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I've been using Void Linux for many years, which is hardly mainstream, and pretty much all Linux games from gog.com "Just Work™" with a minimum of effort (I nee
by arp242 3y ago
I've been using Void Linux for many years, which is hardly mainstream, and pretty much all Linux games from gog.com "Just Work™" with a minimum of effort (I need to install some 32bit libraries for some, but that's about it).
I believe on Steam it's even better/easier, as it just ships with an Ubuntu base and uses that (but I don't really use Steam).
Point being: I think the differences between distros for this kind of stuff has been rather overstated. For most things, it doesn't actually matter all that much.
- freedomben 3y agoYep, It's really not too hard. While I would very much prefer to get .rpm files for the games, in practice the installer approach (such as what GOG takes) is great. One minor correction, Modern Steam OS is Arch-based, not Ubuntu-based, but your point still stands.
- nani8ot 3y agoThey probably talk about the Steam Linux Runtime (or it's predecessor), which is called scout and is based on Debian 10. They also have a more recent one called soldier used for proton and are working on a successor for scout called sniper (all TF2 characters). As far as I understand correctly SteamOS might be based on Arch, but it uses Valve's kernel and mesa while running the games themselves in a container. https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steam-runtime-tools/-/blob/main/docs/container-runtime.md https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steam-runtime-tools/-/b...
- arp242 3y agoYup, I was talking about the Steam Runtime, or whatever it's called, not SteamOS. Last time I used Steam it downloaded and installed all of that somewhere in my ~/.local or thereabouts.