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#Linux for gaming? You would have been laughed out of the room not long ago but thanks to the #SteamDeck more vendors are going to start using it.Source links:https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/onexplayer-looking-at-shipping-handhelds-with-steamos-like-the-steam-deck/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/07/gpd-talk-about-cooperating-with-valve-for-steamos-on-their-devices/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/07/ayaneo-to-have-their-own-ayaneo-os-based-on-linux/Follow me: https://twitter.com/gamingonlinuxRead news: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/Watch live: https://www.twitch.tv/gamingonlinuxThrow coins at me like I'm your Witcher: https://www.patreon.com/liamdaweJoin Discord: https://discord.gg/AghnYbMjYg

[ 2022-07-15 14:39:38Z ]👍 0

I like your grey switch for playing all the pokimans

[ 2022-07-15 14:41:38Z ]👍 6

I have Linux on my 2080ti / i9 build now because of Proton and Lutris

[ 2022-07-15 14:42:07Z ]👍 6

I am still wondering when we gonna get an offical latest SteamOS release for desktops :<

[ 2022-07-15 15:23:00Z ] 👍 3

@@gamelord12 well, my private PC is made only for gaming, and i am already running linux mint of it for past 2 years, everything i play on, works on linux. I do have VM with windows just for work and nothing else xd i just want all the "gaming benefits" of steam os on my desktop, like system wide FSR, easier voltage / wattage control etc etc

[ 2022-07-15 14:46:36Z ] 👍 1

Are you sure you'd want to? I don't get the sense that Valve is interested in making SteamOS the go-to option for getting work done when you're not gaming.

[ 2022-07-15 14:43:23Z ] 👍 0

same... I wonder which will happen sooner... me getting my deck(after Q3) or steamOS 3.0 to desktop...

[ 2022-07-15 14:54:42Z ]👍 67

I finally got my Steam Deck a couple of days ago and I love it! Awesome how Valve is making Linux the next big thing in gaming, indeed a Linux gaming revolution.

[ 2022-07-21 08:26:01Z ] 👍 0

How is the Linux Arch for gaming without running SteamOS? i.e. Can you run most GOG games and emulation without using the SteamOS front end? I don't plan on getting the first gen Steam Deck, but am interested in more powerful handheld Gaming devices like the Aya Neo Next/Next 2.

[ 2022-07-15 15:45:23Z ] 👍 2

congrats on getting one. I've had mine now for about 3 weeks and it is really amazing for a person like me. I can treat it like a gaming console and also a pc and it just has that great open source feeling that i can fiddle with so many elements as to how i want it. Also if you have not then give the xcloud gaming and geforce now a go. Xcloud looks brilliant on it, yes you have to have a fairly decent broadband speed but mines about average and i've been playing high spec grounded and hitman on the steam deck with near to nothing latency.

[ 2022-07-15 15:01:19Z ]👍 0

All hail proton!

[ 2022-07-15 15:04:55Z ]👍 17

It would be an absolute pro move if Valve offered these third party companies a cut from sales on their devices. I bet they could sacrifice like 5% from their 30% cut for such affiliate program and it would be a big deal for companies like GPD and OneX for them to start pushing SteamOS even more.

[ 2022-07-15 17:36:53Z ] 👍 0

1% at most bruh

[ 2022-07-15 15:08:48Z ]👍 5

I like my ps4 I like my switch I like my xbox one. I f-ing love my steam deck. LOVE IT. Maybe it's just the honey moon phase talking but its just the best way for me to game. Is your family using the TV and you're not particularly interested in what they are watching? Don't want to hide in the office and still be present for your family while you game? Not interested in Nintendo titles? Are you frequently busy juggling taking care of your home, family, and job? Only have an hour or two to game? Do you hate cell phone games? No problem, grab a steam deck! Its the ultimate busy dad (or mom) console.

[ 2022-07-18 04:39:13Z ] 👍 1

Cool I got one and thats how I feel about it

[ 2022-07-15 17:51:12Z ] 👍 1

@@danielwilliams3161 not really

[ 2022-07-15 17:26:47Z ] 👍 0

Mate are you okay? Do you need help?

