On the recent gaming discussion, this was presented at the Southeast Linux Fest June 10th,
https://youtu.be/MVtob7Ty8VQ On Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 12:02 PM Paul Boniol <paul.bon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Update: For now, my son is using his older Windows laptop. > > I recently backed up my / partition, and updated the display drivers to an > appropriate Nvidia package. Fingers crossed, things appear to be working > better than with the generic driver. > > I have been able to run Steam Beta, and can now run the Windows games I > bought many years back under Linux! > > On Wed, May 31, 2023, 3:54 AM Michael L <helpwithmath...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I see the steam deck dock was previously discussed; sorry to be redundant. >> >> >> >> >> I don't remember much of gaming presentation on recent meetups; wouldn't >> mind seeing recording. >> >> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 4:30 PM Thomas Bartkus <thomasbart...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Really regret I missed the talk on linux gaming. >>> For what it's worth - I have 2 Windows games working apparently >>> flawlessly under Steam/proton. >>> These are: *"Space Engine"* and *"BeamNG.drive"* >>> No muss, no fuss. This is on MX Linux, AMD Ryzen. and nVidia. MX Linux >>> is a Debian distro. >>> >>> In addition I have 3 other native linux games under Steam that also work >>> fine. >>> Really amazing, though, to have regular graphics intensive Microsoft >>> games that just work under linux. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 2:24:36 AM UTC-5 Paul Boniol wrote: >>> >>>> My son is getting into gaming, and I'm interested in getting a Linux >>>> install he can try out. Unfortunately I had to miss the recent meeting >>>> where we had a gaming presentation. >>>> >>>> My son mentioned Steam. I see there is a Linux Beta that people say >>>> will run the Windows games he mentioned. I tried it on my former Linux >>>> install, but it completely freaked out. I looked, Wayland, so possibly >>>> that. But also having tried the Ubuntu provided Nvidia video drivers a few >>>> years ago, I think that started the whole thing where the system was >>>> unstable. I had to completely uninstall, and the system was never >>>> completely stable again. So I'm somewhat snake bit on trying to play with >>>> it. (Again possibly the Wayland combo.) >>>> >>>> Also interested in Twitch live streaming him and his friends playing. >>>> Just started looking into that but see people have gotten it working. >>>> >>>> Was there any documentation from the recent meeting? 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