On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:04:59 -0500 Giles Orr via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:
I'm starting work on a class for TPL called "What is Linux," which may or may not actually be completed or taught. I know SteamOS is used on Valve's hardware (I can read Wikipedia) ... but what about people who want to run recent games but also want to move to Linux? Do they install SteamOS straight onto their hardware? Can it support LibreOffice and other "normal" stuff? Or do they add some large bundle of Steam software on top of their existing OS like Debian or Cachy?
Because let's face it, gaming is the critical reason for not leaving Windows for some people. I'd like to be able to at least partially address that issue. As well as I know Linux, I'm pretty clueless about gaming.
I have installed War Thunder on my Fedora desktop. It runs fine, and I have fun with it. It does not work on my rather old Thinkpad laptop, or on the cheap computer I have attached to my TV, both of which run YouTube and Netflix nicely. If someone's computer cannot handle Windows_11, it may not be able to handle War Thunder, and other Steam products. -- Howard Gibson hgibson@eol.ca http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson