Who needs a video tutorial for "hit the play button in Steam"?
this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2025
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How to Game on Linux - Roger Presents Garuda [Swedish with EN subs]
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How to get performance boosts through the newest drivers. How to play games and streaming them on discord without tanking the framerate. How to troubleshoot if something goes wrong. Which kernel to use, etc.
There are so many Nuances to gaming on Linux, so there's definitely a market for it. Not seen this video yet though, could be just surface level stuff.
Unfortunately it's not that simple.
For the vast majority of games it really is that simple though.
It isn't. Not for a single one.
True. First you have to go into Steam settings and tick a box. Then you can play
I have been on linux for 5 years and have playing games, and the numer of games that needed ANY configuration I can count on one hand.
If you cant get STEAM games to work on your system, you're doing something wrong.
Most games are just as simple as pressing start.
Then you must have forgotten that 5 years ago you had to go into the settings and enable Steam Play, which is completely ridiculous, and incredibly unintuitive.
One setting... Five years ago... I mean, if we're being that pedantic, I also need to install the game before I launch it.
Its not pedantic. I've seen entire videos made trashing Linux for this single reason, because they didn't know the setting existed. And how would they? It doesn't give any sort of prompt and "Steam Play" is just nonsense words that don't indicate anything having to do with linux.
That's just the tip of the iceberg, especially when looking at games outside of Steam. Because that becomes WAY more complicated. And we should want people to play more than just Steam games.
We clearly have differing opinions on what the word "simple" means, as per your original reply.
I would argue that games outside of steam is almost as simple as steam, if not for the fact that you need to know what software to download in advanced.
We clearly have differing opinions on what the word "simple" means
"Simple" was my reply to a very specific statement of "hit the play button in Steam", it was not a generic statement. You're purposefully taking what I said out of context.
I would argue that games outside of steam is almost as simple as steam
And I would call that a blatant lie.
if not for the fact that you need to know what software to download in advanced
And a long list of information on how to configure it. Hence the tutorial.
What kind of gaes do you play? I've not needed to configue a single game in years, just download and play. I even pirate games and thattoo is just download and play. What kind of configuration are you talking about?
If you already play games on Linux then you already know. There's no need for me to explain it. Just watch the video in OP.
Why do you make an entire video in Swedish and then make the title in English?
Maybe they aren't very comfortable with English but know more people speak it? It's kind of amazing how technology can let you communicate with people you otherwise couldn't talk to otherwise.
I don't understand how that explains anything? If they aren't comfortable with English why are they making the title in English?
Spoken vs written word?
I've forgotten (over the decades) two languages I can still correspond in eg via email, but wouldn't go past ordering food irl.
Because Youtube autotranslates these stupid titles. I hate that, since it makes it really hard to know whether you are going to understand the video before clicking it.
This is not YouTube.
Fair point. But my point still stands since quite a few peertube instances do the same.
They don't.
Yes they do, there's a plugin for that.
I love Garuda, I'll have to give it a watch. Thanks!