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Valve compatibility layer for running Android games on Linux gets official name in Steam documentation (www.pcguide.com)
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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.

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[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 24 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

That's a fun fantasy, but this is almost certainly a way to get Oculus games running on the Steam Frame.

They're 100% coming for Oculus' lunch with this one.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think even Meta is eating Oculus's lunch... Making big losses on the Quest iirc.

I didn't really want a full PC on my face. I just wanted cheap streaming from my actual PC. Quest is actually really good for this, but it would have been nice to have something affordable that wasn't from Meta.

[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'd literally pay double to not have it come from Meta.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 2 hours ago

I'm thinking it'll be closer to three times.

[–] highball@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

Agreed. I run UBTouch on my phone. Waydroid is cool and all, but that's not Valves market. I'm sure they would love to be the store behind every mobile game sale of flappy bird. But that would be one hell of a side quest to try and take over Mobile game sales.