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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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[-] Technus@lemmy.zip 65 points 4 days ago

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
[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 4 points 3 days ago

You're just shy from describing Bazzite

It's got:

  • Steam pre-installed
  • trustworthy (?) Flatpak packages for just about everything, even encourages it
  • desktop environment tailored to Windows users (KDE, really)
  • auto-install and configure graphics drivers for AMD (Mesa) and Nvidia
  • ~~configurable~~ automatic updates and system backup (although I think you still have to click the notification for flatpak updates)
  • choice between anything for default anything during setup
  • included in Steam Deck compatibility testing (actually in not sure but they do offer Steam Deck builds)
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