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Linus Torvalds was right. Valve will save the Linux desktop.
by mystifyingpoi 1y ago
Linus Torvalds was right. Valve will save the Linux desktop.
- metalliqaz 1y ago...by emulating WinAPI
- flohofwoe 1y agoAnd nothing wrong with that, the classic Win32 API is actually quite decent, especially the small subset needed for games. And it has the incredible advantage that it doesn't change since Microsoft doesn't care about Windows anymore ;)
- Rohansi 1y agoThat's not why it doesn't change.
- sph 1y agoHeh, who cares. I can play games and my OS doesn’t spy on me.
- npteljes 1y agoThe funny thing would be for Wine to then extend the WinAPI, and software beginning to use that extension.
- osn9363739 1y agoI thought it was a translation layer? Not emulation right?
- SchemaLoad 1y agoThe original comment by Linus was that Valve would not accept the current state of things where to distribute a program on Linux you need to create a different package for every single distro. Which is true, Steam with Proton has pushed a single stable platform where you can publish a single build and it works everywhere. In desktop mode of SteamOS everything is installed through Flatpak.
- PeaceTed 1y agoSometimes you have to walk with the devil to do good deeds.
- happosai 1y agoThere is always Android ABI but kernel developers still think android is a calamity rather than biggest Linux success story ever...
- petepete 1y agoBy _embracing_ the WinAPI!