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I'm fine with people praising Valve for utilising linux to advance their commercial interests. It's an example of a "win win" situation. However I notice on th
by quitit 5y ago
I'm fine with people praising Valve for utilising linux to advance their commercial interests. It's an example of a "win win" situation.
However I notice on these forums in particular when other tech companies do similar it isn't seen so charitably.
I speak with a slightly cynical tone because I've seen this story before - the catalyst to the changing public opinion has been less about what the companies actually do and more about when competitors emerge and engage PR campaigns to recast the incumbent as evil and the newcomer as a saviour.
One should keep their eyes open to see if the same happens to Valve.
- account42 5y agoI think so far Valve's interest seem much more aligned with the average Linux gamer than any other company that I can think of. Valve has become a significant contributor to, the primary maintainer or themselves started development of: * The open source Vulkan driver for AMD graphics * DXVK, the DirectX 12 to Vulkan wrapper * Proton * SDL, a cross-platform support library for native development * Gamescope display server to wrap games that e.g. have bad support for your monitor resolution All of these are immensely useful even independently of Valves platform or proprietary software and this is by no means a complete list of the extend of their contributions. I don't think its unreasonable that they are praised even if their actions are ultimately self-serving.