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The most sad thing for me is how Windows is such a given for PC gaming. :( It wouldn't have to be like this, there's nothing saying it should be a huge gaming O

by jug 10y ago

The most sad thing for me is how Windows is such a given for PC gaming. :( It wouldn't have to be like this, there's nothing saying it should be a huge gaming OS, so it's too bad it is. I wish Valve would have been more successful with Steam OS. That would have fixed everything at least for me. As someone who otherwise likes amateur photography and programming, Linux is just as good or better at everything else with e.g. Darkroom and RawTherapee for photography, and programming being a given. Lightroom isn't even fun to use with its obnoxious enforced workflow and business model, just too bad it's so big on the plugin scene. Windows is hanging onto this thin line, but it's a damn strong line for many.

vpeters25 10y ago
> I wish Valve would have been more successful with Steam OS I think Valve has done an outstanding job, unfortunately, other game studios and controller manufacturers don't seem to care. For example Logitech gaming wheels don't support linux. Although there are pretty good reverse engineered drivers, last time I tried, force feedback support was hard to get configured and didn't work as well in games such as Euro Truck and American Truck, which have linux versions. Now, like the OP, I had encounters with windows 10 forced updates: I stream on twitch and I recall at least one time where, from my viewers point of view, my stream abruptly terminated. Turns out Windows 10 decided to update itself locking my computer for at least 1 hr.
witty_username 10y ago
Steam OS is pretty dumb. Why would you want to install an OS that only works for gaming? Steam should probably work with major distros to get Steam working easily with it, so that installing Steam is easy (they don't; for example I had to delete their ancient C stdlib to make it work with my open-source AMD drivers). And closing Steam doesn't move it to the taskbar (this is known issue in their bugtracker for many years).

by jug 10y ago

vpeters25 10y ago

> I wish Valve would have been more successful with Steam OS I think Valve has done an outstanding job, unfortunately, other game studios and controller manufacturers don't seem to care. For example Logitech gaming wheels don't support linux. Although there are pretty good reverse engineered drivers, last time I tried, force feedback support was hard to get configured and didn't work as well in games such as Euro Truck and American Truck, which have linux versions. Now, like the OP, I had encounters with windows 10 forced updates: I stream on twitch and I recall at least one time where, from my viewers point of view, my stream abruptly terminated. Turns out Windows 10 decided to update itself locking my computer for at least 1 hr.

witty_username 10y ago

Steam OS is pretty dumb. Why would you want to install an OS that only works for gaming? Steam should probably work with major distros to get Steam working easily with it, so that installing Steam is easy (they don't; for example I had to delete their ancient C stdlib to make it work with my open-source AMD drivers). And closing Steam doesn't move it to the taskbar (this is known issue in their bugtracker for many years).