3 ms·
So Steam OS is not based on Wine and other OSS libs? What does it mean really that Valve takes steps forward to making some OS windows-compatible? is it only ev
by larodi 1y ago
So Steam OS is not based on Wine and other OSS libs? What does it mean really that Valve takes steps forward to making some OS windows-compatible? is it only ever a single company doing it?
- LeoPanthera 1y agoSteamOS is an Arch Linux derivative with a games compatibility layer called Proton, which is indeed based on Wine. It has a proprietary launcher for games, but also comes with Plasma Desktop.
- Gigachad 1y agoThere’s like a million little bits of software valve has created over many years all bundled together that make steamos incredible. It’s hard to properly do justice because it’s all tiny bits of polish that are individually fairly uninteresting but all stack up. I’ve tried using Fedora as my TV gaming rig but steamos is much better as it out of the box has everything you need. No installing extra drivers for things like Xbox controller support. And it has a fully controller navigable OS that lets you do a lot of advanced system management stuff that you’d otherwise need a mouse and keyboard for. Also for a while now Valve has been the main contributors towards wine and other gaming on Linux projects.