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Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls

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Re: Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls

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Post by loganc2342 »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #3

Wild how less than 24h ago we were told to assume Linux was finally a hardened contender for gaming OS. The facts are the facts, and they're yet again trending opposite of journalism's opinions. The users have chosen Windows. Again. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457770

The author of the PC Gamer article acknowledged that the install base for Linux among gamers was dwarfed by the install base for Windows. All they were arguing is that Linux is the better platform for gaming, not that it’s more popular.

Re: Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls

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Post by the__alchemist »

NSUserDefaults wrote: post #6

Doesn't seem newsworthy, unless you are a Windows-centric news site trying too hard to dis Linux. The slow but steady move to 6+ CPU core systems seems at least a bit more interesting.

Concur. Reads like financial news commenting on a stock going up or down.

Re: Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls

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Post by oreally »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #3

Wild how less than 24h ago we were told to assume Linux was finally a hardened contender for gaming OS. The facts are the facts, and they're yet again trending opposite of journalism's opinions. The users have chosen Windows. Again. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457770

Keep widening the context. Last thing we need is a developer with rent on their minds, influenced by internet comments, developing on linux and being ignorant of the realities there.

Re: Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls

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Post by Sweepi »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #3

Wild how less than 24h ago we were told to assume Linux was finally a hardened contender for gaming OS. The facts are the facts, and they're yet again trending opposite of journalism's opinions. The users have chosen Windows. Again. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457770

ah yes - "we were told" and "journalism's opinions"

Re: Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls

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Post by NDizzle »

The only thing holding me back is nvidia drivers. I want people talking about how good they are before I switch over my gaming laptop.

A company that bet the farm on gamers back in the '90s needs to embrace their bread and butter. AI is cool, but don't forget what got you here.

Re: Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls

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Post by Joel_Mckay »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #3

Wild how less than 24h ago we were told to assume Linux was finally a hardened contender for gaming OS. The facts are the facts, and they're yet again trending opposite of journalism's opinions. The users have chosen Windows. Again. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457770

Slop content is still slop... especially when saying things people want to hear.

Fact is most modern Linux Kernels >6.8.x don't support the legacy nvidia driver 470. Thus, on modern OS distros a lot of legacy video cards and laptops running Linux >6.18.x just isn't practical without a GPU upgrade.

The situation will probably get worse in the next few years as perpetual permutation kernel culture hits unmaintainable EOL hardware driver Blobs.

Most dual boot a Windows 10/11 ssd, as it still sort of works. YMMV =3

Re: Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls

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Post by [deleted] »

NDizzle wrote: post #17

The only thing holding me back is nvidia drivers. I want people talking about how good they are before I switch over my gaming laptop. A company that bet the farm on gamers back in the '90s needs to embrace their bread and butter. AI is cool, but don't forget what got you here.

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Re: Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls

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Post by formerly_proven »

Joel_Mckay wrote: post #18
1970-01-01 wrote: post #3

Wild how less than 24h ago we were told to assume Linux was finally a hardened contender for gaming OS. The facts are the facts, and they're yet again trending opposite of journalism's opinions. The users have chosen Windows. Again. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457770

Slop content is still slop... especially when saying things people want to hear. Fact is most modern Linux Kernels >6.8.x don't support the legacy nvidia driver 470. Thus, on modern OS distros a lot of legacy video cards and laptops running Linux >6.18.x just isn't practical without a GPU upgrade. The situation will probably get worse in the next few years as perpetual permutation kernel culture hits unmaintainable E…

470 is for GTX 700 series and older - these are ~13 year old GPUs.
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