Update: For now, my son is using his older Windows laptop. I recently backed up my / partition, and updated the display drivers to an appropriate Nvidia package. Fingers crossed, things appear to be working better than with the generic driver.
I have been able to run Steam Beta, and can now run the Windows games I bought many years back under Linux! On Wed, May 31, 2023, 3:54 AM Michael L <helpwithmath...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see the steam deck dock was previously discussed; sorry to be redundant. > > > > > I don't remember much of gaming presentation on recent meetups; wouldn't > mind seeing recording. > > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 4:30 PM Thomas Bartkus <thomasbart...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> Really regret I missed the talk on linux gaming. >> For what it's worth - I have 2 Windows games working apparently >> flawlessly under Steam/proton. >> These are: *"Space Engine"* and *"BeamNG.drive"* >> No muss, no fuss. This is on MX Linux, AMD Ryzen. and nVidia. MX Linux >> is a Debian distro. >> >> In addition I have 3 other native linux games under Steam that also work >> fine. >> Really amazing, though, to have regular graphics intensive Microsoft >> games that just work under linux. >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 2:24:36 AM UTC-5 Paul Boniol wrote: >> >>> My son is getting into gaming, and I'm interested in getting a Linux >>> install he can try out. Unfortunately I had to miss the recent meeting >>> where we had a gaming presentation. >>> >>> My son mentioned Steam. I see there is a Linux Beta that people say will >>> run the Windows games he mentioned. I tried it on my former Linux install, >>> but it completely freaked out. I looked, Wayland, so possibly that. But >>> also having tried the Ubuntu provided Nvidia video drivers a few years ago, >>> I think that started the whole thing where the system was unstable. I had >>> to completely uninstall, and the system was never completely stable again. >>> So I'm somewhat snake bit on trying to play with it. (Again possibly the >>> Wayland combo.) >>> >>> Also interested in Twitch live streaming him and his friends playing. >>> Just started looking into that but see people have gotten it working. >>> >>> Was there any documentation from the recent meeting? Any suggestions? >>> >>> ---Paul. >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/325065c1-82cf-4fce-99de-62b258e5e5can%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/325065c1-82cf-4fce-99de-62b258e5e5can%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXZeBVYZa3BveCWJMkgZtR3vhgb5ppiz%2BCUS77SsXWBDDg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXZeBVYZa3BveCWJMkgZtR3vhgb5ppiz%2BCUS77SsXWBDDg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAL9PgS2Y2C7%2BaBdcmgT-dyuXXQR5ndhzOzL44VshSgnLkppc4w%40mail.gmail.com.
