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Valve officially ends Steam support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 (www.techspot.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] -10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Windows 10 is easier.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pshh, it’s way easier to hunt down random drivers and still be unable to play any online game.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I understand Linux has come a long way, but it is not better for gaming yet, and people are delusional if they think so. I've ran into a ton of issues with Linux. Sifu, for example, crashes any time I go into a menu on Linux. Shit like that is pretty common.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Depends on what you mean by "better". Linux respects my privacy, and that makes it "better". Running some random new game is a secondary concern for me. I was fine with xgalaga in 2000, I was fine with WoW in 2005, fine with Minecraft in 2010, and the selection today is bonkers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We are getting there with linux, especially with Steam OS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I agree but since many things require tweaking still it's got a long way to go before your average person can consider it an easy alternative to windows

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It isn't though, unless you can still upgrade from 7 without making a boot disk. But I'm pretty sure those days are long over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You can still upgrade, you'll just have unactivated windows 10; that can be fixed in less than 5 minutes with a trip over to github. You might need a boot drive, but you won't lose any data which I assume is the main concern.