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Valve launches the Steam Next Fest right on Windows 10 EOL because they hate me, specifically (also, distro-picking). (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Like, why Valve? I was so close to clearing out all the games I was partway through, now I need to add some demos to my backlog (not many, this Next Fest is kinda weak).

Probably could've made it but I haven't picked a distro. I'm planning on turning my desktop into a dedicated gaming computer and not daily driver, because of the malware risk. I wanted something not finicky, something devs would test on as a known quantity, and preferably something Arch-based like SteamOS.

  • Garuda (Arch-based)
  • Bazzite (Known quantity, immutable, Fedora-based, I don't trust it for some reason)
  • Nobara (Proton-adjacent distro, Fedora-based)
  • CachyOS (Super fast, Arch-based, presumably finicky?)
  • Windows 7 (Based, unsupported by steam, insecure)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago

Indie games rock! Just browsing, here are a few I found interesting:

  • astro protocol - looks kind of like Masters of Orion or, if you really squint, Stellaris
  • Aerial_Knight's DropShot - ridiculous looking skydiving racing game using finger bullets
  • Stellar Freight: Echoes of the Void - reminds me of ∆V: Rings of Saturn, but more approachable by casuals

That's just a couple pages of games, there are more gems to find.

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