I’m currently using Windows 10, but I’d like to switch to linux.
I know it’s crazy and weird, but I currently have 3 SSDs and 2 HDDs. One M.2. SSD is used for the OS (Windows 10 in this case) and the other two SSDs are used for games (I currently have about 1.7TB of games on my PC, spread across two SSDs of 1TB each). Besides that, I have one HDD used for general files and the other one for emulated games. (In my case, mainly my totally legal copies of various games from the high seas and a ton of Wii games for the dolphin emulator).
If I were to switch to Linux, would it be possible to keep storing and running the games from other drives that aren’t the C drive? And would it be possible to keep my emulation games (mainly the Wii games) on my separate HDD?
Besides that, is it possible to run cracked totally legally acquired games but just from a .exe file?
As others have mentioned, the way Linux mounts drives means that they are effectively no different (for these purposes) as local folders in the same volume.
That said, I think the clear answer to your overarching question is yes. I have a Linux gaming rig with a boot volume (from which I run no games), 2 gaming SSDs, and a few slow mechanical storage drives. Those SSDs are mounted to subdirectories in /home/myuser, and each houses a separate Steam library. From Steam’s standpoint, they’re ultimately two libraries on the same volume.