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Vindfrost (43 reports)
< 1 hour overallNo difference compared to other (propiatary) platforms.
Tested it for about 3 minutes.
Native
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.15.5-arch1-1
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 575.64.03
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
CPU:11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900KF @ 3.50GHz
Native
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.15.5-arch1-1
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 575.64.03
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
CPU:11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900KF @ 3.50GHz
Small_Commander (19 reports)
2 hours overallOpens and runs well. No issues.
I played it for 2 or 3 minutes, after testing Half Life Oposing Forces. It did take a while to load my save from steam cloud files. No issues at all
Native
Distro:Linux Mint 22.1
Kernel:6.8.0-59-generic
RAM:8 GB
GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1
GPU:Mesa AMD CEDAR (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.8.0-59-generic, LLVM 19.1.1)
CPU:Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz
Native
Distro:Linux Mint 22.1
Kernel:6.8.0-59-generic
RAM:8 GB
GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1
GPU:Mesa AMD CEDAR (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.8.0-59-generic, LLVM 19.1.1)
CPU:Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz
Snika (94 reports)
6 hours overallDownload and play
The native version works perfectly well.
Native
Distro:Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Kernel:6.9.3-76060903-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 565.77
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
Native
Distro:Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Kernel:6.9.3-76060903-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 565.77
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
mudkipi (42 reports)
< 1 hour overallNative support and works right out of the box.
Half-Life: Blue Shift works right out of the box because it has native support, and any compatibility fixes for Half-Life would translate for Blue Shift since it's fundamentally a mod/expansion pack. In a worse scenario, you can run the Windows version with Proton or Wine, but I haven't dealt with that issue.
Native
Distro:Fedora Linux 41 (Cinnamon)
Kernel:6.11.10-300.fc41.x86_64
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 565.57.01
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
CPU:AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics
Native
Distro:Fedora Linux 41 (Cinnamon)
Kernel:6.11.10-300.fc41.x86_64
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 565.57.01
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
CPU:AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics
Melody (78 reports)
< 1 hour overallMeow meow mrrrrp
works works works works like meow idk
Native
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.11.6-lqx1-1-lqx
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.6-arch1.1
GPU:AMD Radeon (radeonsi, renoir, LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 3.59, 6.11.6-lqx1-1-lqx)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics
Native
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.11.6-lqx1-1-lqx
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.6-arch1.1
GPU:AMD Radeon (radeonsi, renoir, LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 3.59, 6.11.6-lqx1-1-lqx)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics
PurplePike (30 reports)
Works OOTB on Native, haven't tried Proton
Save Games:Other
Whenever I would load a game my weapon I was holding would starting firing until I swapped to another one.
One crash and weird loading quirk; other than that it works flawlessly.
Native
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.11.5-arch1-1
RAM:31 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 560.35.03
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core
Native
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.11.5-arch1-1
RAM:31 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 560.35.03
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core
CoinKillerL (13 reports)
1 hour overallTinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton9-15
Performance:Significant Performance Problems
Severe stutters with the Native version, use proton
Custom Proton: GE-Proton9-15
Distro:CachyOS
Kernel:6.8.6-2-cachyos
RAM:16GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.1.0-devel (git-0413729bc3)
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 17.0.6, DRM 3.57, 6.8.6-2-cachyos)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
Custom Proton: GE-Proton9-15
Distro:CachyOS
Kernel:6.8.6-2-cachyos
RAM:16GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.1.0-devel (git-0413729bc3)
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (radeonsi, navi32, LLVM 17.0.6, DRM 3.57, 6.8.6-2-cachyos)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
hog crusher friendship (46 reports)
