Zippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 month agoIf Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing directorwww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down15
arrow-up1240arrow-down1external-linkIf Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing directorwww.rockpapershotgun.comZippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square90linkfedilink
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoActually, you can get most of Valve’s work without SteamOS. I’m running Mint and it works great.
minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoActually, that’s not what I want or need. First party support here needs to include system drivers (including GPU) from primary sources (aka no “just add this repo and install this DKMS and run that installer”, it should work OOTB for the most common hardware).
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat’s what has happened to me. I haven’t installed a single driver yet, in about a year. But I dunno. Maybe I just won the lottery.
minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI’ll give it a go sometimes, but the AMD CPU + Nvidia GPU combo wasn’t exactly winner the last time I tried.
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYeah, that might not work as well. I’m on a Framework laptop that hasn’t been modified much.
minus-squareMinnels@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoBazzite did that for me. Installing and getting a game up and running took me 20 minutes. No fuzz. All drivers and software self update.
Actually, you can get most of Valve’s work without SteamOS. I’m running Mint and it works great.
Actually, that’s not what I want or need.
First party support here needs to include system drivers (including GPU) from primary sources (aka no “just add this repo and install this DKMS and run that installer”, it should work OOTB for the most common hardware).
That’s what has happened to me. I haven’t installed a single driver yet, in about a year.
But I dunno. Maybe I just won the lottery.
I’ll give it a go sometimes, but the AMD CPU + Nvidia GPU combo wasn’t exactly winner the last time I tried.
Yeah, that might not work as well. I’m on a Framework laptop that hasn’t been modified much.
Bazzite did that for me. Installing and getting a game up and running took me 20 minutes. No fuzz. All drivers and software self update.