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minus-squareThullinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoI’ve heard Linux gaming is pretty good now with a native steam client and a ton of games that run natively thanks to steamOS
minus-square@TheYang@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agothe ton of games doesn’t run natively, they run well, but through a translation layer (wine/proton)
minus-square@erwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoTo be exact it’s not a translation layer, but a reimplementation of the Windows APIs and ABIs on Linux. That’s why there is no performance cost.
I’ve heard Linux gaming is pretty good now with a native steam client and a ton of games that run natively thanks to steamOS
the ton of games doesn’t run natively, they run well, but through a translation layer (wine/proton)
To be exact it’s not a translation layer, but a reimplementation of the Windows APIs and ABIs on Linux.
That’s why there is no performance cost.