[ 2022-07-15 15:27:09Z ]👍 2

the main reason I purchased my PS5 is to play FF7 Remake now I can play it handheld on a steam deck mindblowing

[ 2022-07-15 15:32:04Z ]👍 4

I dont believe a single word that comes directly from GPD for what they pulled back in September....

[ 2022-07-18 11:12:21Z ] 👍 1

@@davoncci GPD got really defensive when people asked them why their $1,000+ handheld was using Vega while the $400 Steam Deck was using RDNA 2. With that being said, I can understand why a small company their size would feel threatened when a company like Valve enters their market. Lately though, GPD worked freaking wonders on their GPD Win Max 2 and it even comes with the Ryzen 7 6800u. Which offers 12CU's of RDNA 2 and 8 Zen 3+ cores; so it beats the Steam Deck in both CPU and GPU workloads. Hell, the GPD Win Max 2 also comes with a 67whr battery while the Steam Deck only offers 40whr. They also have support for dual NVME SSD's. It'll be expensive like always, but it ain't that bad if you want a truly premium handheld.

[ 2022-07-16 00:44:29Z ] 👍 0

What did they do? I am about to pre-order their GPD WinMax 2

[ 2022-07-15 15:35:42Z ]👍 0

[ 2022-07-15 15:43:46Z ]👍 0

2:42 just look at the pluton chip to know that statement is completely untrue they are just forced by courts to not be that eveil but they still are

[ 2022-07-15 15:56:12Z ]👍 0

I fricken love my deck. I had a ps vita when it came out it’s better than that

[ 2022-07-15 16:09:55Z ]👍 8

It took me a couple weeks but the longer I play with my deck, the more it grows in me.

[ 2022-07-15 16:13:58Z ]👍 5

People were very cynical about Valve's efforts and their chances when they started (*especially* Linux users who love to moan), but I'm just wallowing in the fact that things are actually working out and loving it. I wonder if Ayaneo OS will have the kind of scripting needed to launch .exe files from the file browser with Proton, without running the Steam client first? I see people keep moaning about the lack of native Linux ports, and how this is hurting that (they're wrong, that will only be short-term), but they're focusing on the wrong thing. What we really need is a freaking Windows replacement, and before too long, we should be able to call our OS "Windows Compatible" -- or something to that effect. ;-)

[ 2022-07-16 15:17:07Z ] 👍 0

@@Beryesa. The two are not mutually exclusive. You don't have to have either people downloading random .exes or people just using the GNU ecosystem. The two already co-exist, and why download a random exe if there's already a Linux app? And yes, people should be able to download random exes, cos that's how that works, and I already do that, and I don't care if that annoys you.

[ 2022-07-16 12:30:48Z ] 👍 0

Linux will never be Windows. Compatibility layers are a thing but there's limits. Better solution is introducing our ecosystem to people. Can you imagine the chaos if people try to use linux as windows? Downloading exes from internet and thinking that's the way? People buying iPhones learn app store not search for apks. This is not a cheap windows, It's linux and you have to learn rhe conventions for your sake.

[ 2022-07-16 01:08:19Z ] 👍 1

@@jebril To be fair, it will lead to fewer ports in the short term, but as the Deck and Linux powered gaming grows in popularity, then the ports will return and in bigger numbers from companies wanting more FPS.

[ 2022-07-15 19:40:52Z ] 👍 2

I was one of those people who was upset at the SteamOS initial launch. I thought that the fact that they had not got Fallout 4 ported over to Linux with money was such a blunder considering it launched the same day as SteamOS. Now when I look back at it that was just a bandage solution for the root problem. It was never going to be reasonable to expect Valve to pay developers to natively port each big game to Linux and would've been a waste of resources. Proton is the ultimate solution and shows Valve has excellent business making decisions when it comes to where they are investing their money towards their goals.

[ 2022-07-15 16:36:35Z ]👍 24

In the last few months I've already switched from Windows to Linux for my main PC, thanks to the compatibility of Steam/Proton having improved so much.

