• @ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    349 days ago

    Good idea. This is probably to stop new Linux users from panicking when they buy a new game and then Steam gives them the “this game is incompatible with your operating system” error when they launch without enabling Proton first. I know that message popped up for me a lot.

    • mintiefresh
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      249 days ago

      I had finally convinced a friend to switch to Linux a few months ago. And they installed Steam and the first thing they said was “oh great none of my games work on Linux.”

      Lol. And I just thought man they should really just turn it on by default.

      So I’m glad they’re doing this now.

    • @Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      89 days ago

      It was a little silly to have to change a setting away from the default given that nearly everything works on proton.

  • Rentlar
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    8 days ago

    I had the same experience introducing Linux to other people:

    “Oh yeah, gaming just works out of the box on Linux”, one install later…

    “Hey, it says ‘Only for 🪟’ for everything except Portal and a couple other games!”

    “Whoops, you have to go in the settings and check this very particular box, then it just works out of the box.”

    • @Bosht@lemmy.world
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      08 days ago

      So which distro are you referencing here? The Steam OS? I’m about to jump off the sinking Windows ship and wondering if the Steam OS one is stable enough or I should go with something else. All I use my comp for is gaming and web browsing.

      • @mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        18 days ago

        SteamOS definitely isn’t made for a traditional desktop computer. It has a desktop environment for when you need it, but that’s basically bolted onto the side of Steam’s Big Picture mode. It would likely work well if you have a dedicated PC for your living room TV. But for a traditional desktop setup, you’d likely want something else.

        Maybe Bazzite? It’s basically built for gaming, but doesn’t default to Steam’s Big Picture mode like SteamOS does. It comes with Nvidia drivers pre-installed, which is a big sticking point for lots of people; many have found and/or lost religion while trying to install Nvidia drivers on Linux, so having them ready out-of-the-box is a big selling point. And you can choose which desktop environment you’d prefer when installing it; I’d suggest KDE if you’re familiar with Windows, or Gnome if you prefer MacOS. It’s immutable, which is, to put it simply, controversial. Some people love it, because it means you won’t accidentally destroy your OS. But others find it limiting, because they enjoy being able to go elbow-deep in their OS config.

      • Rentlar
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        18 days ago

        Any Linux OS with Steam installed, but yes most likely the same on SteamOS.

        My experience with games on Steam:

        • 75% of games: Click to Download, click Play, nothing more needed.
        • 20% of games will work, might need to select a special Proton version or put in one command.
        • 4% of games need tweaks specific to that game, to enable multiplayer, get around certain crashes etc., OR the game works fine but multiplayer doesn’t work at all due to anticheat set to block Wine users.
        • 1% of games don’t work at all due to either anticheat, DRM or another problem.

        Workshop works just fine, 3rd party mods will often work, but then you’ll need to get into the weeds of Wine to properly set it up, since installers are separate to the game.

  • @Lulzagna@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    “make it easier” meanwhile Steam is still only 32-bit

    Edit: I forgot Lemmy users need everything explained - many package managers require manual intervention to enable multi-lib repos in order to install 32-bit software, hence why having 64-bit binaries would be easier. ✨