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Nina Kalininanina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
Oct 15, 2026, 7:37 PM
@OliviaVespera sadly none of them would work with Steam. You could have Steam on FreeBSD, according to reports, but it's not fully free of slop. You can also emulate Windows and Linux in NetBSD, and run Steam this way, or use NetBSD's wine and open-source tool called steamdepot to get games from Steam on your computer. The game compatibility won't be very high yet, but some popular indie games like Balatro, Celeste, Va-11 Hall-A or Kitsune Tails would work.
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Olivia VesperaOliviaVespera@spacey.space
Oct 15, 2026, 7:39 PM
@nina_kali_nina then I think, the best thing to do, is to not update the kernal and hope someone finds a way to rebase linux. at least for the moment.
I do want to explore BSD though.
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Nina Kalininanina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
Oct 15, 2026, 7:43 PM
@OliviaVespera I fear there won't be much progress in this area :(
But there are other hopes; it should be possible, with relatively small amount of tweaks, to run podman with virtualized Linux kernel, and thus bring Linux+Steam+Proton in a container. And maybe even get GPU pass-through eventually...
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Olivia VesperaOliviaVespera@spacey.space
Oct 17, 2026, 4:46 AM
@nina_kali_nina is there a guide on how to do this?
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Nina Kalininanina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt
Oct 17, 2026, 8:55 AM
@OliviaVespera back when it used to work: https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2021/09/04/msg027645.html
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