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Year of Linux on the Desktop (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by Limonene@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He's running Windows 7 right now, so I'll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

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[-] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

I don't think Steam actually recommends any distro since some time anymore

I think they do by proxy since they only distribute it via .deb (and with Steam of course) and all games in the store that have a native Linux version mention some kind of Ubuntu version in their requirements as well. Which is funny since the Steam Deck doesn't even run Ubuntu.

[-] c10l@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

since they only distribute it via .deb

.deb are the Debian package format. Ubuntu is actually a Debian derivative, among others, which is why they use the same format. Debian lists a few of those derivatives in their docs: https://www.debian.org/derivatives/

Here's my Debian setup for gaming: https://lemmy.world/post/9543661

[-] Vash63@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/pool/steam/s/steam/

They have a tarball also, which is what the Arch PKGBUILD uses and probably other distros.

[-] EddyBot@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago

Valve releases Steam as Flatpak too

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