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  2. Video games and Linux - Wikipedia

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    On November 9, 1998, a new software firm called Loki Software was founded by Scott Draeker, a former lawyer who became interested in porting games to Linux after being introduced to the system through his work as a software licensing attorney. [51] Loki, although a commercial failure, is credited with the birth of the modern Linux game industry ...

  3. SteamOS - Wikipedia

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    SteamOS is an Arch Linux-based Linux distribution developed by Valve.It incorporates Valve's video game storefront Steam and is the official operating system for the Steam Deck, Valve's portable gaming device, as well as Valve's earlier Steam Machines.

  4. Lutris - Wikipedia

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    Lutris showing a selection of open-source video games. Lutris began as a piece of software called Oblivion Launcher, [citation needed] which was created in 2009 by Mathieu Comandon. He wanted an easier way to manage his games running on Linux, especially the ones that ran using Wine.

  5. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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    Steam is a digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve.It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005.

  6. Proton (software) - Wikipedia

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    It is a collection of software and libraries combined with a patched version of Wine to improve performance and compatibility with Windows games. Proton is designed for integration into the Steam client as "Steam Play". [3] It is officially distributed through the client, although third-party forks can be manually installed.

  7. BattlEye - Wikipedia

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    BattlEye is a proprietary anti-cheat software designed to detect players that hack or abusively use exploits in an online game.It was initially released as a third-party anti-cheat for Battlefield Vietnam in 2004 and has since been officially implemented in numerous video games, primarily shooter games such as PUBG: Battlegrounds, Arma 3, Destiny 2, War Thunder, and DayZ.

  8. Valve Anti-Cheat - Wikipedia

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    Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) is an anti-cheat tool developed by Valve as a component of the Steam platform, first released with Counter-Strike in 2002.. When the software detects a cheat on a player's system, it will ban them in the future, possibly days or weeks after the original detection. [1]

  9. List of Linux games - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of specific PC titles. For a list of all PC titles, see List of PC games. The following is a list of games released on the Linux operating system. Games do not need to be exclusive to Linux, but they do need to be natively playable on Linux to be listed here.