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Microsoft could stop selling Windows tomorrow, and they’d still be around. It’s a teeny part of their business model now. They’re far too busy selling Azure servers to companies, like Sony, who run the PlayStation Network off it.
Oh, and you do realise that the Microsoft engineers worked with Valve’s to get Gamepass working on the Deck, right? Heck, Steam Support points you to the Deck support page on the Xbox site.
As long as you can stream xCloud to it, Microsoft doesn’t care what the platform is. Plastic Gaming Box and OS wars are at an end, streaming killed it.
That said, 'tis better to love than to hate. You can love your stuff without poisoning the discussion (as well as yourself, actually) with hating the other stuff.
In other word....you could just install linux, install steam, opt into the beta client and add the command line for the bpm beta in it to have more or less that what probably will be the same as the updated steam os (proton and such can be installed separately as far as i know).
I know. It would just be so nice to have a linux distro specifically for gaming. With all of that already done and ready to go, I just install and done.
Hating other stuff? What are you talking about now?
"hardcore Linux fanboys"??
I never made a claim saying that Microsoft makes the majority of it's profits from selling Windows OS.
The fact is...
The vast majority of desktop users are on Windows.
Most gaming is done on Windows.
Most anti-cheat systems are Windows only.
Windows is currently the Desktop king.
When I say...
"Come on Gabe... Do it... Crush Microsoft... Just absolutely eviscerate them..."
I am just trying to express overwhelming excitement, and encouragement towards Gabe, at a future where the majority of people aren't on Windows anymore, and developers finally start to focus on Native Linux builds of games, Anti-Cheat software starts to go full Native Linux, Open source APIs start getting used and developed, etc.
Gaming support finally comes to Linux in full swing.
More and more companies will be encouraged to open source their stuff.
Other applications start to see people moving toward linux as the new major desktop platform they need to target and we start to see software shift over to native linux builds of software.
That is an absolutely exciting future, at least to me it is.
Yes. Your condescension is unnecessary.
Again, I am just excited that there is a huge gaming juggernaut, Valve, making an OS that will allow gaming on linux to be as easy as 1,2,3, for most people, helping people make a transition from their out of date, picked apart, registry tweaked to ****, not or illegally licensed windows machines, exposing themselves to a ton of security issues, causing gaming problems on those machines, and causing problems for developers as people having those issues due to issues they don't understand just blaming the developer and their game as the issue for their whoas. Microsoft's OS wasn't designed for that type of thing. Linux is designed for that kind of modularity, especially Arch Linux. If an application has a dependency and you accidentally removed it, you can easily find out what it is you are missing, and add said dependency back to the system via an official repo and a few short commands in a Linux terminal. Any aspect of the linux system that is not right can be easily replaced, fixed, or updated with a few short commands. It's not like Windows and the inefficient ways they handle things that cause issues for many people out there. Developers can write scripts for people that will repair damaged systems in a few clicks and the game is working as intended and the user is happy, etc.
Anyway hopefully I have cleared that up. Have a good day.
Are you refering to this?
"I am done with Mircosoft. Especially after Windows 11. If I can't play some games because they are Windows only... I will live."
Let me know.
Thanks.
Use windows 10 , it's still fine , and updated . I ain't switching over to "ads with windows" myself , gonnah stick to 10 and maybe STEAMOS dual boot on the main pc.
Il definatly install STEAMOS 3 on my second desktop pc in living room for gaming only (single boot).
Oh yeah and , yes it will be released in valve time , so when they say "soon" they mean at least another year or more ...
They said almost a year ago they would release STEAMOS to desktops and not only the Steam Deck.. when steam deck pre orders where possible... So we've been waiting a looooooooong time valve....
Hippie
Hahahahaha.
I do but, it's only got till 2025; After that you gotta go to Win 11. Having a nice Linux distro that is focused on gaming and is providing solid updates and frequently, like the Steam Deck's Steam OS, makes me want to switch over come 2025.
Same goes for the Steam library, to say the current one was hated when it was new would've been an understatement. Yet, the library that came before was hated when it was new as well.
People love hating on the new for the sake of hating on the new.
To keep this short...
Win11 has loads of problems.
I hate the new layout and design of everything in Win11.
I dislike that many things I could manipulate, and change, in Win 10 are now locked down in Win 11.
I dislike how Windows works in general.
I prefer the Linux way of doing things, hands down.
I would appreciate it if you would stop lying and making assumptions about myself or my intentions. If someone directed a question towards me, I will answer their question. You don't need to make up a false answer for me and act like a total d bag. Thanks.
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Microsoft takes a while to get their new OS to something resembling stability.
When XP launched, it was a mess. It got better with time.
When Vista launched, it was a mess. It stayed a mess.
When 7 launched, it was a mess. It got better with time.
When 10 launched, it was rough... Really rough... It's gotten better with time.
When 11 launched, it's been down right horrible, I am sure Microsoft will make it better, in time.
I personally don't want to deal with issues in win11 when I can just use win10 and not have any problems what so ever.
Why do I want Valve to realize a great Linux Distro?
I simply prefer the Linux way of doing things and would use that over Windows any day of the week. I have no problem using Linux as my daily driver to do the work I need to do.
I like the terminal.
I like repos.
I like being able to easily update or revert changes.
I like the modularity of Linux, which is there by design.
I like that Linux can be configured in a way to be very light on system resources.
I don't need a Ryzen 2 series + CPU and a TPM module installed just to use Linux.
All stuff you just don't get with Windows.