While I've seen other people recommend the development or staging branches, my first inclination is to try the stable branch first. To do this, in your terminal, run the following commands: The first things we need to do are the following: The documentation for Ubuntu is here (find the correct page for your distro). If you're a Linux gamer you probably already have Wine installed.

You will need to install the correct versions of Wine and Lutris for your distro. This process has been tested on Ubuntu 20.10 and 20.04. I've seen a few different guides for setting this up, and they often either have too much information (making it seem like a lot of configuration is required, which is not true, at least in my experience), or too little information. The actual compatibility layer is provided by Wine. We will be using the open-source gaming platform Lutris to install and run World of Warcraft.

The setup is relatively straight-forward, so if you'd like to lose your friends and life ambitions, read on. World of Warcraft (Classic or Retail) is one of the few MMOs that, with a couple of open-source tools, will run flawlessly on a Linux box. How to install World of Warcraft on Linux with Lutris and Wine

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