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Steam is the leading distributor of games for Linux. Valve officially released Steam for Linux on February 14, 2013. As of June 2020 the number of Linux-compatible games on Steam exceeds 6,500. With the launch of SteamOS, a distribution of Linux made by Valve intended to be used for HTPC gaming, that number is quickly growing. Listed below are ...
This is a list of specific PC titles. For a list of all PC titles, see List of PC games. The following is a list of games released on the Linux operating system. Games do not have to be exclusive to Linux, but they do have to be natively playable on Linux to be listed here.
Proton (software) Proton is a compatibility layer for Windows games to run on Linux -based operating systems. [ 1] Proton is developed by Valve in cooperation with developers from CodeWeavers. [ 2] It is a collection of software and libraries combined with a patched version of Wine to improve performance and compatibility with Windows games.
SteamOS. SteamOS is a Linux distribution developed by Valve. It incorporates Valve's popular namesake Steam video game storefront and is the primary operating system for the Steam Deck, Valve's portable gaming device, as well as Valve's earlier Steam Machines. SteamOS is open source with some closed source components.
Cinnamon is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, which was originally based on GNOME 3, but follows traditional desktop metaphor conventions. The development of Cinnamon began by the Linux Mint team as the result of the April 2011 release of GNOME 3, in which the conventional desktop ...
Debian-based. Debian family tree. Debian (a portmanteau of the names "Deb" and "Ian") Linux is a distribution that emphasizes free software. It supports many hardware platforms. Debian and distributions based on it use the .deb package format [ 2] and the dpkg package manager and its frontends (such as apt or synaptic).
Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront managed by Valve. It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005. Steam offers various features, like game server matchmaking with Valve Anti-Cheat ...
Dolphin is a free and open-source video game console emulator for GameCube and Wii [ 27] that runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S. [ 9][ 10] It had its inaugural release in 2003 as freeware for Windows. Dolphin was the first GameCube emulator that could successfully run commercial games.