SteamOS is spreading beyond Valve's hardware. That could threaten Microsoft's hold on PC gaming...or even Windows' hold on the PC market.
  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    But it’s apparently the easiest, since Valve is already working on it. You just need to shift a significant portion of technical users to Linux and the other use-cases will follow.

    • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Is gaming even much of a problem anymore on Linux now? All my problems come from NVIDIA or oculus BS, but not from proton or wine. Sounds like there isn’t much to perfect anymore :^)

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Absolutely:

        • lots of games don’t work
        • anti-cheat games in general still don’t work, and that’s a massive market
        • some games have terrible perf through Proton

        That said, most games work fine on Linux, but the ones that don’t are pretty popular.

        • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Oh, i forgot about anticheat, i dont play MP sorry. I also can’t tell when a bug is from NVIDIA or Proton, seems i conflated the two too much.

          • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            3 months ago

            No worries. I also don’t play MP, so the vast majority of games just work for me. However, we’re talking about broad market adoption, not you or me.

        • moonlight@fedia.io
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          3 months ago

          Most anticheat isn’t a technical issue though, it’s just companies blocking Linux.