I’m just so sick of Microsoft and Google. But there’s two things holding me back:

  1. I wanna play Steam games on my PC

  2. I am just an amateur hobbyist, not a tech wizard

Is there any hope for me?

  • TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    22 hours ago

    I’m not sure what you mean by flew under my radar but I don’t really even know what steamdeck is. some kind of handheld console? how’s it relevant here?

    • RaspberryTuba [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      15 hours ago

      It’s been a big factor in Linux now having extremely strong support for windows games, as it runs Steam on Linux and uses PC hardware to play PC games, and it’s built/supported by Valve who did a lot of the heavy lifting on improving the existing Linux windows compatibility layer to where it is now. What that means for you is basically anything in Steam will run well in Linux even if it’s not a native Linux game (which most aren’t).

      Otherwise, Proton’s the name of Valve/Steam’s compatibility layer project, and you can look up game-specific user reports on playability here: https://www.protondb.com/

    • Aelis [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      22 hours ago

      It’s because it’s quite popular so alot of people know it exists, but yes it’s a handheld console made by steam and it’s using linux, it’s basicly a Linux console.