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.

  • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    14 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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      4 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.