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Linux Desktop reaches New All time high. 4.45%(+0.4) 📈🐧(gs.statcounter.com)

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sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip
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I want to know who the fuck is gaming on FreeBSD and how.

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mox@lemmy.sdf.org
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The comments on this article might lead to good info.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-FreeBSD-2021

I expect a lot is possible if Wine and good Vulkan drivers are available.

This guy shows how to get Steam up and running:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQpI7SU921A

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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Yup, I used to use FreeBSD and it worked okay. When I used it, the Nvidia drivers were better than AMD, but I don’t know if the FOSS AMD drivers have been ported to FreeBSD.

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Cnor_Siwas@lemmy.world
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You can theoretically run Linux programs (such as Steam) on the BSDs. And I am pretty sure that there are some open source games on BSD too. Only tried it a few times tho.

Edit: and there’s a WINE version for FreeBSD aswell.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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At least when I tried, it was easier to get Windows Steam to work than Linux Steam. Maybe the Linuxulator has improved since then.

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sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip
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I tried it once a decade ago and uh, no luck whatsoever lol.

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mrvictory1@lemmy.world
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FreeBSD Nvidia drivers have a similar set of features compared to Linux drivers, there is also a Linux compat layer on FreeBSD.

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Kayn@dormi.zone
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Who’s saying anything about gaming in that image?

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sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip
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Aha, you’re right!

In my defense, i posted at midnight, without my glasses =P

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