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

submitted 21 hours 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 18 hours 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?

[-] EddyBot@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 17 minutes ago

I reckon there are quite a few people who are waiting for its release before trying Linux.

I always recommend against it people wanting a gaming linux desktop
SteamOS being an immutable operating system works a bit different to most well known operating systems
albeit this also makes any breackage almost impossible

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 22 points 17 hours ago

It uses KDE for that

[-] Giloron@programming.dev 7 points 16 hours ago

Yes, but it is also set up as an OS image.

I think there is a process for persistence, but without some effort, changes are lost for OS updates.

[-] skimm@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 16 hours ago

Changes aren't lost on update. If you enable a sudo user/password, and make changes to the system that way, those changes can be lost when applying the new system image.

Its an immutable Arch-based distro and you have full readwrite to your home directory and all config, settings, and files within persist.

[-] Metostopholes@midwest.social 10 points 18 hours ago

Yes, on the Steam Deck you can restart into KDE.

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