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Valve appear to be testing ARM64 and Android support for Steam on Linux(www.gamingonlinux.com)

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Ashyr@sh.itjust.works
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I don’t really understand what this means. Can you explain the implications?

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deathmetal27@lemmy.world
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They mean when will Valve release an official Steam OS 3 ISO that we can install on our own PCs.

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BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one
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Isn’t Steam OS currently built on Arch?

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Vash63@lemmy.world
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Yes, and ChromeOS is built from Gentoo. That doesn’t mean much, the end user experience is worlds different.

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Juniper (she/her) 🫐@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Yes it is, so theoretically people can just install Arch with KDE and Steam and get a similar setup. However, there is something to be said about a supported OS versus Arch Linux’s community support which tends to have little patience for people who aren’t well informed about the workings of their OS.

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deathmetal27@lemmy.world
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Yes. But SteamOS is immutable.

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dustyData@lemmy.world
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For the implications, I believe it would create a first class commercial level competition for Windows. It would open the door for a vendor trusted platform that implemented all the anti-cheat technologies. Paving the way to lift the virtual Linux ban on first day AAA games compatibility.

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SatouKazuma@lemmy.world
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This is what I was getting at. Sure, most games can be run with Proton fine and well, but if anti-cheat is code for “run Windows or else”, a lot of games are just unplayable, forcing gamers to at least dual boot with Windows.

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