In production builds, Microsoft is A/B testing a new ‘feature’ that is designed to nag users with fullscreen window-less Microsoft Edge recommendations in the OOBE screen. The nag will appear when users set up their PC, sign in to their system after applying updates, or when they click on a new ad banner within the […]
and the best way to entice devs is to use it and increase the userbase
I'm a machinist by trade, but ever since the 5th grade I wanted to be a game developer. Maybe I would have done it if the industry wasn't so shit and community college wasn't a joke - but along the lines of pursuing this "life dream" I learned a decent bit about computer science. In my personal experience, Linux was the most pleasant development environment dating back 15 years. Thousands of indie games get put out with Linux support every year. It isn't a problem with the development environment.
The problem if anything, is the end user marketshare. Large studios look at OS marketshare and oftentimes decide Linux isn't worth it - even though several of the most sophisticated general purpose game engines support it, and if they adhered to good software development practices, it wouldn't be much trouble at all.