Scrivener 3 on Linux using Lutris - stability oraz issues

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Hello Everyone,

I have a question about how Scrivener 3 works on Linux with Lutris. Some time ago I was able to run it on Linux Mint, everything works very well, on top of activation, saving and compiling, however I have a question how is the longer use? Are there any bugs in the case of larger projects?
Does it happen from time to time that the software stops working at the least right moment?

In general, I would like to know your impressions in terms of stability and longer use.

Thank you in advance!

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I’ve been using it for a year or so on Mint as well as Gnome. No problems at all except for when I screw something up.

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Anyone else hit an issue with Lutris running Scrivener recently? [Feb 2026]. All was smooth on Mint and Debian and in the last couple of days Scrivener has stopped loading smoothly – and because of the nature of the program one wants it to be totally dependable. There was an update to something in Lutris. And I think it was proton. Maybe. How’s it going out there?

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Very much so! Lutris did an update, and now Scrivener barely works. Mine loads extremely small and it can’t “see” my documents folder. I just looked on the Lutris site, and the only posts on there about Scrivener are from me from a few years ago, so I think I’ll post again and see if anyone’s alive to the question.

I was really happy Lutris came back, at first, but now I kinda wish they’d stayed dormant…

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FWIW, I’m seeing a LOT of posts on Lutris saying that gamers have found all their saves blanked, but it might be that the update reset all the paths to their save files, and if that’s true, then it’s possible we can reset our paths, too.

I’m contemplating reinstalling Scrivener entirely in the hope that’ll fix it. My scriv files are still there, so I’m not going to lose anything but my settings, and my settings were pretty minimal.

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I’ve tried a Scrivener reinstall and for me it didn’t fix anything. At the moment I’ve actually stuck it on my one W10 laptop (needed for Adobe/Kobo) and I’m working with that. I’ve locked W10 down with Steve Gibson’s lovely little “InControl” utility so it no longer nags me, so at least there’s that. And of course Scrivener runs unproblematically. If anyone’s interested:
Gibson Research Corporation, InControl – turn off W10 upgrade nags

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Maybe try a fresh install now with the updated script and instructions.

Delete the prefix’s folder manually if it isn’t moved to trash automatically. Of course, do a backup of your files prior to this.