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Valve's plan to bring SteamOS to more devices is a promising sign if you want to stop gaming on Windows (www.pcguide.com)

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[–] TommySoda 28 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Like it or not, this is the easiest way to get Linux further into the mainstream. I've had Linux on my laptop for about a year or so and have been loving it, but I've still been wary about switching my gaming PC. I think the biggest issue with most people hesitant to switch is ease of use. From the outside Linux looks cryptic and kinda scary for most people. I mean you have to do research just to find out which distro to use and even then might not even find one you like on the first try. With Windows... You just install Windows and you can already do everything you need to do.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly Linux market share doesn't matter much.

With that being said Linux can be used however you see fit as long as you aren't violating licensing

[–] iopq 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Unless your game bans you from playing because you're on Linux, then market share matters a ton

[–] sheogorath 2 points 52 minutes ago

I want to move to Linux but the value proposition for game pass is too damn good, I haven't bought games the last 3 years because the last 5 games that I bought all got into game pass. It's like they have this one executive that has the same taste as me.

I'll stick with windows for gaming (sadly) until my financial situation improves ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

[+] [email protected] -17 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

The biggest hurdle by far is that you need to compile the software you want to use from source more often that is acceptable for the average user. There is also a serious lack of proper hardware driver support.

Linux is way too fragmented and trying to get up and running with basic apps requires way too much technical skill.

I really do hope that SteamOS will finally solve these problems by having the backing of a foundation (company) that has years of UX experience (with multiple failures and successes under their belt) that targets a wide range of audiences. This should give hardware manufacturers confidence that developing drivers for that OS will not be a waste of time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago

Wtf, I use Linux and have never compiled anything.

[–] cm0002 11 points 4 hours ago

compile the software you want to use from source more often that is acceptable for the average user.

Wut? I've been using Linux in some form or another for years and that is greatly exaggerated even for back then

Linux is way too fragmented and trying to get up and running with basic apps requires way too much technical skill.

Um. WHAT. most distros are just some flavor of one of the handful of major ones, like Debian (Even Ubuntu is based on Debian). If it's a Linux application, it'll probably work on your distro. There's some other cases, like FreeBSD which isn't a Linux kernel, so things differ there, but it's unlikely you'll be running it at home unless you're venturing out of "average user" domain, like Arch for Linux.

Things have never been easier

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 hours ago

The majority of users won't even touch the command line if they're on a noob friendly distro. Been that way for a long time. Only Gentoo users are compiling from source, and even then, not that frequently

[–] TheGrandNagus 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

The biggest hurdle by far is that you need to compile the software you want to use from source more often that is acceptable for the average user.

I've been using Linux as my main OS since 2007 and not had to do that once.

Linux is way too fragmented and trying to get up and running with basic apps requires way too much technical skill.

> open app store

> search

> install any flatpak you like

If anything Windows is the complicated one in this regard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

@TheGrandNagus @Shirasho I remember doing that in high school in 2018 but I forgot all about it because I never again after class did that

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I'll install it on my gaming desktop day 1...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If you haven't already, take a look at Bazzite for your desktop. I've actually replaced SteamOS with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Ill take a look today!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Any big distro will do now, maybe no HDR.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Works with Wayland btw, though still experimental

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I hope this helps give Linux some love. Been using Bazzite and it seems to do the job pretty well.

[–] fubo 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The built-in Proton WINE does pretty darn well for me already. Baldur's Gate 3 plays fine on my Pop!_OS system.

[–] TommySoda 5 points 5 hours ago

Same. Doesn't play Deadlock very well which I find really funny since it's a Valve game. But it's a play test so I'll give it a pass for now.