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Gamers Nexus might start including Linux gaming tests in their hardware reviews (youtu.be)

submitted 3 days ago by azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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Pretty exciting times ahead as Valve might finally release SteamOS to more hardware. This amount of Linux desktop coverage would be unimaginable few years ago.

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[-] PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone 10 points 3 days ago

SteamOS is going to have to do a lot of heavy lifting. I reckon there are quite a few people who are waiting for its release before trying Linux.

Does SteamOS even have functional desktop, or is it just Steam big picture wrapper thing?

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

It boots into Game scope (as others said, it's not "big picture mode" it's a compositor stack tailored for high gaming performance) but it's nothing more than an immutable arch distribution (and immutability can be disabled for tweaking) so you could definitely swap the defaults if someone has documented how.

Would be a nice feature to have once SteamOS becomes independent of the deck.

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