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Karasukan Jul 19, 2021 @ 3:16am
Proton to run Window games?
That actually works? I fear so much its just theory and in the real world you end up missing your favorite game run smooth.
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Bons Jul 19, 2021 @ 3:51am 
As a Linux gamer that proton works great. almost all of my Windows games works fine via proton. Only games with anticheat on it does not work, but valve said it will work when the steam deck will be released to the public, they are working with anticheat vendors on that.

you can see working windows tittles on proton here: https://www.protondb.com/
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Karasukan Jul 19, 2021 @ 3:53am 
oh ok sweet!! I guess i need to try Steam OS and see. It has the same Proton as Deck i hope?
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WarnerCK Jul 19, 2021 @ 4:00am 
Originally posted by raison d'être 💕:
oh ok sweet!! I guess i need to try Steam OS and see. It has the same Proton as Deck i hope?
The SteamOS that will be on the Steam Deck hasn't been released yet; the SteamOS that you can currently download is quite outdated and shouldn't be used.

The anti-cheat work for Proton also hasn't been made available yet: they're hoping that it will be done before launch. Proton as it currently stands is simply included in the Steam Linux client. You can use it on any Linux distro if you want to try it out.
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Karasukan Jul 19, 2021 @ 4:26am 
Originally posted by WarnerCK:
Originally posted by raison d'être 💕:
oh ok sweet!! I guess i need to try Steam OS and see. It has the same Proton as Deck i hope?
The SteamOS that will be on the Steam Deck hasn't been released yet; the SteamOS that you can currently download is quite outdated and shouldn't be used.

The anti-cheat work for Proton also hasn't been made available yet: they're hoping that it will be done before launch. Proton as it currently stands is simply included in the Steam Linux client. You can use it on any Linux distro if you want to try it out.

anti cheat like used in Dead by Daylight? thats very important ow. So this Steam Linux client are install-able as packages on Debian? I ssh a lot to Raspian. I dont really want a linux Desktop, that Steam Big Screen mode will be fine.
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Mr Jt (Gog is king) Jul 19, 2021 @ 4:29am 
Im wondering if my gog games will work
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WarnerCK Jul 19, 2021 @ 4:37am 
Originally posted by raison d'être 💕:
anti cheat like used in Dead by Daylight? thats very important ow.

Dead By Daylight uses Easy Anti Cheat, I think? Yes, that's one of the ones they're specifically negotiating to make work. EAC works fine on Linux games, it's just that the Windows EAC detects Wine as Windows that's been tampered with.

So this Steam Linux client are install-able as packages on Debian?

Just a normal package.

I ssh a lot to Raspian. I dont really want a linux Desktop, that Steam Big Screen mode will be fine.

The Steam client and all the Steam games are x86/x86_64, so they won't work on the ARM Raspberry Pi.
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Karasukan Jul 19, 2021 @ 4:40am 
Originally posted by WarnerCK:
Originally posted by raison d'être 💕:
anti cheat like used in Dead by Daylight? thats very important ow.

Dead By Daylight uses Easy Anti Cheat, I think? Yes, that's one of the ones they're specifically negotiating to make work. EAC works fine on Linux games, it's just that the Windows EAC detects Wine as Windows that's been tampered with.

So this Steam Linux client are install-able as packages on Debian?

Just a normal package.

I ssh a lot to Raspian. I dont really want a linux Desktop, that Steam Big Screen mode will be fine.

The Steam client and all the Steam games are x86/x86_64, so they won't work on the ARM Raspberry Pi.

i know Raspberry Pi is arm. I meant to say i am most comfy with Debian since Raspian is based on it. Could you link the Steam client package for Debian please?
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WarnerCK Jul 19, 2021 @ 4:46am 
Originally posted by raison d'être 💕:
I meant to say i am most comfy with Debian since Raspian is based on it. Could you link the Steam client package for Debian please?
sudo apt install steam
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WarnerCK Jul 19, 2021 @ 4:47am 
Originally posted by Jt:
Im wondering if my gog games will work
You can just add them to Steam as a non-Steam game. Or use something like minigalaxy for native GOG games. Or use Lutris for Windows GOG games.
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Karasukan Jul 19, 2021 @ 4:49am 
Originally posted by WarnerCK:
Originally posted by raison d'être 💕:
I meant to say i am most comfy with Debian since Raspian is based on it. Could you link the Steam client package for Debian please?
sudo apt install steam

XD didnt think it was that easy! I will prepare a partition on my game pc and try it out thanks. I am a bit tired to boot Linux from a stick everytime i want to use it so its time to dual boot.
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WarnerCK Jul 19, 2021 @ 4:50am 
Originally posted by raison d'être 💕:
XD didnt think it was that easy! I will prepare a partition on my game pc and try it out thanks. I am a bit tired to boot Linux from a stick everytime i want to use it so its time to dual boot.
Good luck! I hope you like it! 🐧

Edit: if you're most comfortable with something Debian-based, and you're preparing for the Steam Deck, you might want to consider going for Kubuntu instead: it uses KDE, the same as the Deck will.
Last edited by WarnerCK; Jul 19, 2021 @ 4:55am
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Karasukan Jul 19, 2021 @ 4:54am 
Originally posted by WarnerCK:
Originally posted by raison d'être 💕:
XD didnt think it was that easy! I will prepare a partition on my game pc and try it out thanks. I am a bit tired to boot Linux from a stick everytime i want to use it so its time to dual boot.
Good luck! I hope you like it! 🐧

yes its fun. If i find funds to get Steam Deck i probably will use it as my mobile ssh box to be totally geeky XD
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ReBoot Jul 19, 2021 @ 6:30am 
A friend of mine is running Killing Floor 2 (which is both demanding and a diva) just fine.
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WhiteKnight Jul 19, 2021 @ 7:36am 
Originally posted by raison d'être 💕:
That actually works? I fear so much its just theory and in the real world you end up missing your favorite game run smooth.

You can watch this videos and there is more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_0MnP17XOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXTPyrKICkA

If you want to try it out you can get Garuda Linux https://garudalinux.org/. It's based on Arch & has KDE Plasma which Steam OS 3.0 uses.
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figmentPez Jul 19, 2021 @ 12:43pm 
Originally posted by WarnerCK:
The Steam client and all the Steam games are x86/x86_64, so they won't work on the ARM Raspberry Pi.

Box86 and Box64 say otherwise. You absolutely can run some Steam games on the RPi... rather poorly, but it is technically possible. With faster ARM devices you can actually run some games well (see Owlboy running on a RockPi).

I haven't had much time to play around with it on my own Pi (running TwisterOS, which comes with Box86, Lutris, and Steam already installed), so I'm not sure if anything runs well enough to play, but Curse of Monkey Island (1997) ran smoothly and was only hindered by intermittent audio stuttering. Dropsy, a more recent 2D adventure game from 2015, ran with a lot of slowdown (maybe on an overclocked Pi?).

But enough of that rabbit hole. Back to discussion of compatibility layers that actually work well enough to play modern games.
Last edited by figmentPez; Jul 19, 2021 @ 12:43pm
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