Valve needs confidence that there is demand for what they're producing. It might be worth buying a steam deck if you're on the fence and have money to spare.
Yes. As long as you give yourself root access only when needed. nix systems have no qualms about you mucking about the kernel or messing with low-level access. Part of the philosophy is "you break it, you fix it".
Edit: Just realized that you may be referring to virtual machine access to hardware. In that case it's pretty dependent on the VM in question. Pretty sure the latest iterations of VMWare have it to some degree, but I think the only ones with true GPU passthrough are built for either MacOS or Linux. Alternately, you could always partition a drive and set up dual boot.
If gaming ability is important to you, then Manjaro is definitely* the distro you should be keeping an eye on; it's based on Arch Linux (known for its bleeding edge rolling updates and compatibilty layers), only MUCH more newbie-friendly than Arch proper.
MuricaPersonified 0 points 2.1 years ago
Yes. As long as you give yourself root access only when needed. nix systems have no qualms about you mucking about the kernel or messing with low-level access. Part of the philosophy is "you break it, you fix it".
Edit: Just realized that you may be referring to virtual machine access to hardware. In that case it's pretty dependent on the VM in question. Pretty sure the latest iterations of VMWare have it to some degree, but I think the only ones with true GPU passthrough are built for either MacOS or Linux. Alternately, you could always partition a drive and set up dual boot.
If gaming ability is important to you, then Manjaro is definitely* the distro you should be keeping an eye on; it's based on Arch Linux (known for its bleeding edge rolling updates and compatibilty layers), only MUCH more newbie-friendly than Arch proper.