Google's operating system for Chromebooks, ChromeOS, has become a great alternative, especially for students. With it you have a robust, secure and stable platform, as well as being compatible with Android apps. Now, this Linux system will also be able to enjoy the Valve's Steam client, so many possibilities will open up in terms of the gaming world.
It was Valve itself that made the announcement with a statement that said: «As of Monday this week, a first version of Steam for Chrome OS. Google and Valve have been collaborating on this project, which will be shipped to end users in the future. Because Chrome OS is a Linux-based operating system, it can take advantage of much of the work Valve has recently done for the Steam Deck to allow games to run well even when they don't have a native Linux build. Google engineers have worked to greatly expand the capabilities of Chrome OS to make this possible.»
As with Valve's Steam Deck video game console, the developers who create the video games will not have to test their titles to see if they work, but this falls on Google and Valve themselves. Valve itself has clarified it: «depends on Google and Valve make sure the compatibility with Chrome OS be as robust as possible«. However, developers are free to test their builds on proton and on a Linux desktop or Steam Deck.
Surely this is Pretty good news for the gaming world. on Linux platforms, as the ChromeOS sector is quite juicy for developers, and this will have a positive impact on other titles for GNU/Linux distros as well. Without a doubt, it seems that Proton has been a success, and that Steam Deck is helping all this a lot. There are more and more reasons to keep Steam Linux in development.
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