[ 2022-07-21 18:20:13Z ] 👍 0

@@AdmiralBison Support for non-Steam platforms (like GOG) are at an earlier stage of development, so while it's still possible there are rough edges & it's not so easy. I'd suggest waiting 6 months. No real idea about modding, but I guess you'd need to use Wine to run Windows versions of most tools for developing mods. At least Wine makes it very easy to install & run Windows programs. (But sharing their data files with games may be harder, if they don't directly run under Wine.) I'd really suggest installing Linux onto a second harddrive (so no need to risk repartition), and then you can boot into Linux to try it out, but then boot back into Windows for stuff you haven't got worked out yet.

[ 2022-07-21 08:39:31Z ] 👍 0

How is modding? I really want to migrate to Linux, I just hope translation in Linux is developing that I can mod just as much and easy like Windows. I also really only GOG and play lots of retro PC games via SCUMV etc..

[ 2022-07-20 17:32:43Z ] 👍 0

As Steam on Linux gets more popular, hopefully people look at fixing issues like this. But if you are using Wayland (as most modern distros are) try switching to X to see if it makes any difference (Wayland is still a bit immature AFAIK); just a wild idea, no idea if it will help.

[ 2022-07-20 09:09:36Z ] 👍 0

My laptop hybrid graphics stop me from switching to linux fully for gaming also. (Does matter what i do or what i install its not want to work perfectly.)

[ 2022-07-17 10:14:34Z ] 👍 5

Same, switched a couple of days ago, and i even get more fps on Linux than windows on Linux native games!

[ 2022-07-15 16:51:46Z ]👍 11

"Vive la Révolution !" as we say in France. So glad to see the Linuxverse gaining popularity and get out of its "not user friendly/ too harsh/ dev only" image, just amazing

[ 2022-07-17 04:17:33Z ] 👍 1

lol, I think he meant to say Vi"valve" la Révolution...

[ 2022-07-15 16:59:20Z ]👍 8

I recently switched away from Windows 10 to Pop OS Linux and so far I'm having a blast

[ 2022-07-19 00:45:12Z ] 👍 1

I use pop os on my surface and its been great.

[ 2022-07-17 15:50:11Z ] 👍 0

Me too, i moved couple of devices to KDE Neon too. With Wine for local and Steam installed i can play all games anyway. And Krita is cool tool, they are moving it to tablets.

[ 2022-07-15 17:10:32Z ]👍 25

In the end, an open source OS is the ONLY reasonable choice. Windows is proprietary, but not to OEMs. Instead, it's proprietary to Microsoft. So OEMs get into a position of creating a product they don't really control and thus, they are reliant on Microsoft's good will.

[ 2022-07-21 08:34:20Z ] 👍 1

Agreed. Linux Open Source benefits OEMs - cut Windows licensing costs, get higher profit margins from already slim hardware earnings. More control, as you mentioned, for them to make custom interfaces...or just allow community based and third party front ends to do that. For end users - Linux Open Source will not be closed off and wall gardened like Microsoft is trying to do with Windows. Users control and gatekeep what they want, it's clean, with less advertising bloatware than Windows. I'm hoping Linux will develop translation layers to play 90% of past PC games, mods and 100% emulation. I believe gamers migrating to Linux will spur developers to consider Linux a powerful and better alternative gaming platform.

[ 2022-07-15 20:26:14Z ] 👍 4

Open source would certainly be the only reasonable choice in a perfect world. Who wouldn't want everything to be free and open for anyone to do with as they please? But in reality open source comes with serious limitations. Like it or not, Microsoft is very good at creating consumer-grade products that average consumers can understand and use easily. Linux, at its core, it simply just not suited for those who aren't knowledgeable (or aren't willing to be) about computers. Plus, unlike open source, you have the massive advantage of support with proprietary systems. Not just 3rd party hardware/software support, but customer support. As a Linux user, I tend to prefer to tinker and fix stuff myself, but I can still appreciate how important it is to MOST people to simply have someone else fix their computer problems for them rather than fix it themselves (e.g. calling customer support). Much like how when someone's car breaks down, they just take it to a mechanic rather than jump under the hood and fix it themselves. With all that said, I'm extremely glad that Linux is becoming a serious competitor in the gaming landscape. I hope that maybe someday, though unlikely, it can become a serious name in the world of desktop computing overall. Microsoft desperately needs competition, and the more (Linux, Google, Apple, etc) the merrier.

