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[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

big picture works great on any linux distro, why would i want anything more?

[–] Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It works* on any Linux distro. Definitely not great.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If the reduction in overhead, or any other optimizations it might offer, increases performance even more, I might go out of my way to set up a multi-boot.

[–] p5f20w18k@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Big picture mode runs like complete shit for me no matter what I do

[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

A gaming-focused, curated experience that just works™️

With a little know how you can get 99% of the way there with any arch based distro, but installing a new OS for non techies can be pretty intimidating. Having Valve's assurance that it works with all common hardware would help more people take the plunge, I think.