This article is 5-10 years late. Flatpak already won this battle. All that is still lacking is for some apps (including Steam) to ship official Flatpak packages

This article is 5-10 years late. Flatpak already won this battle. All that is still lacking is for some apps (including Steam) to ship official Flatpak packages, and properly integrate with its permissions system. Linux is already challenging Windows. It has consistently growing adoption with gamers, more so than ever before. There won't be a "year of the Linux desktop"; this shift happens over time, not suddenly at once.