[ 2022-07-15 17:17:08Z ]👍 4

Me in the 90's: Why put all that effort into Wine? Me today: I'm glad they started Wine.

[ 2022-07-15 17:45:44Z ]👍 0

We are finally living this lifestyle https://youtu.be/xXHKCS28z1s

[ 2022-07-15 17:52:42Z ]👍 1

Yes long live the Linux revolution

[ 2022-07-15 18:09:31Z ]👍 0

I bet it will not transfer to the desktop. Can't get rid of a good tradition and meme after all. There will come a time when through some kind of open source driver magic Linux handhelds will actually outperform similar desktops, but the desktops will still be bound to Windows because of Nvidia still not open sourcing their drivers and giving more performance for some proprietary video codec every other proprietary company decides to use. /s in case that was not obvious enough.

[ 2022-07-15 19:26:12Z ]👍 0

I will make the jump to linux once linux figures out my accessories. Primarily my speed pad and my mmo mouse lol

[ 2022-07-15 20:11:53Z ]👍 4

Got my steam deck 2 days ago, been tinkering, testing and played some game to see how it perfom. this thing is just such a capable thing, never used linux but seems quite straight forward user friendly with steam os , making me hype for the future of gaming with linux :D also install Emu deck so i can mess around with emulators and all its really awesome.

[ 2022-07-15 20:12:32Z ]👍 0

Bad news for ya... Microsoft is still the complete asshat it was and has been. They are just more covert about it.

[ 2022-07-15 20:16:45Z ]👍 1

Funny how GPD wants to use Steam OS and sell their products on steam after what they said about valve and Steam deck back in September/October of 2021

[ 2022-07-16 12:47:58Z ] 👍 1

@@vmarcelo49 yup

[ 2022-07-16 03:00:58Z ] 👍 2

they said that the steam deck was bad cus its hard to pirate games on linux right?

[ 2022-07-15 20:45:58Z ]👍 7

I use photomatix on windows. It crashes from time to time. Since proton has progreesed so much in such a short time i installed it on my steam deck and it runs brilliantly!

[ 2022-07-15 22:20:14Z ]👍 0

Gonna be honest, Steam OS is the worst part of Steam Deck for me and it makes want to sell it. I have nothing against Linux and I'm glad they are working on the Proton but I think that the UX of the Steam OS is horrible. Maybe AYA can do better.

[ 2022-07-16 02:58:44Z ]👍 1

I hope Steam Deck 2 has 1080p OLED screen with a RDNA3 APU. That will be fantastic. I can't get Steam Deck here in Australia. _(import not possible without stupid high fees and no warranty)_

[ 2022-07-17 22:33:57Z ] 👍 0

maybe a 1080p hrr oled

[ 2022-07-16 07:17:01Z ]👍 3

I was there in the good old days and trying the first version of Linux made by Linus Torvalds. I always hoped for gaming compatibility. Now we are there. Finally.

[ 2022-07-16 10:57:09Z ] 👍 2

A long road. I've been dabbling in linux since around 2000, and it's great to see how far it's come.

[ 2022-07-16 07:58:01Z ]👍 12

Thanks to Steam, Proton and channels like yours good sir, I’ve moved to Linux for as much of my PC gaming as possible. Not 100% yet but looking forward to the day. Thanks for the great content.

[ 2022-07-16 12:33:01Z ]👍 2

I'll be removing it day one for windows 11 if that's the case.

[ 2022-07-16 12:39:29Z ]👍 0

I see Epic games a problem throwing money all over the place, I don't see Tim or Epic games of yet, pushing to make Linux better. Microsoft they to many parts and do what ever they feel like, one day helping Linux, Next day doing evil things.

[ 2022-07-16 13:18:50Z ]👍 1

So Long Steve Ballmer!

[ 2022-07-16 15:57:42Z ]👍 0

Viva la revolución!

[ 2022-07-16 17:31:17Z ]👍 4

I think you're spot on, these gaming handhelds adding to the linux market share is snowballing nicely

[ 2022-07-16 17:59:13Z ]👍 0

I'm so excited to see so many companies embracing Linux for gaming devices. Knowing how the Linux community works, I'm excited that anything that happens on a mobile platform to be likely implemented on desktop as well!

