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Question about Steam Deck vs Gaming PC (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I have a Steam Deck, and I love it. It can handle 90% of my library, and it's always improving.

I decided to try out a linux distro for my OS, because the biggest drawback has always been the hoops that I had to jump through to get games up and running. I went for Pop OS, since that seemed to be natively friendly with NVidia, and the lowest barrier for entry. However, in Steam, I see that there is a much more limited selection of games compatible with my system. Is there a way around that, to get the same selection as my Steam Deck? Or is it this way because the Steam Deck is a singular platform that is developed for based on specific architecture?

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

No. But Apple has built an alternative, although devs need to do some work to get their games running. That said, Mac gaming is even less popular than Linux Gaming, so don't expect a good catalogue.