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**11/03/2022 - Anthony F && Nicolas F**
Xen0rInspire && Tony2464
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Gaming on Linux systems

Why it's struggling to become more popular ?


Brief introduction

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Preamble

Focus on PC gaming market


Global games market value

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A key player of the Linux gaming community


Valve : a desire to create a whole new ecosystem

  • SteamOS 1.0 released in 2013, based on Debian 7 (Wheezie)
  • Steam Machines with SteamOS 2.0 (based on Debian 8) in 2015, a new hybrid gaming console between PC and home console (like Playstation or Xbox)
  • Valve removes the Steam Machines section from the Steam client in 2018

2021, a decisive year for Valve and the Linux gaming community


The Steam Deck, the new portable gaming console

SteamOS 3.0 based on Arch Linux is released as well

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When the open source community gets involved


The HoloISO project

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The Wine project

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Wine is a compatibility layer for Windows applications that allows you to run Windows applications on Linux systems.

  • Translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls
  • More efficient thant a virtual machine
  • Free and open source software

Proton, the beginning of the revolution


A major breakthrough for Linux gaming

  • Released in 2018 by Valve
  • Open source project
  • Based on Wine and includes DXVK/VKD3D among many other libraries

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The ProtonDB

https://www.protondb.com/


The most famous Linux distros for gaming


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Steam OS

  • Fork of Debian based on 8.x "Jessie"
  • Not actively maintained and outdated

Except SteamOS 3.x is the new version based on Arch for Steam Deck


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Pop!_OS

  • Made by Sytem76
  • Based on Ubuntu LTS
  • Suited for hybrid graphics computers
  • Version with Nvidia driver pre-installed

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Garuda Linux

  • Based on Arch Linux
  • Several GUI applications to easily manage the system
  • Garuda Gamer application (GUI tool to install gaming-related tools from one place)

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Drauger OS

  • Based on Ubuntu LTS
  • Customized Linux Kernel to reduced the latency
  • Claims to support most Xbox and Xbox360 controllers and some PlayStation controllers as well

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Retropie

  • Based on Raspbian
  • Emulator for retro games
  • Optimized for Raspberry Pi (but works on other computers as well)

Why video games are mostly developed for Windows ?


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Statista

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