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People with absolutely no other option. Linux is fine if you're a developer, but if you're a gamer or artist that needs real GPUs then you're stuck on Windows.

ahelwer 4y ago
Gaming is changing very rapidly now that Valve is investing real resources into the platform to support the steam deck.
- AlexandrB 4y ago
  I think what Valve achieved is amazing, but we're nowhere near major publishers targeting Linux as SOP. That means that if Valve loses interest in the Steam Deck you're probably going to see game compatibility for newer titles start to degrade. I think there's kind of an ironic downside to Valve's approach as well. Proton is so good that there's little incentive for developers to support Linux natively - they can just target Windows and rely on Valve to fix it. Still, this is the best that Linux gaming has been in my lifetime.
lostmsu 4y ago
> Linux is fine if you're a developer Eh. I still don't want to waste my time fixing boot issues. And still prefer multiple screens to 1, which does not work well yet.
- Shared404 4y ago
  > And still prefer multiple screens to 1, which does not work well yet. I see people say this all the time, but I use multiple screens on linux on multiple distributions, across intel/AMD/nvidia, and on voth X and Wayland without issue. Am I missing something?
  - lostmsu 4y ago
    Do they have the same DPI?
    - Shared404 4y ago
      They don't, in any of the cases. I do get annoyed occasionally by the difference in window size between monitors, but I ~ never have a window overlapping the boundary so it doesn't impact me.
Shared404 4y ago
> but if you're a gamer or artist that needs real GPUs then you're stuck on Windows. The Steam Deck would disagree with the first half of that, and I spend an awful lot of time gaming on Linux with the exact same "workflow" as Windows gamers. Can't speak for artists, though my understanding is that it's Adobe, not Windows which has them stuck.
- whywhywhywhy 4y ago
  SteamDeck is a step in the right direction but let’s not pretend it’s even 1% of PC gaming. > Adobe Adobe, Maxon, Autodesk, etc before we even get into the plug-in ecosystems. Believe me I’d be running Linux if I could.

ahelwer 4y ago

Gaming is changing very rapidly now that Valve is investing real resources into the platform to support the steam deck.

AlexandrB 4y ago
I think what Valve achieved is amazing, but we're nowhere near major publishers targeting Linux as SOP. That means that if Valve loses interest in the Steam Deck you're probably going to see game compatibility for newer titles start to degrade. I think there's kind of an ironic downside to Valve's approach as well. Proton is so good that there's little incentive for developers to support Linux natively - they can just target Windows and rely on Valve to fix it. Still, this is the best that Linux gaming has been in my lifetime.

lostmsu 4y ago

> Linux is fine if you're a developer Eh. I still don't want to waste my time fixing boot issues. And still prefer multiple screens to 1, which does not work well yet.

Shared404 4y ago
> And still prefer multiple screens to 1, which does not work well yet. I see people say this all the time, but I use multiple screens on linux on multiple distributions, across intel/AMD/nvidia, and on voth X and Wayland without issue. Am I missing something?
- lostmsu 4y ago
  Do they have the same DPI?
  - Shared404 4y ago
    They don't, in any of the cases. I do get annoyed occasionally by the difference in window size between monitors, but I ~ never have a window overlapping the boundary so it doesn't impact me.

Shared404 4y ago

> but if you're a gamer or artist that needs real GPUs then you're stuck on Windows. The Steam Deck would disagree with the first half of that, and I spend an awful lot of time gaming on Linux with the exact same "workflow" as Windows gamers. Can't speak for artists, though my understanding is that it's Adobe, not Windows which has them stuck.

whywhywhywhy 4y ago
SteamDeck is a step in the right direction but let’s not pretend it’s even 1% of PC gaming. > Adobe Adobe, Maxon, Autodesk, etc before we even get into the plug-in ecosystems. Believe me I’d be running Linux if I could.