> Is it possible to game on NetBSD or is it server and programmer only?
It depends on games, there are some games compiled for NetBSD, other can run over wine or linux_compat.
> Can you run steam on it?
No idea.
> Is there Wine and Proton?
Wine yes, Proton no.
> Will modern AMD graphics cards work?
They can, but hard to say if anyone tested that live.
bpl
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