Tag: Steam
-
Nearly 90% of Win Games Run on Linux
Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever. The viability of Linux as a gaming platform has come on leaps and bounds in recent years due to the sterling work of WINE and Proton developers, among others, and…
-
KDE Linux on Pre-Alpha
Project Banana ripens into a pre-alpha for KDE Linux, and you can test it. Desktop project’s in-house distro is impressively ambitious, but nowhere near ready. The former “Project Banana” now has a more sober name, albeit one a bit trickier to search for. KDE Linux is an all-new desktop Linux distro being developed as a showcase…
-
Proton Could Make Gamers Switch
I’m a gamer, and games are the only reason I’m still on Windows. I use a Mac for most of my day-to-day work, my servers have used Linux for years, and I frequently use WSL even on Windows when doing development work or interacting with my servers. Years and years ago, I’d tried to switch…
-
Happy 3 Years Old, Steam Deck!
Happy three years to the Steam Deck – the Linux gaming machine that changed everything! It’s been three years today since Valve released the Steam Deck. Not only has Valve shown how incredible Linux actually can be as a gaming platform, but they really kicked the industry into gear on PC gaming handhelds. What a…
-
Valve collaborates with Arch
This is some pretty exciting news! The Arch Linux team have announced a new direct collaboration with Valve (Steam). Something that’s not too surprising, since Valve do fund a lot of open source work, and SteamOS for Steam Deck is built directly on Arch Linux so working more closely together makes a lot of sense.…
-
Surprising Gaming Victory vs. Win 11
The conversation around gaming on Linux has changed significantly during the last several years. It’s a success story engineered by passionate developers working on the Linux kernel and the open-source graphics stack (and certainly bolstered by the Steam Deck). Many of them are employed by Valve and Red Hat. Many are enthusiasts volunteering their time…
