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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Linux has been very good for a long time. It's just gaming that didn't work very well until DXVK came out and Valve started putting a lot of work into it and Wine.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 5 points 5 days ago

Lack of gaming compatability would be an absolute deal breaker for a hell of a lot of people, so this has been very recent major progress to set the stage for Linux success.

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 4 points 5 days ago

It's honestly been way bigger of a struggle to get pirated games to work on Windows compared to Steam games on Linux. Many of them work straight out of the box with zero tweaks.