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by johnnyanmac 139 days ago
Well yeah, it always comes down to money. Even on an indie level Linux support is a commitment.

https://reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/e2ww5s/mike_rose_linux...

Now if you do care about quality, having a committed, technical audience giving quality big reports is a godsend. But that's not where we are this decade rife with layoffs and rampant outsourcing in the industry.
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deaddodo 139 days ago
You’re posting an argument from 6 years ago. Not including Steam OS, the Linux market share has almost quadrupled since then (to ~3.2%); including Steam OS, it’s up to ~24%. And continues to trend upwards.

You also don’t need to arbitrarily support Linux. It’s not difficult to say “this has only been tested on Fedora, Ubuntu, POP, and SteamOS; other distributions are unsupported officially”.

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simoncion 138 days ago
> You also don’t need to arbitrarily support Linux.

Right. The most one needs to do is to support Proton and let Valve sort the rest out.

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