ICanonical idale ngaphakathi iDesktop Gaming Manager Product isikhundla kwaye ijonge umgqatswa wayo. Eli nqaku liyinxalenye yokuzibophelela kweCanonical ekwenzeni Ubuntu 'beyona desktop ilungileyo yeLinux yokudlala' kwinto ebubanga ukuba yiyo.
Umphathi weMveliso yoMdlalo weDesktop iCanonical ikhangela ukuba kufuneka iseke isicwangciso semveliso yokudlala kwaye yandise ukusetyenziswa koBuntu ekudlaleni. Umphathi uya kuba noxanduva lophuhliso kunye nentsebenziswano kwiichips kunye nemidlalo. Iingxelo zeCanonical ukuba intsebenziswano kufuneka iqinisekise ukudityaniswa kwabaqhubi begraphics zamva nje kwaye ke ngoko kuphezulu amazinga esakhelo kunye ne-latency. Inkampani ikwakhankanya ukusebenza ngokufumaneka kweenkqubo zokulwa nokuqhatha.
Umphathi womdlalo kufuneka aqhubele phambili ebalisa 'ibali lika-Ubuntu labadlali begeyimu'. Bekukho amaphulo amaninzi kwixesha elidlulileyo ukutyhala Ubuntu phambili kumdlalo. Ngo-2012, iValve yacebisa ukuhanjiswa kweLinux xa yazisa iSteam yeLinux. Ngo-2019, iValve yagrogrisa ngokuphelisa inkxaso ku-Ubuntu kulandela isigqibo seCanonical sokuphelisa inkxaso ye-32-bit ku-Ubuntu 19.10. Eso sigqibo satshintshwa emva kokugxekwa kanobom. Ngokutsho kwe-OMG Ubuntu, abadlali be-Linux namhlanje banokuthi bakhethe i-distros ehlaziya i-kernel kunye ne-graphics drivers ngokukhawuleza kuno-Ubuntu, njenge-Arch Linux.