Editing Linux distribution (section)

==Proprietary software==
Some specific proprietary software products are not available in any form for Linux. As of September 2015, the [[Steam (service)|Steam]] gaming service has over 1,500 games available on Linux, compared to 2,323 games for Mac and 6,500 Windows games.<ref name="rCjF9">{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2984922/software-games/steam-for-linux-tops-1500-games-as-launch-of-valves-steam-machines-nears.html|title=Steam for Linux tops 1,500 games as launch of Valve's Steam Machines nears|author=Jared Newman|date=21 September 2015|work=PCWorld|access-date=November 18, 2015|archive-date=November 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119032302/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2984922/software-games/steam-for-linux-tops-1500-games-as-launch-of-valves-steam-machines-nears.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CbQ4u">{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/10/steams-living-room-hardware-blitz-gets-off-to-a-muddy-start/2/|title=Steam's living room hardware blitz gets off to a muddy start|work=Ars Technica|date=October 15, 2015|access-date=June 14, 2017|archive-date=January 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111135612/http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/10/steams-living-room-hardware-blitz-gets-off-to-a-muddy-start/2/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[emulator|Emulation]] and API-translation projects like [[Wine (software)|Wine]] and [[CrossOver]] make it possible to run non-Linux-based software on Linux systems, either by emulating a proprietary operating system or by translating proprietary API calls (e.g., calls to Microsoft's [[Win32]] or [[DirectX]] APIs) into native Linux API calls. A [[virtual machine]] can also be used to run a proprietary OS (like Microsoft Windows) on top of Linux.