Valve has been a big proponent of Linux gaming, and now the company is investing in Android support on Linux. It’s already possible to run Android in a Linux container through Waydroid, but Valve has developed a new fork – and it has officially named it Lepton.

Last month, news broke that Valve would soon support Android games on Steam. This was thanks to a sighting in Steam app changelogs for Walkabout Mini Golf, which added an APK file. The VR title is currently available on the Meta Quest (which runs on a custom version of Android), and may run through the Lepton compatibility layer for Valve’s upcoming Steam Frame VR headset, which runs the company’s Linux-based operating system, SteamOS.

  • Richard@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Linux is sure becoming the universal platform - We just need a proper macOS compatibility layer now

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      2 hours ago

      No reason for a full compatibility layer when we already have GNOME

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      5 hours ago

      You can emulate it by opening up your mouse and carefully ripping all of the button switches other than the left one out. Then go into your BIOS, underclock your CPU (or alternatively, go to the store you got your computer or parts from and just give them more money).

      Then get some plaster and just cover up most of the ports on the back of your computer. Don’t worry, you’ll replace them with dongles, there’s a nice selection available for purchase!

      Then uninstall proton and go around claiming that your computer is the only one that can handle making art (doesn’t matter if you’re an artist, just smugly insist this is the case).

      Oh also forget that your computer is a computer. I don’t know what you need to think it is, but only nerds use computers, you’re not a nerd, you’re cool because you’re on a mac. Or pretending to be on one.

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      5 hours ago

      I’m ignorant, because I never needed anything that only a Mac can do. Can you clue me in in the cost justification for this?

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            23 minutes ago

            DAWs

            I am told by most sound engineers i know that Logic Pro is the bee knees. i don’t have any experience in the field myself but it’s certainly not the only Mac only software. Linux being the only true cross platform compatible OS though would be a HUGE selling point for it

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        13 hours ago

        Some mobile/tablet games are still iOS exclusive but absolutely excellent games, this could make it possible to sideload those

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          3 hours ago

          That makes sense. I would like to see valve bring everything gaming related over to Linux,regardless of the platform originally developed for.