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I'm really hoping to see Linux become the go-to Operating System for gamers. The idealogical basis has little to do with it: it's mostly personal laziness, less

by pippy 13y ago

I'm really hoping to see Linux become the go-to Operating System for gamers. The idealogical basis has little to do with it: it's mostly personal laziness, less hassle getting a pirated Windows install with spyware, hassles of installing legitimate copies across machines. But most importantly it we need competition on the desktop. Like it or not, Microsoft still has a monopoly in this market. This can only be good for people who like technology.

ekianjo 13y ago
There is already competition on Desktop. I see more Macs nowadays (clear bias though, but the user base has definitely grown over the years), and the Linux user base is stable and slightly growing. Linux won't be the go-to operating system for gamers for a long time, though, unless publishers and indie game makers alike decide suddenly to drop windows and so Linux only from now on. It's not going to happen anytime soon.
- hrkristian 13y ago
  It's all resting on Valve and their SteamOS. If they're able to make it a viable gaming alternative, we might just see a pretty significant change. The best part is, a game made for or ported to SteamOS (and Steam Machines) runs perfectly fine on my Arch install, played Portal 2 beta just yesterday. By contrast, a game made for X360/XOne (Steam Machine competitor) does not by default run on a desktop OS, even Windows. The same goes for PS3/4. You still have the fragmentation of the PC market, but much less so as optimization on the developer level can be reserved for Steam Machine hardware, I'm confident my GTX 660M will run stuff just fine even so. That's a potentially huge win for Linux as both a desktop OS and a platform. I can easily see it snowballing, with teenagers going "Yeah, I ditched Winlol and OS-SuX for Fedora, rippin' though Crysis 4. Yo have you tried extensions in GNOME Shell? Shit's so cash", that's a culture change in favor of Open Source. Might not happen, might just happen. /I obviously have no idea how teenagers talk these days

by pippy 13y ago

ekianjo 13y ago

There is already competition on Desktop. I see more Macs nowadays (clear bias though, but the user base has definitely grown over the years), and the Linux user base is stable and slightly growing. Linux won't be the go-to operating system for gamers for a long time, though, unless publishers and indie game makers alike decide suddenly to drop windows and so Linux only from now on. It's not going to happen anytime soon.

hrkristian 13y ago
It's all resting on Valve and their SteamOS. If they're able to make it a viable gaming alternative, we might just see a pretty significant change. The best part is, a game made for or ported to SteamOS (and Steam Machines) runs perfectly fine on my Arch install, played Portal 2 beta just yesterday. By contrast, a game made for X360/XOne (Steam Machine competitor) does not by default run on a desktop OS, even Windows. The same goes for PS3/4. You still have the fragmentation of the PC market, but much less so as optimization on the developer level can be reserved for Steam Machine hardware, I'm confident my GTX 660M will run stuff just fine even so. That's a potentially huge win for Linux as both a desktop OS and a platform. I can easily see it snowballing, with teenagers going "Yeah, I ditched Winlol and OS-SuX for Fedora, rippin' though Crysis 4. Yo have you tried extensions in GNOME Shell? Shit's so cash", that's a culture change in favor of Open Source. Might not happen, might just happen. /I obviously have no idea how teenagers talk these days