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I think this is happening less as the Steam Deck forces non-Linux-compatible games (and games rated as Linux-compatible but with outstanding problems) to fix any outstanding issues so they can work properly on the Deck. Lots of games in my Steam list have had updates over the past 6 months making them work on the Deck, and I assume (though haven't tested) that that will also impact their compatibility with non-Deck Linux boxes.

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I found that even games with "Linux support" tended to work on some distros but not others.

I wonder if there's a guide to setting up Arch in a way that makes it work as much like the Deck as possible? I'm fairly indifferent to choice of distro, maybe it's worth choosing Arch just for game support.

Edit: I found this -- https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown I guess they're using Debian rather than Arch

They used debian before the steam deck was released. They are definitely using arch now, at least for the deck.

That's super lame. I wish they made it so SteamOS behaved as much like the deck as possible, so compatibility work for the deck would also transfer to steam machines.

If anything it is taking away the worry of game studios to care about GNU/Linux, beyond ChromeOS/Android/Linux, Playstation/Swift POSIX inspired OSes, just let Valve do the work on Proton and call it a day.

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