[ 2022-07-16 21:54:37Z ]👍 0

i can see a future where nintendo may struggle to sell an new device (as they struggled with n64, gamecube and wiiU) and end up having to do their own linux based device to get support from thirdy parties, first partie exclusives arent an guarantee of good console sales as we see from the afore mentioned consoles, not to mention they had 2 devices with linux already! (nes mini and snes mini) or maybe sony, they already did some experimentations with ps2 linux and yellowdoglinux for the ps3, not to mention "Playstation Classics" consoles, sega also did it with gamegear micro, and atari has the new VCS. nintendo and sony probably would try to lock it to their stores, but even that would be good to make microsoft less of an treat for then.

[ 2022-07-16 23:37:08Z ]👍 4

I'm so going to enjoy having a couple of naysayers eat their words. I have some friends who will never let go of Windows, they are pretty religious about it, but I'm sure most of them will switch to Linux in the near future.

[ 2022-07-17 04:11:16Z ]👍 0

Don't forget HoloOS, an unofficial desktop version of SteamOS. Wouldn't it be cool if Valve can get vendors to sell their laptops pre-installed with SteamOS? That will greatly increase Linux marketshare.

[ 2022-07-17 04:54:22Z ]👍 1

Gabe did say back in 2013 Linux is the future of gaming

[ 2022-07-17 07:11:29Z ]👍 0

Why don't they work with the Holo ISO devs to officially put Steam OS out there? The Holo ISO devs already figured out part of the dualbooting, albeit they're tied to 57GBs or 500GBs for the SteamOS partition for whatever reason they're almost there

[ 2022-07-17 07:20:01Z ]👍 0

Microsoft is still the evil empire they always were.

[ 2022-07-17 13:58:40Z ]👍 0

And Microsoft has made it harder to put Linux on some machines.

[ 2022-07-17 14:25:41Z ]👍 0

I was using POP OS for a quite time but move back to Windows the only part I dont like was that GOG was not working with cloud saving and I have quite large amount of games there

[ 2022-07-20 21:15:32Z ] 👍 0

🤦 the heroic launcher added that recently.

[ 2022-07-17 15:44:27Z ]👍 0

No, still waiting for mine 😢😢😢. This is great news. Tired of Microsof buggy OS.

[ 2022-07-17 17:43:13Z ]👍 0

To be honest, stadia did already take the first step in actual linix gaming. And to be honest, steamdeck runs windows games through proton

[ 2022-07-17 22:33:45Z ]👍 0

the only thing i dont like about steam os is... its linux with locked on training wheels. cant install software not approve by valve.. im using the steamdeck as my main pc atm, great machine. plug a usbc hub with everything and its a little beast! buuuut... if the i want to install software, for example Bpytop, a little monitoring device that run in python on terminal, i cant. its not in the signature keys of steam os. i told myself ill just add it to the signatures. nope, locked down. cant access the AUR too, the staple of arch linux.. steam os is based on arch but nope, cant get there.. its a bit frustrating. i understand why they did it of course.. but its still painful.. they should add a dev mode that let us thinker with the software more. bury it deep deep in the option so mom and pop cant find it and break their system if they must.. but give me that option.. linux aint linux without options

[ 2022-07-17 23:00:44Z ]👍 0

I love what it's done for the handheld gaming space, but , I am especially happy that it is Linux, as far away as possible from Microsoft! Also, the Steam Deck bringing the Linux awareness coaslesces nicely with the recent advances in Gnome and KDE desktops. Hoping that Valve keeps the ball rolling for the Linux transition, because there is still a lot a work to do on SteamOS to make it truly a main stay in the [mainstream] gaming/PC space.

