Comment on Steam has now officially stopped supporting Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.
demonsword@lemmy.world 10 months agoIf you are using steam, there’s protondb, where you can check how well game runs on linux
Comment on Steam has now officially stopped supporting Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.
demonsword@lemmy.world 10 months agoIf you are using steam, there’s protondb, where you can check how well game runs on linux
MrVilliam@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I appreciate the link, but I was more asking about the general experience than about game compatibility. I have a Steam Deck and am enjoying the game functionality, and I haven’t hit too many snags in general PC usage on it yet in desktop mode (but I’ve barely used it for that). I’m really just asking around as a medium level Windows user about fully replacing my Windows laptop with a Chimera build to see what concessions I’ll need to accept to have realistic expectations. I’m optimistic that frustrations will be mostly at the “dang it, oh well” level which I could either live with or find a layman level solution to kinda fix. So far, the only real concern I’ve found with my plan to build a modern Chimera steam machine is that the parts I want will cost me like $1500, and that’s pretty hard to justify when I already have a Steam Deck, PS5, and a 2015 Windows 10 laptop. It’s another expensive device that kinda just does what my current shit can already do, just all in one rig. If my laptop or PS5 died, I’d have a lot more reason to go for it.
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
If you already have a Steam Deck, then you are basically already familiar with Linux gaming. The software-side of things (Steam, Proton, etc) is going to be the same on desktop Linux.
If a game is compatible with the Deck, then it is also comaptible with desktop.