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Linux interoperability is maturing fast thanks to SteamOS (www.theregister.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 64 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Time and again, gamers and porn drive the advancement of IT.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Praise por... gamers!

[–] [email protected] 51 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I was doubtful that the Steam Deck would take off enough for game devs to even make *considerations" to think about any decisions that would improve their game's compatibility with Proton.

Im really glad I was wrong

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

Even as a decades long Linux user, I never thought it would sell like it did. And that the editors followed is even more surprising.

I got one early on, even though I really have a hard time using a controller interface for the first time. So I end up not using it as much as I'd like.

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

The absolutely colossal effort from the community is making it possible. Great times are ahead

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

Praise Gaben

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

I built a new gaming PC almost a year ago and decided to jump into the deep end by installing only Linux. 3 reinstalls later and Linux is still the only OS installed. So far so good. :p

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Really excited to switch from Win7 for my older gaming desktop to Linux!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Did the same when faced with the choice "Lose support, move to Win10, or jump ship entirely?" and installed Ubuntu only. It was a daunting leap for sure, but I've only looked back for one particular program that I don't actually need usually and can run inside a VM.