Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes NTSYNC Kernel Driver (phoronix.com)
(Friday January 09, 2026 @05:40PM (BeauHD)
from the performance-gains dept.)
- Reference: 0180555682
- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/01/09/2058210/latest-steamos-beta-now-includes-ntsync-kernel-driver
- Source link: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-OS-Beta-NTSYNC
Valve has [1]added the NTSYNC kernel driver to the SteamOS 3.7.20 beta , laying the groundwork for improved Windows game synchronization performance via Wine and Proton. Phoronix reports:
> For gearing up for that future Proton NTSYNC support, SteamOS 3.7.20 enables the NTSYNC kernel driver and loads the module by default. Most Linux distributions are at least already building the NTSYNC kernel module though there's been different efforts on how to handle ensuring it's loaded when needed. The presence of the NTSYC kernel driver is the main highlight of the [2]SteamOS 3.7.20 beta now available for testing.
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-OS-Beta-NTSYNC
[2] https://steamcommunity.com/games/1675200/announcements/detail/500594947381003216
> For gearing up for that future Proton NTSYNC support, SteamOS 3.7.20 enables the NTSYNC kernel driver and loads the module by default. Most Linux distributions are at least already building the NTSYNC kernel module though there's been different efforts on how to handle ensuring it's loaded when needed. The presence of the NTSYC kernel driver is the main highlight of the [2]SteamOS 3.7.20 beta now available for testing.
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-OS-Beta-NTSYNC
[2] https://steamcommunity.com/games/1675200/announcements/detail/500594947381003216