How to play elite dangerous on manjaro linux

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I have just recently switched to Linux and I can't find a way to run elite on Linux so far. Does anybody have any solutions for this?

C26 · Accepted Answer

Taken from ProtonDB:

You have to instal dotnet472
$ protontricks 359320 -q dotnet472 win7
This takes about 30 minutes with a lot of error messages. After it
finishes you have to make modifications to config files in the game
directory, from both:
/steamapps/common/Elite Dangerous/EDLauncher.exe.config
/steamapps/common/Elite Dangerous/HardwareReporter.exe.config
Delete the following line: supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"
and add the following: supportedRuntime version="v4.0"
Windowing: Activating Fullscreen After changing resolution, change the
option to fullscreen mode. After a few tries it should work.

https://www.protondb.com/app/359320
Note: I have not personally tried this, but the above page is about the most useful reference for this you're going to find. It does very much seem to be distro-dependent, but those on Arch-based distros appear to be having much better luck than others.

Hyperfinity · Answer

Using the Native steam 'play on linux' does not work, as it does not install mono, which is a framework Elite uses for the launcher.
This is how you could do it:

Using latest version of Antergos Linux
Using Lutris to install Windows Steam version of Elite Dangerous

(Lutris uses Wine, which autodetects the requirement of mono and installs everything required)
According to mzry, a user on the Frontier Forums, it runs as smooth as windows, and sound, audio, and joysticks work perfectly.
Hope this helps!

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