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Question about Steam Deck vs Gaming PC (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I have a Steam Deck, and I love it. It can handle 90% of my library, and it's always improving.

I decided to try out a linux distro for my OS, because the biggest drawback has always been the hoops that I had to jump through to get games up and running. I went for Pop OS, since that seemed to be natively friendly with NVidia, and the lowest barrier for entry. However, in Steam, I see that there is a much more limited selection of games compatible with my system. Is there a way around that, to get the same selection as my Steam Deck? Or is it this way because the Steam Deck is a singular platform that is developed for based on specific architecture?

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[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 11 points 11 months ago

You‘re currect but proton is just a click away in steam. If you enable proton „for all titles“ instead of compatible ones you can run nearly anything.

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Done and done. Thanks!

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 4 points 11 months ago

Make sure to check protondb if you run into any issues. A lot of games have the tiniest problem that you can clear up with a simple startup flag.

Good luck! :)

[-] Fecundpossum@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I always love seeing someone reach the eureka moment where they realize windows is no longer necessary. There are a few games I had to give up completely, but honestly it’s worth the sacrifice. I’m going on over a year with no windows in my home.

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

All games in my 300 game library show up with that option enabled. So far everything just ran with minimal tinkering (selecting a specific proton version in game settings)

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 3 points 11 months ago

Thats just insane! Thanks for mentioning it.

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