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SteamOS massively beats Windows on the Legion Go S
Submitted 1 day ago by AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space to games@lemmy.world
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steamos-massively-beats-windows-on-the-legion-go-s/
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atlien51@lemm.ee 17 hours ago
Elkot@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Tempted to get Steam OS on my laptop, gotten really used to it on my Steam Deck
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Unless there are major changes from the Deck version, I would STRONGLY advise not running SteamOS on any machine with sensitive data. You want a real login screen and, preferably, FDE for any laptop.
If you like the Desktop Mode? That is just KDE Plasma. Basically every major distro has a build that uses it (and you can install it yourself otherwise). And Steam mode is literally just Steam Big Picture (with some minor tweaks).
For a laptop? I am an old so I use Fedora. But I think everyone loves atomic distros these days so consider Bazzite.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Steam OS is basically Arch Linux with KDE and Steam that autoruns in their special mode. It would even be easier to setup for yourself.
kemsat@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
If they make a Linux app for Game Pass & just let Proton do its thing, they could still make money off people that don’t use Windows.
AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 22 hours ago
Probably, but I know that at least in the past, their philosophy was to uphold Windows as the one gold standard at all costs, and I doubt that has changed.
It might be one of those non-authentic quotes, but I heard that Steve Ballmer supposedly once said, that they’d rather have people pirate Windows instead of using another OS. No matter if that is an authentic statement - there is a real synergetic effect: If everyone is used to how Windows works at home (even if pirated there), then any potential employer will want to have Windows licenses for their IT and office stuff, which is where the main money lies. That’s one of the reasons Microsoft has been so furiously anti-competition, because their main advantage is being the de-facto standard, and being the only proper gaming system became a part of that strategy, with attempts to further lock-in any gamers into their ecosystem if at all possible (some of which thankfully failed).
So I think making an app for Game Pass for Linux won’t be in their interest any time soon, unfortunately.
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It will be very funny if Microsoft releases their handheld, and is instantly better with Linux.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It might be, but the point of the Microsoft handheld is to grant access to Game Pass and games with lousy anti-cheat on a UI that doesn’t suck like desktop Windows does.
TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
The imagine if their cloud runs the game using proton. The provider with the lowest overhead would have lower costs and thus a cheaper service. If Microsoft doesn’t do it, someone else could.
lustyargonian@lemm.ee 1 day ago
That’s how competition works!
lustyargonian@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I think the issue here is DirectX, so unless there’s meaningful changes to how DX works internally, DXVK at this point can always be a step ahead with all the changes it can make without tech debt to worry about
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
So far it seems to be an issue with the Legion itself. The ROG Ally sees no meaningful improvements with SteamOS.
TheFANUM@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Bullshit
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
As an ally owner, this is rather unfortunate
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Unfortunate why? It just means Asus sold you a pretty well optimized product.
ogeist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I hope Windows does try to challenge Steam. Competition is good, it should strongly drive PC game optimization.
Jhex@lemmy.world 1 day ago
when Windows “challenges” others, they don’t compete on merit… it’s easier to blackmail game developers by threatening to kick them out of Windows / Xbox platforms if they develop for Linux… this is how we ended up with “windows is the only os for gaming” back in the 90s
ogeist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes but that’s it right, they are not developing for Linux, Steam is doing it for the developer. There is nothing stopping Windows of saying sell exclusively through my Store, though I believe they have tried.
But I do understand were you are coming from Windows is definitely not the most ethical company and definitely they are not up for fair fight, what I’m trying to say is that I hope the game developers focus more in the mobile market and optimize the games more.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Do you have a source for that? As far as I know, Microsoft never gave much of a damn about making Linux versions of games. They did have an Xbox parity clause for games that came to other consoles, but that’s pretty different than what you’re saying.
otacon239@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I hate to say it, but if MS released a competitor, it will probably outsell the Deck 5:1 regardless of quality, if only because of the advertising reach. Your average non-gamer has never heard of Steam. Everyone and their grandmother know MS and would therefore be more willing to get one for their kid.
demonsword@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
150 million Switch 2 sales
Nope, that’s Switch 1 sales, over its entire lifetime.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Did you know that Steam’s monthly active user base dwarfs any single console out there? At this point, it’s almost as large as PlayStation and Xbox combined; definitely bigger than the combined install base for each of their current gen consoles. Steam is more mainstream than PlayStation at this point.
ogeist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The Steam Deck was the way of bringing SteamOS to the masses, now the HW developers will sell their devices in Walmart just by the Switch and the other consoles, it will be cheaper due to the 0 license cost (or, you know, pocketing the difference) with a big, ever expanding, catalog.
About the Switch 2, the hype is there definitely and it is a known brand, mainly sold to families and casual gamers. But even PlayStation and Xbox are not competing with Nintendo.
aksdb@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I would rather bet that most people have no clue what an operating system is and that the one they (unknowingly) use is made by Microsoft. On the other hand if they play games (on that PC), they will know Steam, because they actively had to install it and click it’s icon frequently.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Meanwhile in reality, Xbox as a console ain’t doing so great.
Your average non-gamer
Isn’t a target market. Gamers range into their 60s and onward now. If someone ‘isn’t a gamer’ chances are they’re aren’t even going to be.
ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I wonder if this same concept would apply to desktops. If you could install both SteamOS and keep windows for when you wanted to run something other than a game. This could be huge.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Dual booting has existed for a long time. Microsoft keeps making it more annoying to do. For my next PC, I’m not even keeping a dual boot around as a safety net; I’m just doing Linux.
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
Funny how much ms bitches that secure boot is REQUIRED for win 11. Then you can just turn it off after installing
ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Dual booting has existed for a long time but this same boost in performance when using SteamOS might not appear on desktops.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
The performance gains are from all the tweaks people have done to proton to fix the games. Running regular programs through wine will only be slower.
TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What’s wild to me is that these games were all developed to run on Windows, not SteamOS or any other Linux distro. This is with the games requiring a compatibility layer to run. Imagine what they could do if the games were made to run on SteamOS.
olafurp@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
That’s all because Wine is not an emulator
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
That’s the magic of proton, and all of the tools that make it work.
DXVK alone is incredible.