📅 2023-03-31 — Session: Configured Wine and Steam for Gaming on Linux
🕒 04:10–06:50
🏷️ Labels: Wine, Steam, Linux, Gaming, Installation
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to configure and troubleshoot the installation of Wine and Steam on a Linux system to enable gaming, specifically focusing on running Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.
Key Activities
- Verified the installation of Wine and Steam using terminal commands and graphical user interfaces.
- Installed and configured Age of Empires II on Ubuntu using Wine, including setting up additional dependencies.
- Explored the use of Steam’s Proton compatibility tool to play Age of Empires II on Ubuntu, providing step-by-step installation and configuration instructions.
- Resolved a missing dependency error during the Steam installation by installing the ‘curl’ package.
- Addressed package cache and missing dependencies issues for Steam using apt commands.
- Cleaned up unnecessary snap packages and managed disk space using command line tools.
- Utilized the
dfandducommands to monitor filesystem usage and identify large directories. - Recommended using Proton 6.3-7 for better compatibility with Age of Empires II on Ubuntu 22.04.
Achievements
- Successfully installed and configured Wine and Steam for running Windows games on Linux.
- Resolved installation issues and dependency errors for Steam.
- Optimized disk space by removing unnecessary packages and managing large directories.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing of different Proton versions for optimal gaming performance on various hardware setups.
- Continuous monitoring of disk space and package management to ensure system efficiency.