The recent news that SteamOS may soon be shipped with third-party devices could be particularly important for Linux gaming on desktops.

Even gamers nexus’ Steve today said that they’re about to start doing Linux games performance testing soon. It’s happening, y’all, the year of the Linux desktop is upon us. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

Edit: just wanted to clarify that Steve from GN didn’t precisely say they’re starting to test soon, he said they will start WHEN the steam OS releases and is adopted. Sorry about that.

  • asap@lemmy.worldEnglish
    611·
    7 days ago

    Luckily for you this already exists, and it’s effectively SteamOS:

    https://bazzite.gg/

    You can even put this on a Steam Deck as a drop-in replacement.

    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      7 days ago

      Bazzite is fantastic and it’s what I’m running on my gaming laptop, but I’ve always wondered why you would want to put it on a Steam Deck? Is it for the people who use it as a laptop replacement?

      • xavier666@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Bazzite has more features when compared to SteamOS. Some examples

        • Waydroid - support for android games
        • Easy install of lots and lots of applications and tools (DeckyLoader/EmuDeck)
        • More recent kernels
        • Easy system config scripts using ujust

        This is just the tip of the iceberg.

        Some of them are targeted to new users but most of them are for gaming enthusiasts. If you are a newbie, stick to SteamOS which is still great. This would be my recommendation.

      • asap@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        7 days ago

        People who want to run a lot of different emulators, for example. You can play all your Steam Deck games and all your other console’s games, from a single device with a great Big Picture mode.

        I know that it’s possible to do some (perhaps all?) of that on a stock deck by doing all the setup yourself, but Bazzite handles it OOTB.