• PlasticExistence@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    5 months ago

    It makes me happy to read this same basic message repeatedly. I’ve been a Linux enthusiast since the late 90s, but back then it definitely felt like it was never going to be a mainstream replacement for Windows due in large part to gaming.

    I know Valve isn’t getting nothing out of their investment, but all the same I’m so appreciative that they didn’t abandon their Linux efforts after Steam Machines didn’t catch on.

    • tea@lemmy.today
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      5 months ago

      This is why I didn’t switch until this year. Valve really did a great thing by driving this adoption and I feel like with Proton in the state it’s in, there’s really not much you’re giving up by going to Linux these days.

      The list of actual pain points is ever shrinking now. I can’t imagine switching back in 95. You had to put up with so much inequity for a lot of that time.