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    Switched to linux before it became mainstream (lemmy.world)
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    [–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I use Linux because the Steam Deck convinced me that gaming on Linux is a thing. Before that i was hesitant to make the jump, even though I've used UNIX before Windows 3 even came out

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    It makes me happy to read this same basic message repeatedly. I've been a Linux enthusiast since the late 90s, but back then it definitely felt like it was never going to be a mainstream replacement for Windows due in large part to gaming.

    I know Valve isn't getting nothing out of their investment, but all the same I'm so appreciative that they didn't abandon their Linux efforts after Steam Machines didn't catch on.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

    This is why I didn't switch until this year. Valve really did a great thing by driving this adoption and I feel like with Proton in the state it's in, there's really not much you're giving up by going to Linux these days.

    The list of actual pain points is ever shrinking now. I can't imagine switching back in 95. You had to put up with so much inequity for a lot of that time.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Windows 3? If you weren't so old you could have become a Masterjodler69

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

    Now get off my lawn, damn kids!