Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2025, and as expected with the Simplified Chinese language dropping the Linux stats have shot back up.
No need to wait for SteamOS. It still needs the compatibility layer, as it is Linux. There is bothing too special about it as far as I know.
I’m a layman in terms of Linux but really… except some multiplayer titles, there really isn’t much to be concerned about using Linux. At least not from my experience.
If you install a version with Gamescope implemented (Chimera, Bazzite, Nobara, HoloISO), the experience is indistinguishable from SteamOS, other than typically some other goodies that make the desktop experience much better, like printer support. I don’t know exactly what they have planned for the wide release of SteamOS but I expect when it drops it will still be inferior to these distros.
I’ve been running Chimera/Bazzite on my desktop for a couple years now and it’s awesome! Especially if you don’t play competitive multiplayer stuff like me.
SteamOS is just Arch with some tweaks. Game compatibility isn’t even determined by SteamOS; Proton is doing all of the heavy lifting. So as long as the game works with Proton, it’ll boot on Linux.
Nah, the vast majority of my interest is in single player story-based games. But hey, the moment SteamOS for desktop is here, I’m jumping on that
No need to wait for SteamOS. It still needs the compatibility layer, as it is Linux. There is bothing too special about it as far as I know.
I’m a layman in terms of Linux but really… except some multiplayer titles, there really isn’t much to be concerned about using Linux. At least not from my experience.
If you install a version with Gamescope implemented (Chimera, Bazzite, Nobara, HoloISO), the experience is indistinguishable from SteamOS, other than typically some other goodies that make the desktop experience much better, like printer support. I don’t know exactly what they have planned for the wide release of SteamOS but I expect when it drops it will still be inferior to these distros.
I’ve been running Chimera/Bazzite on my desktop for a couple years now and it’s awesome! Especially if you don’t play competitive multiplayer stuff like me.
SteamOS is just Arch with some tweaks. Game compatibility isn’t even determined by SteamOS; Proton is doing all of the heavy lifting. So as long as the game works with Proton, it’ll boot on Linux.