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I shelled out for a Steam Machine (SteamOS ≈ Arch Linux.) I do gamedev, and I figured having a test machine was a decent enough excuse for a purchase. It's wo

I shelled out for a Steam Machine (SteamOS ≈ Arch Linux.) I do gamedev, and I figured having a test machine was a decent enough excuse for a purchase. It's working suprisingly well for the games I'm actually playing. They're playing better than on my last Windows desktop tower, even, presumably due to a better GPU. Granted, catalogs vary - anti-cheat and DRM may not play nice, and EvE Online wasn't stable until I switched the renderer from D3D12 to D3D11 (and I haven't tried playing with multiple accounts) - but you might revisit Linux gaming if it's been awhile since you last have. The enshittification of Windows has finally driven me to the point where Linux compatability is going to start affecting my Steam purchases.

mrec 28d ago
Out of interest, are you doing any dev on the SM? If so, how is it for that?
- MaulingMonkey 28d ago
  Only a token test amount so far. The root filesystem is read-only by default, but without the whole Nix ecosystem, which is a little awkward (can't install packages even as root without changing that.) On the other hand, it comes with `distrobox` preinstalled, so it's easy enough to spin up a container and use that (including package installation.) My raw notes are here: https://github.com/MaulingMonkey/notes/blob/master/programming/platforms/steam%20machine.md#developer https://github.com/MaulingMonkey/notes/blob/master/programmi...