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Steam has defiantly been putting in the work promoting Linux based developers and developing Proton (their wine package). Over the last year I've played a half
by ecocentrik 5y ago
Steam has defiantly been putting in the work promoting Linux based developers and developing Proton (their wine package). Over the last year I've played a half dozen AAA games on Linux through steam, all of them working near perfectly.
I'm surprised the Linux market share isn't higher than 1%, giving the resources they seem to be dedicating to Linux.
- sudhirj 5y agoThey're now introducing Linux based hardware, which looks set to be super-popular, called the Steam Deck. So they're definitely using the Linux work in their own products. That should give the numbers a boost.
- ecocentrik 5y agoSteam Deck looks like a Wii form-factor device but they had already been collaborating with Alienware and others on the release of console style devices for a few years running SteamOS (based on debian).