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Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds

(arstechnica.com)
400 points _JamesA_ | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 19:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.511s | source
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jekwoooooe ◴[25 Jun 25 23:54 UTC] No.44382924[source]▶
The last missing piece for full Linux gaming is anticheat. Last I looked into it, the major vendors don’t want to support it due to lack of kernel security and the ones that do, game devs refuse to allow it (destiny for example)

One we can play AAA games I am literally ditching windows forever. Steamos is the best thing that has happened to gaming

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1. bsimpson ◴[26 Jun 25 14:12 UTC] No.44387626[source]▶
It's also an anticompetitive red herring, at least for Epic.

They say they don't support Linux because it's too complicated to be worth the ROI. Really, it's that they don't want to boost a platform where Steam is far and away the default store.

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2. WorldMaker ◴[26 Jun 25 15:44 UTC] No.44388513[source]▶
This is especially relevant to note because Epic bought and owns Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) one of the currently most popular anti-cheats in AAA.

ETA: EAC still supports Linux gaming today, but the rumors remain that Epic could remove that at their whim.