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The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS (arstechnica.com)
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[–] bear@slrpnk.net 9 points 6 days ago

Desktop Linux and Linux gaming largely exists on the back of hobbyists. DXVK was created by a hobbyist who wanted to play Nier Automata and just got officially hired by Valve later. Many of the projects that now make up Proton and SteamOS started the same way. Valve is effectively the only major corporation backing it, and they're going out of their way to elevate community-driven projects.