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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/LuckyPancake on 2025-11-14 03:21:43+00:00.


why is this cool?

for many reasons.

  1. Valve is proving they have a windows->arm->wine pipeline. You can play your windows STEAM games on ARM (which is the cpu type that your phone runs)

2.Valve has claimed the ARM device can run android games, which proves they have a workflow that is likely better than the current linux workflow for running android emulation.

3.SBC (single board computer, aka gaming handhelds) gaming fan? Many cool handheld gaming devices with snapdragon/other processors have been releasing lately.

Android has been it's weakpoint in ways. Winlator is a great project.....but if steam OS via arm is viable it is a much more open platform that doesnt require all hacks winlator does.

the reason many handheld makers have been targeting Android is because so far it has been the most efficient proccesor for performance and much better at power consumption.

  1. one of the weakpoints of windows/linux handheld devices is power cosumption and resume from sleep. valve has made this better with steam OS.
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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/paparoxo on 2025-11-13 17:43:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/Fcking_Chuck on 2025-11-13 09:41:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/kuroimakina on 2025-11-13 08:19:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/Beer2401 on 2025-11-13 07:51:59+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/wist110 on 2025-11-13 03:11:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/pitchforksanddaggers on 2025-11-12 17:09:45+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/Esrrlyg on 2025-11-12 21:54:43+00:00.


With the new reveals of the Steam Hardware line up, namely the Steam Machine. Does this increase the odds of more anti cheat support in the future?

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/alosarjos on 2025-11-12 19:44:31+00:00.


I mean... They should be capable if they got it working on the new Steam Frame, right?

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/KRD__ on 2025-11-12 18:38:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/Mutant0401 on 2025-11-12 18:11:21+00:00.


As there is limited discussion on this topic, two weeks ago, vkd3d-proton merged a change that disabled all types of emulation paths for FP8 that made it possible for RDNA2/3 to run the "official" FSR4 model. Note that this does not affect people running the leaked INT8 model or other modified DLLs.

This decision is above my paygrade and it's done to work toward being able to support FSR4 more officially in Proton.

Custom builds of vkd3d will be required going forward for anyone who wants to use the FP8 model on older hardware. I'm unsure if the main forks (GE/EM/cachyos) already do this so they may be unaffected.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/mr_MADAFAKA on 2025-11-12 18:03:54+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/Liam-DGOL on 2025-11-12 14:15:13+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/Beer2401 on 2025-11-12 11:03:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/Matt_Shah on 2025-11-12 10:35:53+00:00.

Original Title: Satisfactory Devs explicitly mention the Steam Deck and optimizations for it to achieve verified status in their latest patch notes. Overall SF players seem to be very happy with how the studio handles community management.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/OliverPumpkin on 2025-11-11 21:44:00+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/Beer2401 on 2025-11-11 19:29:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/JokaGaming2K10 on 2025-11-11 18:33:31+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/Mistaamewmew on 2025-11-11 14:46:46+00:00.


Except for some exceptions the best case scenario under Linux is that it is a tiny bit slower than Windows and things overall are a bit more complicated to set up. Some Games that require Kernel Level anti-Cheat are out (is that still the case?). So why did you switch anyway?

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/dorchegamalama on 2025-11-11 14:09:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/mr_MADAFAKA on 2025-11-11 11:13:57+00:00.

Original Title: In the Phoronix benchmarks, openSUSE Tumbleweed held its own against CachyOS, sometimes even outperforming it in gaming workloads like SuperTuxKart, while CachyOS generally maintained the lead in overall performance

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