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Wine and it's alternatives have greatly profited from valve going this route and as a result all software runs better. It's a gradual improvement over time and
by consp 2y ago
Wine and it's alternatives have greatly profited from valve going this route and as a result all software runs better. It's a gradual improvement over time and we are past the early stages. I'm still running a gaming PC on windows but that is going to end quite soon if Microsoft keeps doing these things.
- erikerikson 2y agoStream actually paid for contributions to Wine if I understand correctly. I too planning to use a gaming centric distro for my next gaming PC build. The horseshit they've been pushing at me on 10 has been atrocious. The lie that 10 would be the last. Injecting pages into Chrome. Windows acts more and more like literal malware.
- nialv7 2y agoYes, steam contracts CodeWeavers which is the main company that supports the development of wine.
- eru 2y ago> I too planning to use a gaming centric distro for my next gaming PC build. I don't find that the distribution makes that much of a difference? I just use Arch Linux, and install all the programs (gaming centric or otherwise) that I need when I need them. I guess I'm lucky, because the Steam Deck's distribution is based on Arch Linux, but I used it before it was cool. I suspect the main differences between the distributions is what you get by default, and that can be a huge factor in terms of convenience?
- erikerikson 2y agoYeah and good on you for using Arch but gaming distros are designed to support dummies, meaning people like me that don't really want to build the OS from the ground up get to coast. We just want to use it. I know a fair bit about OS internals but especially when I'm gaming I want to play rather than read and follow technical docs. Sorry, not sorry.