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

(arstechnica.com)
400 points _JamesA_ | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 19:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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lenerdenator ◴[26 Jun 25 02:15 UTC] No.44383647[source]▶
When SteamOS and Ganoo/L00nockz become first-class gaming citizens, that's when I'm building a gaming PC for the first time since 2012.

I'm a Mac guy now mainly because of my job and I like UNIX-y stuff now, but of course, gaming is even more lacking than Linux.

We're so close. Once AAA releases and GPU drivers get there, it's over the cliff, and I could see that being in the next five years.

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akimbostrawman ◴[26 Jun 25 13:20 UTC] No.44387154[source]▶
AAA releases have worked for years with the exception being about 60% of online games with anti cheat. Linux has been a first class gaming citizen for years if you use steam client and AMD gpus.
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1. lenerdenator ◴[26 Jun 25 14:12 UTC] No.44387629[source]▶
And that online part is the part that really matters. That's where the games make their money.