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Originally posted by Michael View PostAs I've said for months, the stuff Valve has going on will make or break the Linux desktop for good. The stuff they have planned is really great.
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Originally posted by allquixotic View PostI don't like the diction of "make or break". That sounds like there's a chance that they could make things worse in the end by what they do. Hopefully you're wrong and that all they're contributing is pure positive with no negatives.Michael Larabel
https://www.michaellarabel.com/
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Originally posted by Michael View PostIt's not that they'd do something to make toxic Linux, but that if Valve Software can't become viable on Linux, there's likely no hope for the Linux desktop ever going truly mainstream and posing serious competition to Windows on the desktop.
On the other hand, if Valve can't do it who else could?
But that's exactly the (dangerous) point of the story.
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Originally posted by entropy View PostMy words. I hope Valve is fully aware of their responsibilities...
On the other hand, if Valve can't do it who else could?
But that's exactly the (dangerous) point of the story.
Linux has its own problems that make it "difficult" for the average user + you have to have something that might make them take notice. Freedom is not one of the things that will attract for sure. Techical advance either. Apple managed to attract people with beauty and the promise of peace of mind (just works etc.).
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A lot of these problems mirror issues that we've seen with other game engines (e.g., Unigine).
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Originally posted by 89c51 View PostI don't think Valve is a "make or brake" factor for desktop linux.
Linux has its own problems that make it "difficult" for the average user + you have to have something that might make them take notice. Freedom is not one of the things that will attract for sure. Techical advance either. Apple managed to attract people with beauty and the promise of peace of mind (just works etc.).
I think we should contact other companies now and tell them that Valve is porting Steam and games to Linux and they should follow them before seeing the end result of Valve's endeavour.
I just hope that all the games ported to Linux can be played on older distributions, in my case Ubuntu 10.10 - latest with Gnome 2.32.
Btw, fuck Gnome3, GTK3, Arch linux, Debian, Mark Shuttleworth and software patents.
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