[HN Gopher] Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final ed...
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Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition
Author : itvision
Score : 16 points
Date : 2024-12-30 22:25 UTC (34 minutes ago)
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| foderking wrote:
| 2025 year of Linux desktop finally?
| RajT88 wrote:
| Dang, beat me to it.
| perihelions wrote:
| - _" The vast majority of applications exist only for Windows,
| and speaking of games, Linux hasn't seen any AAA titles for many
| years now,"_
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| The vast majority of AAA titles run seemlessly on Linux. Per
| protondb[0], >=80% of the top 10, top 100, and top 1000 are rated
| "platinum" or "gold" (by users).
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| https://www.protondb.com/
| talldayo wrote:
| Works on my machine.
| the__alchemist wrote:
| I've been patiently trying a distro of Linux every other year for
| the past 20... Someday.
| rbanffy wrote:
| Again?
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| I've been using Linux on my desktop since 2004 or so.
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| And lack of games is always brought up as if gaming was one
| essential feature of a computer. That's what consoles are for.
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