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Safest way to run pirated games? (lemmy.getmeotter.work)

What's best practice to safely play pirated games on Linux? Looking to mitigate potentially malicious executables from wrecking havoc on my system.

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[-] thegreekgeek@midwest.social -2 points 10 months ago

Spin up a VM, load the game on that.

[-] milkytoast@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago
[-] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 10 months ago

OP wants a safe experience, not a good experience.

[-] Zeon@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

You can actually get near native peformance if you set it up correctly.

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Not sure why youre being down voted, theoretically this is like the safest way to run a game "on linux", even if you are using windows under it lol

this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2024
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