1.85% of Steam users run Linux • Hacker News Board

Re: 1.85% of Steam users run Linux

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Post by gcr » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 11:26 PM UTC

crdoconnor wrote: post #115

Joeri wrote: post #104

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Remember the netbook craze? They put linux on there, but they didn't start to sell in volume until they replaced it with windows. When people buy something in a PC form factor they expect it to run windows. Linux on the desktop will not happen in a traditional desktop form factor because people don't want it and/or don't see the point. The one possible exception are chromebooks, because a laptop that only runs chrome…

>Remember the netbook craze? They put linux on there, but they didn't start to sell in volume until they replaced it with windows. Not exactly how I remember it. They sold like wildfire initially when linux was first put on it. Then MS started giving away windows licenses because they freaked out over linux adoption overtaking them. Somehow them and intel managed to prevent all the hardware manufacturers from improvi…

(BTW, congrats on having a post ID of exactly 7000000! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7000000 )

Re: 1.85% of Steam users run Linux

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Post by yeukhon » Fri, Jan 03, 2014, 12:24 PM UTC

hrkristian wrote: post #90

yeukhon wrote: post #70

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I wonder how much work they have to do to support retina.

Retina is just Apple's marketing term for high-density display, and is something that's been common in PC gaming for a decade. Before the age of LCD my monitor had a whopping 1920x1440 res, many gamers opt into similarly high (16:9) resolutions now. The higher pixel density isn't necessarily a plus, though. I find 1080p does just fine for everything and want my gpu to be able to render with AA, anisotropic filtering…

Thanks. I know a couple desktop tools have issues with retina (or high-density resolution as you said) support that's why I asked. It seems like there might be addition code have to be added.

Re: 1.85% of Steam users run Linux

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Post by Bjuukia » Fri, Jan 03, 2014, 8:36 PM UTC

Part of the reason I use linux is that I want control. I like games too, but Steam doesn't give me control. I would prefer Steam didn't manage my games, I want everything separate from each other. Until I can do that, I won't use Steam (I've tried)

It wouldn't surprise me if there's a fundamental difference in thinking between linux vs other users. It's great that Steam's been providing Linux games, but that's just not enough for me.