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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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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 19 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) by penquin@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] vort3@lemmy.ml 34 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

It's actually surprising how easy it is to use.

My wife was playing Baldur's Gate 3 on her windows laptop (GOG version, DRM free) and I just wanted to see if I can run it on my Linux laptop.

Just copied the game folder from her laptop to my external SSD, plugged it into my laptop, ran through proton. Everything works without any issues. Simple as that.

I was pleasantly surprised. We could even join via LAN and had some co-op fun. After trying it out I think I'm buying the game.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 hours ago

ran through proton

See, this is after where most gaming folks hop off.

In all fairness, if you just run Lutris (pre-installed on Bazzite), log into GOG from there and install and run the game through their wizard, it also “just works”.
That might be easier for most.

[–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I haven’t used Windows for more than a decade, and I am genuinely surprised reading your post that the game works in this manner even if with proton/wine layer.

I can’t help but think that this is an exception, and would attribute this behaviour to how the game is made. I wonder what other software function this way.

[–] zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

In my experience pretty much everything works this easily. Steam games are a click away, Linux support or not. For things outside of steam you can either copy the install folder from a Windows install or just run the installer through Proton.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 13 hours ago

Exactly this. Many people have a lot of apprehension until they actually try it.