The recent news that SteamOS may soon be shipped with third-party devices could be particularly important for Linux gaming on desktops.

Even gamers nexus’ Steve today said that they’re about to start doing Linux games performance testing soon. It’s happening, y’all, the year of the Linux desktop is upon us. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

Edit: just wanted to clarify that Steve from GN didn’t precisely say they’re starting to test soon, he said they will start WHEN the steam OS releases and is adopted. Sorry about that.

  • Amju Wolf@pawb.socialEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Sure, the Index should work fine, but I’m not so sure about accessories, my Slimes, etc. Also on an nvidia GPU…

    Really hope Valve does indeed release the new headset, because my Index is getting very dated.

    • priapus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      12 days ago

      Completely depends on the accessories, and an nvidia GPU is unlikely to have a major impact, I’ve used one for VR before. What are slimes?

      • Amju Wolf@pawb.socialEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Slimes as in SlimeVR, open source trackers.

        I think it all should work, but I’m afraid of just having to solve issues in general with stuff I don’t have to solve any issues with now.

        • priapus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          4 days ago

          I assumed it was that. I saw explicit Linux support on their site, so wanted to confirm.

          Nothing wrong with having that fear, just not super fair to assume it won’t work in that case. Both the devices you’ve mentioned have good Linux support, and would likely work pretty well out of the box.