[ 2022-07-18 11:02:35Z ]👍 0

switched about a year ago for all my devices. Best choice I could have made

[ 2022-07-18 17:07:24Z ]👍 0

I heard that the Q3 Steam Decks are different, improved? It would be interesting a video about that. Cheers

[ 2022-07-19 02:29:27Z ]👍 0

I've been using linux for over 10 years, I'm so thankful for all the contributions people put forward to make all the software, from apps to architecture, from drivers to distros, and everything outside and in between. Seeing the success of Deck and SteamOS, proton, dvxk, and now witnessing these other handheld manufacturers entering the arena wielding linux and open source software, just wow, hats off to Valve. It was the thousands of hands contributors over the years their giant push that put linux gaming in the great state it is in at this moment. BTW I just got my 512 Steam Deck today (now I run arch)

[ 2022-07-19 06:23:55Z ]👍 0

Love this, maybe in half a decade or so we can knock windows down a peg, and hopefully people stop blindly buying these "AAA" as well as stop whaling so badly on mobile games to knock these companies down a leg and set them straight. Though I fear it'll only get worse from here on for a lot of things.

[ 2022-07-19 06:26:47Z ]👍 1

Personally overjoyed by all these linux-related news, as a daily driver of it myself. Thank you for the video!

[ 2022-07-19 11:24:30Z ]👍 0

The two big selling points of the Steam Deck are the price and SteamOS, Windows just isn't that great on a portable gaming devices as it's not designed for that, SteamOS works much better in that sense. I think rivals of the Steam Deck should use SteamOS or at least offer it as an option because they are already fighting an uphill battle on the price point, they don't need to do so on the OS side of things. It's also a win win for both sides, Valve wants SteamOS on more devices to push Linux gaming, the portable gaming devices is a growing sector so even thought rivals are more expensive, they are likely to profit on this because of the exposure Steam Deck is doing in that sector for PC portable gaming.

[ 2022-07-19 17:54:37Z ]👍 0

Too bad installing nexus mods is literally entirely impossible. I've been trying for the past week, following every tutorial under the sun to the letter, but always fails for one reason or another. No mods, no gaming.

[ 2022-07-21 05:45:26Z ]👍 0

It's the snowball effect. Aka the opposite of the chicken and egg problem. When you solve the chicken and egg problem, you create the snowball effect, where every gain of marketshare makes it easier to obtain the next marketshare gain, because you're removing the thing that was previously holding down marketshare.

[ 2022-07-21 08:23:51Z ]👍 0

This is great, not only is there more competition and choice for handheld Gaming PCs, but also the software that runs on Linux, helping Linux develop into a powerful gaming platform that can rival Windows. I really want to migrate to Linux and am looking forward to getting the Aya Neo Next 2 with its discrete GPU. I hope Linux has progressed so far that I can play 90% of all past PC games and 100% of Emulation.

[ 2022-07-22 02:59:40Z ]👍 0

I get my steam in 2 days, on Saturday I'm excited, but not as much as I was I think the long wait killed my enthusiasm

[ 2022-07-22 12:56:39Z ]👍 1

I'm hoping they make steam os not just available but compatible with most modern desktop computers, I tried linux mint a few years ago and it wouldn't install because of my corsair keyboard. I'm sure that problem has been addressed by now but it makes me wonder about my other hardware, for example my oculus rift.

[ 2022-07-22 13:23:53Z ]👍 0

In desktops, I would love to see the new intel GPUs outperform MS WOS in dx <12 games with proton. And as they are going to be the cheaper ones for dx12 - Vulkan because they perform worse in dx<12 in MS WOS, increase the li(gnu)x user base. But nobody tested them on li(gnu)x yet.

[ 2022-07-23 22:43:10Z ]👍 0

The snowball is gaining traction. No one can stop it anymore.

[ 2022-07-25 06:08:55Z ]👍 2

Got my Steam Deck finally. I'm pretty excited about the desktop mode; this will be my gateway into experiencing Linux as a great alternative to Windows-based gaming and computing.

[ 2022-08-04 03:03:32Z ]👍 0

I don't think Ayaneo understands just how much work and maintenance goes into maintaining a OS like SteamOS. They would have to work closely with the Linux community like Valve in order to make sure their games run without much issue. They can't just make the OS and be one and done and never touch it again or fix all the games that will get broken later on

[ 2022-08-04 14:16:34Z ]👍 0

Moving people away from windows is the reason valve said they're doing this.

[ 2022-08-05 14:36:10Z ]👍 0

I've been waiting like 20 years for this moment in history. If Microsoft isn't shaking in their boots right now they're just not paying attention.

[ 2022-07-15 14:36:52Z ]👍 4

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