How can I transfer non-steam games between Linux devices. (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by lambda@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have a desktop and a steam deck. I would like to setup some old games I have on disc on the desktop. Then compress them and decompress on my Steam Deck without doing the full install again. I understand that with wine/proton prefixes they should be installed to a "fake c:/ windows hierarchy" can I just compress that and copy to a different Linux machine? Does it save which proton version was used? If I use something like Lutris or bottles can I import into them?

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[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago

Lutris uses separate prefixes and doesn't do any deduplication. You will need a separate tool for that or just use a filesystem like btrfs that supports deduplication.

I've never used bottles, so I don't know how it handles deduplication.

[-] lambda@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks for your help!

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