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Originally Posted by AdamJL
it'll never be the year of Linux
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this has little to do with microsoft ceasing win 10 support in 2 years, and Win11 not working on 'older hardware'. for those who intend on not buying newer hardware and want their OS providing updates linux is really the only option - thanks to Microsoft there may be more linux users around.
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Originally Posted by AstroViking
Sadly, very true.
Add to that the huge market for games. No developer is going to code for Windows and it's graphics capabilities and then duplicate that work for Linux. Add to that the underlying graphics drivers (Intel / NVidia / AMD) and the amount of work has skyrocketed.
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game devs don't need to code specifically for linux, thanks to Valve throwing resources at the problem (and the Steam Deck),
proton can play most Windows games these days without issue (I think it was at ~82% of the top 1000 Steam games back in 2021 not sure where it is at now) and sometimes better than windows- the main impediment being intrusive anti-cheat on competitive fps games - which some game engines have started to address. as for drivers nvidia has even started upping their linux game
https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nv...ernel-modules/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwmNLqJL7Zo for some AAA gaming benchmarks
HDR imo is the main tangible feature currently lacking from linux for the non-business user - when that is sorted who knows (but they have started making progress after much silence).