Speaker
Description
I want to talk about how good gaming on Linux is, as compared to Windows. With the constant improvements in proton and other FOSS libraries and tools, this might just be the year of the Linux desktop.
There's been a >50% year on year growth in the number of people gaming on Linux, and this is only going to grow. The major boost came when Valve introduced the Steam Deck which basically revolutionized gaming on Linux. With the upcoming Steam Machine, we might just make up the majority of the market, overtaking Windows for good.
I want to talk a bout the basic technical aspects of the entire gaming pipeline on Linux, and introduce people to some of the most important FOSS tools and libraries which help us play games on Linux. Few of these are proton, dxvk, vk3d, vk3d-proton, and I'll also be talking about how Nvidia went partially open source for Linux and why it helps the community. Might also briefly touch on the work going on with NVK and Nova.
I'll also talk about the basics of how to setup an Ubuntu desktop for gaming. I'll go through the required software and tools needed to game comfortably on Ubuntu and how an end user can do this without getting into a web of complex configurations.
Things to know or prepare for this session
Not necessarily. I want to make this as beginner friendly as possible so people who're not very technical can also get inspired and possibly start using Ubuntu for gaming.
Biography
Venkatesh Chaturvedi works as an enterprise support engineer at Atlassian. He’s passionate about Free and Open Source Software and likes to tinker with various Linux based distributions. In his free time, he likes to explore the latest advancements in FOSS and likes to try out new and exciting tools for the CLI. He has been using Linux based distros full time for several years, for all tasks including but not limited to gaming. He currently leads the FOSS United Lucknow
Summary
Introduction to gaming on Linux. Gamers make up a good majority of overall desktop users, and most of them still prefer Windows over a Linux based distro like Ubuntu because they think they can't run games on it.
I want to break this misconception and talk about the benefits of gaming on Linux.
What audience can learn
The end goal is for people to learn about how they can setup and use Ubuntu or any Linux distribution for gaming and how they can do it without having to do a lot of manual configuration. This is meant for people of all skill levels, as this aims to be a technical yet non-technical talk.
| Difficulty level | Begineer |
|---|---|
| Language | English |