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Re:Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux by yepthatsreality on Saturday September 11, 2021 @12:47PM (#28493434)
This has already been happening and the numbers have been going up for years now. [0] 100% compatibility not required as most gamers don’t play 100% of games.

[0] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/08/linux-has-finally-hit-...

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Re:Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux by 0-_-0 on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:36PM (#28493928)
Hmm, that shows a growth rate of 0.1% every 2.5 years, meaning the Year of our Lord 4479 A.D. might be the year of Linux on the desktop.
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Re:Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux by yepthatsreality on Saturday September 11, 2021 @04:56PM (#28495901)
Linux is on the desktop already. From KDE to Windows, the applications, DE, and compatibility layers are there to have it how you want.
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Re:Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux by pjmlp on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:36AM (#28499766)
Yeah, with small details like having a GL 3.3 driver for a graphics card that under Windows does GL 4.1 and hardware video decoding.
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