1 hour overallIf you like half-life it's decent
Save Games:Other
Right at the end game crashes if you save
Native
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.8.2-arch2-1
RAM:64 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.67
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
Native
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.8.2-arch2-1
RAM:64 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 550.67
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
Lynk (28 reports)
3 hours overallPerfect
Worked OOTB
Proton 8.0-5
Distro:Linux Mint 21.3
Kernel:5.15.0-97-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT (navi22, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.42, 5.15.0-97-generic)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
Proton 8.0-5
Distro:Linux Mint 21.3
Kernel:5.15.0-97-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT (navi22, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.42, 5.15.0-97-generic)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
swiffy (7 reports)
< 1 hour overall
Worked OOTB - not sure why it didn't work in the past
Proton 8.0-4
OS:Chrome OS 15604.57.0
Chrome:118.0.5993.124
Channel:stable
Board:volteer
RAM:7 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.3.0-devel (git-67be2b6e63)
GPU:Mesa virgl (Mesa Intel Xe (TGL GT2))
CPU:11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
Proton 8.0-4
OS:Chrome OS 15604.57.0
Chrome:118.0.5993.124
Channel:stable
Board:volteer
RAM:7 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.3.0-devel (git-67be2b6e63)
GPU:Mesa virgl (Mesa Intel Xe (TGL GT2))
CPU:11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
Ringo (278 reports)
8 hours overallWorks
OOTB
Native
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.6.3-zen1-1-zen
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-arch1.2
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (navi23, LLVM 16.0.6, DRM 3.54, 6.6.3-zen1-1-zen)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
Native
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:6.6.3-zen1-1-zen
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-arch1.2
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (navi23, LLVM 16.0.6, DRM 3.54, 6.6.3-zen1-1-zen)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
swiffy (7 reports)
< 1 hour overallTinker Steps:Switch to experimental
Installs:Yes
Opens:No
Window appears with a black screen for less than a second then closes.
Proton Experimental
OS:Chrome OS 15604.57.0
Chrome:118.0.5993.124
Channel:stable
Board:volteer
RAM:7 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.3.0-devel (git-67be2b6e63)
GPU:Mesa virgl (Mesa Intel Xe (TGL GT2))
CPU:11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
Proton Experimental
OS:Chrome OS 15604.57.0
Chrome:118.0.5993.124
Channel:stable
Board:volteer
RAM:7 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.3.0-devel (git-67be2b6e63)
GPU:Mesa virgl (Mesa Intel Xe (TGL GT2))
CPU:11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
Works fine with Proton.
Native doesn't work for some reason. Works flawless with proton.
Proton 7.0-4
Distro:Linux Mint 20.3
Kernel:5.15.0-46-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.1.7 - kisak-mesa PPA
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6600 8GB - AMD DIMGREY_CAVEFISH (LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.42, 5.15.0-46-generic)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
Proton 7.0-4
Distro:Linux Mint 20.3
Kernel:5.15.0-46-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.1.7 - kisak-mesa PPA
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6600 8GB - AMD DIMGREY_CAVEFISH (LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.42, 5.15.0-46-generic)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
KidIcarus(243 reports)
KidIcarus (243 reports)
Proton 7.0-3
KidIcarus(243 reports)
Proton 7.0-3
It worked near flawlessly (about as well as Standard Half Life does Natively), with only one crash and 2 slowdown moments.
Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental
Performance:Slight Performance Problems
2 Major Slowdowns when loading into certain areas, only lasted a few seconds, but more significant than expected.
Instability:Occasionally
1 Crash, when Leading Dr. Rosenburg through the hallways during "Captive Freight."
I couldn't even launch the game with the Native version, it would only run when I put it to Proton Experimental. Everything else is fine, given that the older Half Life games aren't stable to begin with, so this experience was great given the age of the titles.
Proton Experimental
Distro:Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Kernel:5.13.0-40-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 21.2.6
GPU:AMD OLAND (DRM 2.50.0, 5.13.0-40-generic, LLVM 12.0.0)
CPU:Intel Xeon X3430 @ 2.40GHz
Proton Experimental
Distro:Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Kernel:5.13.0-40-generic
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 21.2.6
GPU:AMD OLAND (DRM 2.50.0, 5.13.0-40-generic, LLVM 12.0.0)
CPU:Intel Xeon X3430 @ 2.40GHz
