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## 🛠️ Installation instructions (🐧 Linux)
> [!NOTE]
> Linux support in SmokeAPI is highly experimental and has known issues.
> Linux support in SmokeAPI is highly experimental/unstable and has known issues.
> If none of the methods below work for you, then consider running a Windows version of a game
> via Proton compatibility layer and follow the instructions in the Windows section.
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This is because the current hook mode installation method has to directly launch game
executable. However, by default Steam doesn't do that, instead it launches certain wrappers
that setup game environment with optimal parameters. Hence, launching a game without those
wrappers might cause issues. That is why proxy mode is recommended on Linux for now.
wrappers might cause issues in theory. However, in practice real tests show that hook mode has higher
chance of success compared to proxy mode. So, at the end of the day, try both modes to see which one works
best for you.
### 🔀 Proxy mode (🐧 Linux)