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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Valve's plan to bring SteamOS to more devices is a promising sign if you want to stop gaming on Windows (www.pcguide.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by penquin@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Even gamers nexus' Steve today said that they're about to start doing Linux games performance testing soon. It's happening, y'all, the year of the Linux desktop is upon us. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

Edit: just wanted to clarify that Steve from GN didn't precisely say they're starting to test soon, he said they will start WHEN the steam OS releases and is adopted. Sorry about that.

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[–] argarath@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

This is the fifth person I see misinterpreting what Steve said about doing Linux performance testing, they aren't going to start doing this soon, they will only start doing it WHEN SteamOS is released for desktops! It was very clear on the video FFS

I'm also really fucking excited for that tho, I recently switched to mint and helldivers 2 actually feels smoother than on windows, it has been such a good experience!! I cannot imagine how much better things will get with more people jumping to Linux and thus game makers actually pay attention to us

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My apologies. Fixed it in the main post with an edit

[–] argarath@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks you! And sorry if I was too aggressive, reading it again it sounded way more aggressive than I expected, I just wanted to sound energetic instead, my bad

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Of course, and no worries. We are all good :)

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I've been daily driving Linux since 2017, I started with Ubuntu and it's been great. I recently got a Lenovo T14 Gen 1 and put Linux Mint 22 on it, and I've been playing some games on it and it's been pretty nice for such a portable laptop.