Steam Alpha Has Finally Arrived on Chromebooks
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, 03-24-2022 at 06:21 AM (453 Views)
The first reports of Steam on Chrome OS surfaced about two years ago, but Google has been mostly mum on the topic. Not anymore, though. Get ready to hear a lot about Steam on Chromebooks, starting with the new Alpha version. Unfortunately, you probably don’t have the correct hardware to run it right now, and even if you did, the bugs will make it hard to actually enjoy any games.
Most Steam gamers are using Windows, but Valve has championed Linux gaming in various ways over the years, from Steamboxes to the new Steam Deck. Chrome OS is based on Gentoo Linux, and it can run Linux apps in a container. Google says it was Valve’s long-term investment in Linux gaming that made this possible, and even though Chromebooks are not the most powerful machines, Steam has a huge catalog of (theoretically) compatible games.
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