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1. It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 16:42:32 JST It's FOSS

   Well, what do you think? 🤔

   https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mainstream-gaming-2025/

   • Dr. G. Power (gpowerf@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 16:44:35 JST Dr. G. Power

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     @itsfoss Aren't the Steam Deck and RetroPie already mainstream ways of gaming?

   • comatoseMob Ⓥ☭🚲🎮🎲 (comatosemob@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 18:22:43 JST comatoseMob Ⓥ☭🚲🎮🎲

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     @itsfoss idk, as a Linux beginner I've had a lot of trouble running native Linux games, and I had to install extra dependencies to run games off Steam and Lutris that average gamers would trip over I think.

   • startswithbalint (startswithbalint@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 18:29:08 JST startswithbalint

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     @itsfoss it's been ready for a while, especially with steam and with heroic launcher supporting epic and gog it's so easy, most games just work. Notable exceptions are games with invasive kernel level anti cheat systems like LoL. For Linux native games many of them are packaged for the few biggest package managers, as well as flat hub or app image, so dependencies or compatibility usually isn't an issue. There's also steam-run.

   • el_haych2024 (el_haych2024@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 19:44:31 JST el_haych2024

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     @itsfoss I hope so. I'm doing most of my gaming on Linux. Other than iPadOS

   • MrGrumpyMonkey (mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Feb-2025 22:06:57 JST MrGrumpyMonkey

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     @itsfoss Most responses here have already covered the reasons why or why it's not ready. The Steam Deck is the closest to plug & play, while most don't even realize it runs a Linux OS. So, I guess that's a good start. But once something does rear its ugly head, that's where the "average" consumer wouldn't know why something doesn't work, while others, like me, whom have used Linux to play games, have the ability to troubleshoot issues that arise. It's not ready yet. Getting close though.