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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoBut it’s apparently the easiest, since Valve is already working on it. You just need to shift a significant portion of technical users to Linux and the other use-cases will follow.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoAbsolutely: lots of games don’t work anti-cheat games in general still don’t work, and that’s a massive market some games have terrible perf through Proton That said, most games work fine on Linux, but the ones that don’t are pretty popular.
minus-squaremoonlightlinkfedilink8•3 months agoMost anticheat isn’t a technical issue though, it’s just companies blocking Linux.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoI never said it was. I said it’s a problem that limits Linux adoption.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoNo worries. I also don’t play MP, so the vast majority of games just work for me. However, we’re talking about broad market adoption, not you or me.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoI’d say, having to install ProtonGE to make a game work is still quite a hassle.
But it’s apparently the easiest, since Valve is already working on it. You just need to shift a significant portion of technical users to Linux and the other use-cases will follow.
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Absolutely:
That said, most games work fine on Linux, but the ones that don’t are pretty popular.
Most anticheat isn’t a technical issue though, it’s just companies blocking Linux.
I never said it was. I said it’s a problem that limits Linux adoption.
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No worries. I also don’t play MP, so the vast majority of games just work for me. However, we’re talking about broad market adoption, not you or me.
I’d say, having to install ProtonGE to make a game work is still quite a hassle.