after years and years of microsoft being awful I finally got a few of my techy gamer friends onto linux in the past ~3 years, and they're running with it!
The EU countries investing in FOSS may also make a dent
Yeah, and that move from Valve originally came from when Microsoft floated the idea that all software on Windows would pass through the MS Software Store.
That freaked out a lot of publishers, so MS backed off the idea. But Valve's response was to build an exit ramp on Linux.
Pretty nice that Valve stuck with it after the fact.
was that first floated before or after the OG steam machine I wonder? because valve has been at this a lot longer than just the steam deck development cycle
Yeah, this was way before steam deck. This was when SteamOS/Proton/SteamMachines were first rolled out.
If I remember correctly, the MS store was really young at that point. It was already an environment where people were nervous what the new store might mean. Then MS ballooned the idea into that environment and freaked everyone out. I believe they eventually moved forward with the idea on Windows for ARM for a time, but I have no idea if that stuck.
definitely not single handedly but I'm not goign to pretend they aren't helping quite a bit. All the foss parts mostly existed before valve got involved
Oh absolutely. I'm definitely exaggerating! Probably the biggest contribution Valve is making isn't code, but institutional legitimacy to many of these projects. It's dragging the other industry leaders (cough nVidia cough) to support Linux rather than some afterthought.
yeah I think business is what keeps M$ going, not boomers. Windows is deeply integrated into almost every major corporation. They really on stuff like AD, Office, and Teams, which Linux can't compete very well on.
As much as I hate web tech, things are changing because of browsers. Microsoft wants office to be a web app, teams is already a web app, ad is happening through Azure.Once every business product turns into rent-seeking SASS, there's no reason not to use Linux.
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after years and years of microsoft being awful I finally got a few of my techy gamer friends onto linux in the past ~3 years, and they're running with it!
The EU countries investing in FOSS may also make a dent
Valve is single-handedly raising Linux's game compatibility with their work.
Also, lets be real, a lot of business
buy Microsoft like their grandpap 
bought IBM.
Yeah, and that move from Valve originally came from when Microsoft floated the idea that all software on Windows would pass through the MS Software Store.
That freaked out a lot of publishers, so MS backed off the idea. But Valve's response was to build an exit ramp on Linux.
Pretty nice that Valve stuck with it after the fact.
was that first floated before or after the OG steam machine I wonder? because valve has been at this a lot longer than just the steam deck development cycle
Yeah, this was way before steam deck. This was when SteamOS/Proton/SteamMachines were first rolled out.
If I remember correctly, the MS store was really young at that point. It was already an environment where people were nervous what the new store might mean. Then MS ballooned the idea into that environment and freaked everyone out. I believe they eventually moved forward with the idea on Windows for ARM for a time, but I have no idea if that stuck.
definitely not single handedly but I'm not goign to pretend they aren't helping quite a bit. All the foss parts mostly existed before valve got involved
Oh absolutely. I'm definitely exaggerating! Probably the biggest contribution Valve is making isn't code, but institutional legitimacy to many of these projects. It's dragging the other industry leaders (cough nVidia cough) to support Linux rather than some afterthought.
yeah I think business is what keeps M$ going, not boomers. Windows is deeply integrated into almost every major corporation. They really on stuff like AD, Office, and Teams, which Linux can't compete very well on.
As much as I hate web tech, things are changing because of browsers. Microsoft wants office to be a web app, teams is already a web app, ad is happening through Azure.Once every business product turns into rent-seeking SASS, there's no reason not to use Linux.
Unfortunately Active Directory will still exist until the heat death of the universe
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