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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Valve's plan to bring SteamOS to more devices is a promising sign if you want to stop gaming on Windows (www.pcguide.com)

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Even gamers nexus' Steve today said that they're about to start doing Linux games performance testing soon. It's happening, y'all, the year of the Linux desktop is upon us. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

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[–] GhiLA 21 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Linux doesn't run as many games as Windows

I'd argue it runs more due to compatibility breaks. Wine just-werks with a lot of old installers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

Indeed. I couldn’t get a couple of old 3DO games working on windows 10/11 even though I bought them on Steam.

Work great on Linux w/ Photon (aka wine).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Hit or miss sadly, but still damn close to magic. I can play skyrim and it runs.. As expected, but can't install dark souls rn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I've got Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition (with DSFix) working just fine.

I don't remember having to do anything weird... Have you tried ProtonGE? Maybe it was DSFix that makes it work? I don't remember if I tried playing without DSFix first.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

My copy's pirated thats prolly Why u don't have issues, I'm launching the installer wine installer.exe

[–] GhiLA 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Old Gfwl bullshit, probably

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

The psychic damage from that acronym still hurts after all these years.