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Steam Hardware survey for January 2024 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Windows 96.52%

Linux 1.95%

OSX 1.54%

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[–] uuhhhhmmmm 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Developers don't have to support Linux natively because Proton does the job very well

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They still have to make sure their anticheat works on Linux. That's the biggest missing support.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The anti cheat does already work on Linux, just needs a checkbox tick to enable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I know, but it still something developers need to do to support Linux

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Plus testing and training customer support.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

They can just say that Linux is not supported though with proton because the community will just make it run better if they don't block do anything to block Linux.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Some anti-cheats work on Linux. Some do not, like Riot's Vanguard.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ime native ports rarely work as well as proton versions do too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Especially with atypical setups, like Wayland