Re: It's Quiet... Too Quiet?

Justisaur wrote:

I think we're getting closer since the Steam Deck uses Linux, and
Steam Deck is getting fairly popular.  And MS seems to be going
crazier and crazier.
 

I used to think that, but gaming on Linux outside of the Steam Deck is
still not a thing for "normal people". Between trying to get Steam
running on Linux due to depending on Google Chrome and a 32 bit library,
the ongoing war between X11 users and attempts at pushing Wayland on
users being pretty close to Hostile... Not to mention the GPU problem:
Wayland only seems to work well with AMD cards, and Nvidia's refusal to
open source their drivers and the crappy official ones they provide is
not helping.
After 6 months with Deck I tried to replicate the experience on my
Desktop computer, and it did not work well.
There are a few things that may work in favor of gaming on Linux:
- Windows 11. It was hard to move users from 7 to 10, but 11 is where
the nudge theory is failing.
- Nvidia moving towards server products / AI now that they can't
overcharge for gaming GPUs and their latest products clearly showing
that gaming / PC is not their priority anymore. Sooner or later many
users will end jumping from Nvidia to AMD cards, which are a lot more
Linux / Wayland Friendly.
Still a long way to go, though. As much as I'd like to game on Linux, I
will still be dual booting into Windows 10 LTSC for gaming.