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Valve's plan to bring SteamOS to more devices is a promising sign if you want to stop gaming on Windows (www.pcguide.com)

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Even gamers nexus' Steve today said that they're about to start doing Linux games performance testing soon. It's happening, y'all, the year of the Linux desktop is upon us. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

Edit: just wanted to clarify that Steve from GN didn't precisely say they're starting to test soon, he said they will start WHEN the steam OS releases and is adopted. Sorry about that.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 day ago (23 children)

the biggest wall imo is still getting companies with anticheat games on board.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

I just did that. I have a dual boot laptop where Windows was used exclusively for games, and instead of upgrading that I built myself a PC with an AMD GPU (Nvidia, fuck you!).

So far I haven't run into any problem that I couldn't easily solve, and the only games that won't run are those demanding I install an anti cheat system, but I'm fine not playing those.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 day ago (10 children)

A Linux distro with a great OOTB experience for gamers would go a long way.

Steam pre-installed
trustworthy Flatpak packages for popular gamer apps like Discord (not uploaded by some nameless rando)
- TeamSpeak for curmudgeons like me and my friends
desktop environment tailored to Windows users
auto-install and configure graphics drivers for AMD and Nvidia
configurable automatic updates and system backup
choice between Chromium, Firefox, etc. for default browser during setup
included in Steam Deck compatibility testing

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Luckily for you this already exists, and it's effectively SteamOS:

https://bazzite.gg/

You can even put this on a Steam Deck as a drop-in replacement.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I recently switched to fedora and I didn't think it would be difficult, but it was even easier than I expected. Every game I've tried to play has worked perfectly.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I never really gamed on PC except for Command and Conquer Red Alert and Age of Empires 2. I still got a Steam Deck and it replaced my PC and not just for gaming.

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