Valve has been a big proponent of Linux gaming, and now the company is investing in Android support on Linux. It’s already possible to run Android in a Linux container through Waydroid, but Valve has developed a new fork – and it has officially named it Lepton.

Last month, news broke that Valve would soon support Android games on Steam. This was thanks to a sighting in Steam app changelogs for Walkabout Mini Golf, which added an APK file. The VR title is currently available on the Meta Quest (which runs on a custom version of Android), and may run through the Lepton compatibility layer for Valve’s upcoming Steam Frame VR headset, which runs the company’s Linux-based operating system, SteamOS.

  • hayvan@feddit.nlEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    I love my Deck. If they release a variant with LTE modem (not even 5G) and no controllers, I don’t care how thick it is, make it on the same AMD SoC!

    • Crozekiel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      My god this. I can’t count the number of times I’ve thought “I wish I could buy a steam deck with the controllers ripped off”. At a point, I’d take that and then a cheap nokia flip phone that can do wifi-hotspot and call it a day. Separate all the bs I do on my phone from the calling and texting part.

      • hayvan@feddit.nlEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        Check out Legion Go. It has Switch-like removable controllers. Not my choice of device but maybe you’ll like it.

        • Crozekiel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          2 hours ago

          I do like the look of that form factor a lot… And I don’t see any major red flags in the specs that make me think it won’t work with Linux… Thanks!