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2022 is officially the Year of Linux Gaming

52 points by mariuz 5y ago

Arrath 5y ago
I can't wait to experience it, whenever I finally get my damn Steam Deck email.
em3rgent0rdr 5y ago
if they added basic telephony & internet to the steam deck, then I would get it.
- dtx1 5y ago
  No one cares. You can't even get a steam deck right now because it's selling like hotcakes.
- NoahKAndrews 5y ago
  You can run any app packaged as a Flatpak, so you can definitely browse the Internet with it.
- drekk 5y ago
  It runs Arch KDE Plasma in computer mode [0] https://9to5linux.com/valve-unveils-steam-deck-gaming-handheld-powered-by-arch-linux-and-kde-plasma/amp https://9to5linux.com/valve-unveils-steam-deck-gaming-handhe...
dr_kretyn 5y ago
I'm not sure whether it is this year but I'm sure the progress is impressive. I've been using Ubuntu as the main OS for the last 10years. Had a dual boot in the rare case I want to play something (or sign some pdfs). It was likely once a quarter so never really thought about hacking with wine. But recently installed Steam and was surprised that ... it just works. Not everything but a lot that i cared about. Not sure if this is the year of gaming on Linux, but this is the year i purge Windows from my life.
- randomhodler84 5y ago
  Yeah!! Do it! Steam Proton is great and gets better every few months. Ditch the proprietary windows and never look back!
Zhyl 5y ago
It's the year Linux Gaming enters the race. I see it as the rising tide: not a world beater out of the gate, but will slowly and steadily improve to overtake the backrunners. In short, the Android console craze (OUYA, soulja BOI thing) of 2012ish will probably happen again with a mini-Linux console craze. At least one other PC vendor will release a console or a handheld. If there was a Sega still in the race that were looking to just become a wrapper rather than a full product Chromium Edge style then they would switch.
pjmlp 5y ago
Android has been the "Year of Linux Gaming" for a decade, and it has hardly improved GNU/Linux status quo.
helij 5y ago
Playing AoE IV on Ubuntu. The experience is no different to playing on Windows (single player).
piafraus 5y ago
I hate titles like this. What makes it "official"? What public office made it official?

52 points by mariuz 5y ago

Arrath 5y ago

I can't wait to experience it, whenever I finally get my damn Steam Deck email.

em3rgent0rdr 5y ago

if they added basic telephony & internet to the steam deck, then I would get it.

dtx1 5y ago
No one cares. You can't even get a steam deck right now because it's selling like hotcakes.
NoahKAndrews 5y ago
You can run any app packaged as a Flatpak, so you can definitely browse the Internet with it.
drekk 5y ago
It runs Arch KDE Plasma in computer mode [0] https://9to5linux.com/valve-unveils-steam-deck-gaming-handheld-powered-by-arch-linux-and-kde-plasma/amp https://9to5linux.com/valve-unveils-steam-deck-gaming-handhe...

dr_kretyn 5y ago

I'm not sure whether it is this year but I'm sure the progress is impressive. I've been using Ubuntu as the main OS for the last 10years. Had a dual boot in the rare case I want to play something (or sign some pdfs). It was likely once a quarter so never really thought about hacking with wine. But recently installed Steam and was surprised that ... it just works. Not everything but a lot that i cared about. Not sure if this is the year of gaming on Linux, but this is the year i purge Windows from my life.

randomhodler84 5y ago
Yeah!! Do it! Steam Proton is great and gets better every few months. Ditch the proprietary windows and never look back!

Zhyl 5y ago

It's the year Linux Gaming enters the race. I see it as the rising tide: not a world beater out of the gate, but will slowly and steadily improve to overtake the backrunners. In short, the Android console craze (OUYA, soulja BOI thing) of 2012ish will probably happen again with a mini-Linux console craze. At least one other PC vendor will release a console or a handheld. If there was a Sega still in the race that were looking to just become a wrapper rather than a full product Chromium Edge style then they would switch.

pjmlp 5y ago

Android has been the "Year of Linux Gaming" for a decade, and it has hardly improved GNU/Linux status quo.

helij 5y ago

Playing AoE IV on Ubuntu. The experience is no different to playing on Windows (single player).

piafraus 5y ago

I hate titles like this. What makes it "official"? What public office made it official?