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by sph 237 days ago
Must Valve do everything to bring Linux to the masses?

(I would love a Steam phone, though that’s never gonna happen)
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pjmlp 237 days ago
Still having issues to bring Linux to game devs.

Remember that Android/NDK has the same 3D and audio APIs available on regular GNU/Linux, Swift does Vulkan, Playstation has a POSIX like OS based on FreeBSD.

Yet Valve needs to offer Win32/DirectX support via Proton.

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sph 234 days ago
Game devs are not stuck on Windows because of APIs. They're stuck on Windows because of the Adobe suite and proprietary game engines.

All Valve can do is bring Linux to gamers, and game devs will follow, if their tools allow them to.

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