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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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[–] picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Really nice. Been waiting for this. I've used linux for two decades but kept gaming pc separate last years as I've became lazy. Now I'll likely decommision that one and just rdp into my work windows machine if needed.

Thanks gaben

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[–] danhab99@programming.dev 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

PC gamers moving to console? What's next the existing consoles adopting keyboard+mouse?..

There is no downside to this

[–] HeyLow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago

Consoles have accepted keyboard+mouse for years now! Microsoft started with the Xbox one and Sony started with the PS3; Though there were select games for generations prior that supported k+m through their own implentations

I would love them to partner with like micorcenter and have systems that are completely supported like an apple store.

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In my case it's a sign I might should try out PC gaming again. I've been console exclusively for like 15 years now because so few games used to work. But with Steamdeck's popularity we might actually start seeing more than 10% of games getting native ports 🤞

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