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FOSDEM 2020: Steam games in Linux containers with pressure-vessel

Collabora · Talk · 20 min · 2020 · YouTube title: Containers and Steam: Putting games under pressure | FOSDEM 2020
Why it's here

HN references it as the explanation of how Valve uses containers for Linux game compatibility.

What it covers

FOSDEM 2020 talk from Collabora on pressure-vessel, an experimental mechanism that puts Steam games in containers on Linux. It covers using namespaces to give games their own runtime library stack independent of the host.