How well does work on Mint Cinnamon 21.3

EVE Technology and Research Center Linux
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I borked my Windows system, which I only have for EVE anyway. I used to run EVE on Linux years ago, but CCP broke it every other week so I gave up and installed it on a dual-booted Windows. I’ve now clobbered the Windows setup so it won’t boot any more, (and it’s Windows 10, so security updates disappear in a few days). I don’t want to use Steam, so it would appear that Lutrix would be my best option. What’s the consensus here ? Would Lutrix be a viable option on Mint Cinnamon 21.3 ?I

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Problem is that there is no consensus anymore and there exist too many ways of playing EVE on Linux, each with their own problems and solutions. So you need to figure out what is working best for you and how capable you are for researching and implementing a solution if a problem arises.
The main denominator is that CCP will still break things from time to time. So you will still experience this problem. Sometimes the launcher breaks, sometimes the game itself breaks.

Now with all the methods to run EVE, each will need to figure out a specific solution and provide that. Some will take longer, some will be faster, some will not be able to fix it.

I for my part am still using the classic method through wine. Maybe complicated for users used to run EVE on windows, but at the forefront of fixes, should any be needed.

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A general good solution:

Eve runs OK on Steam on Linux.
I suspect the default Proton for it works fine, I’m using GE-Proton9-15.
Launch Options:
PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 SQUIRREL_TEMP=/tmp/SquirrelTemp %command%

The Squirrel stuff is because the Squirrel packaging thing CCP uses for updates doesn’t clean up its own mess and eventually fills the drive so I get it to use TMP for working space.
(yep, that’s “squirrels don’t tidy up their own crap”).

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Wine (latest devel version works currently):

Install needed libs and fonts:
./winetricks corefonts msdelta vkd3d vcrun2022 dxvk2030

Running:
env WINEPREFIX=“/home/username/.wine” WINEESYNC=0 WINEFSYNC=0 VKD3D_CONFIG=force_raw_va_cbv wine C:\users\username\AppData\Local\eve-online\eve-online.exe