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2013 - the year of the Linux desktop! We always knew it would happen, eventually.

• Auguste 14y ago
  Rejoice! Now the 'But does it play X' game meme can finally die!
  • Derbasti 14y ago
    At least for values of X that are associated with Valve...
    • Karunamon 14y ago
      This is just the proverbial thin end of the wedge. Look what happened with Steam on Mac OS, first they got Steam and the Source games running, then more and more developers started releasing games on Steam for Mac (some of them even being cross compatible between systems). The current state of the Mac side of the Steam store is way behind the Windows one, but it's still quite formidable.
      • dhugiaskmak 14y ago
        Even with a boatload of patience and very, very low expectations calling the current state of Mac gaming "formidable" is extremely charitable. It's better than it was pre-Steam & pre-App Store, but that's not saying much. I'll get excited when big studios other than Valve and Blizzard are targeting the Mac as a first-party platform rather than relying on half-assed third-party Cider or Wine-based ports that barely work on even the latest hardware.
• rms 14y ago
  :D
• sigkill 14y ago
  I believe that Year of the Linux desktop will truly gain momentum when Microsoft Office or something as powerful as that, is released on Linux. Does the average user need the full power of Excel or Access? No. But the familiarity with the brand name and interface of Office (no one can dispute that this is probably the most widely used software, in enterprise and home environment) will not allow them to switch to another office package. Many home users are not aware of the fact that there can indeed exist multiple software to edit the same file-type. I'm reasonably certain that MS even know that releasing Office on Linux will ring their death knell. Although, I do feel it a bit unfair that it's available on the Mac OS.