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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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ELI5: What causes a Steam game not to run on an operating system like a Linux distro? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by Kayday@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I primarily use my pc for gaming, and want to avoid upgrading to Windows 11. Beginning the journey of looking into alternatives.

I am ignorant, trying to be less so. I have a hard time understanding what exactly makes a game not work just because of OS.

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

By and large, unless you are playing one of a few multiplayer games which require kernel-level anti-cheat schemes, you won't have issues running Windows games on Linux. Note that kernel-level anti-cheat is also a huge issue in general, for privacy and other reasons, so it's not really something that should or will be fixed in Linux -- it's up to developers to stop requiring such schemes.

I've been a Linux gamer for about 3 years. 3 years ago, I had occasional issues. Now not for a long time. But I play almost entirely single player titles.

Hardware does matter a bit. AMD is extremely Linux friendly and drivers for AMD hardware tends to be in the Linux kernel, so there's nothing else to load. Nvidia makes things more difficult.