software manager for mint. When I type Proton it shows

        Protonup-qt

        protonplus

        protontricks

        portproton

        proton-coller

        which of these would you suggest if i go the proton route?

        • Meldrik@lemmy.wtf
          2·
          3 days ago

          Proton is built into Steam. So simply buy the game on Steam and install it. Steam does the rest. You might want to look at protonDB and see if there’s any recommended launch options for the game.

      • Durandal
        2·
        3 days ago

        Yeah not saying it won’t. OP was just trying to avoid ea app from what I gather.