FreeBSD can now run more of the latest Steam games

Recently, FreeBSD’s “Linuxulator” installation package compatibility layer, users can run many applications including games on FreeBSD. However, thanks to the optimization of the FreeBSD graphics driver, the installation package compatible code, and other FreeBSD improvements, users can now run more and more recent games on FreeBSD.

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According to the report of FreeBSD and KDE package/developer Adriaan de Groot, he outlined the current steps to get Valve’s Steam Linux to build to run on FreeBSD. FreeBSD provides a “Linux-steam-utils” package, which makes it much easier than before when you had to manually install many Linux components.

In addition, you need to load some Linux-compatible kernel modules and install the necessary file system support. In addition, Linux-compatible shared memory SHM devices need to be writable after running steam-install.

If all goes well, FreeBSD gamers can run Steam directly and enjoy the fun of Steam on FreeBSD, thanks to the support of Linux compatibility. Although so far, this method has only been tested for local Linux games and trying to make Steam Play / Proton run on FreeBSD is likely to bring additional trouble.

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