Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ever wonder what it takes to play Steam games on Linux? This is almost everything you need to know: Proton, environment variables, anti-cheat, and mandatory hacking skills.

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Chapters:
0:00 What Does It Take to Game on Linux?
1:07 The Sacrifices of the Linux Gamer
4:38 Where Do You Start?
7:03 Configuring Steam Play
8:08 Custom Proton Compatibility
9:14 Proton Launch Options
10:52 Esync
11:28 Shader Caching & Fossilize
12:58 NVIDIA env variables
14:11 Launch Arguments
14:55 Recap
16:10 Outro