Re:Apple gave me the Hey treatment back in 2014
by distances on Friday June 19, 2020 @02:09AM
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> for many people, there is no viable alternative (e.g. gamers).
There's an increasing feeling that Linux is getting there for gamers too. There are already mainstream narratives [0] that Linux may be better for gaming than Windows!
[0] E.g. https://youtu.be/6T_-HMkgxt0
Re:Apple gave me the Hey treatment back in 2014
by aegis4244 on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:26AM
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My 18 year old step-son does not care about OSS, or Linux. Yesterday his just received a new laptop. He said, "well, I'm going to install Linux on it, you know, for games". By which he means minecraft, which ran much better on Linux than on the native windows 10 his last laptop came with. Higher fps, more terrain loaded....yadayada ...... I shot soda out my nose.
Re:Apple gave me the Hey treatment back in 2014
by zimpenfish on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:02AM
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> There's an increasing feeling that Linux is getting there for gamers too.
True, I definitely see a lot more of the things offered by people like itch.io or Humble Bundle having a Linux option.
"most popular" in the sense of "most widely installed and tolerated", perhaps, but definitely not "most popular because people actively chose it where there are other viable options" because, for many people, there is no viable alternative (e.g. gamers).