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Even gamers nexus' Steve today said that they're about to start doing Linux games performance testing soon. It's happening, y'all, the year of the Linux desktop is upon us. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

Edit: just wanted to clarify that Steve from GN didn't precisely say they're starting to test soon, he said they will start WHEN the steam OS releases and is adopted. Sorry about that.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

The only bastion left is anticheat. Everything else are just (bad) old habits fueled by marketing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Powered by Steamos and Stamos are not to be mixed up

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago

To paraphrase the gay chant from the 90's: 4% is not enough RECRUIT RECRUIT RECRUIT!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Bill Gates? Where are you?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

I've been saying for years: we need a dedicated gaming operating system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Do you mean a dedicated gaming flavor of Linux? Because otherwise, isn't that just a console?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 17 hours ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I jumped into Linux, via Mint, about a year ago when I refreshed my hardware. The transition was pretty easy, and I haven't looked back. Steam runs fine and I haven't had a modern game that didn't work under default proton settings except for things I've run outside Steam and mods. Most of my personal PC's workload is gaming and handful of web-based apps that are effectively OS-agnostic; Everything else has an easy equivalent in the apt repos.

I would say that my decision to embrace Linux as my OS was primarily influenced by my Steam Deck. Gaming on it has been simple and the desktop UI was easy to adapt to. I replaced my laptop with the Steam Deck, bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and a USB-C dock with HDMI out (all things I already had for the laptop). I now just hook into whatever TV is handy as a monitor when I need a computer on the go.

I was a tech enthusiast when I was younger, and am thus familiar with fucking around on the command line, but now I'm an old man who just wants his stuff to work and it just has... The barrier of entry for the Linux Desktop is effectively gone. We just need PR now.

Also, I think I'd replace Mint on my primary PC with SteamOS, given a simple way to do so. About a year ago, the desktop/beta SteamOS was not fully baked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

You should give Bazzite a go on your desktop, it's very similar to SteamOS and the desktop experience has been great for me. I didn't have a Steam Deck and transitioned to it, and the smoothness convinced me to get a Lenovo Legion Go and install Bazzite straight OOTB.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I have about 7-9 months to decide what to do with my PC. I don't want to move to windows 11. Because I will have to basically fresh-install my entire system that has 4 drives and god knows how many antiquated programs on it from the XP, Vista and 7 era that I still use. and Im just not ready for it. Im too busy

headache

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Try Win10 LTSC if you don't want to make the switch to Linux.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (15 children)

Sounds like a nightmare. I got sick thinking about it. Lol

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