2025-12-28 13:19 UTC
Game studios support - most games don’t support Linux natively (and no, I don’t want compatibility layer upon layer).
“Default” Linux distribution for average consumers. Average consumers don’t want 2000 distro choices as they will rather stick to one Windows that having to think between many Linux distros and pick one.
The “default” Linux needs to have the consumer-marketing name of simply “Linux OS”.
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@MouldyCat@feddit.uk 2025-12-28 17:09
compatibility layer upon layer I can understand the sentiment, but don’t ignore the real advantages to the proton/wine way of doing things. For instance, some old games won’t run on modern Windows but will run on Linux under proton/wine. It’s also just a lot easier for game companies to target a single platform i.e. Windows. When Valve first released their Steam machines, a few AA games were released natively. For several of those, the native builds no longer work and you now need to run the Windows version under proton/wine.