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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)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 64 points 4 days ago (12 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

[–] asap 62 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Bazzite is fantastic and it's what I'm running on my gaming laptop, but I've always wondered why you would want to put it on a Steam Deck? Is it for the people who use it as a laptop replacement?

[–] asap 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

People who want to run a lot of different emulators, for example. You can play all your Steam Deck games and all your other console's games, from a single device with a great Big Picture mode.

Bazzite also includes Waydroid, which means you can use all your Android apps.

I know that it's possible to do some (perhaps all?) of that on a stock deck by doing all the setup yourself, but Bazzite handles it OOTB.

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