Valve potentially looking into getting Windows games to run on Linux
Source: GitHub
it would work similarly to Wine
people said the same thing about cider (transgaming's gaming specific wine ) and actual wine ports on Mac.This might be bad for native Linux gaming ("if our windows game works on wine, why make a linux version?"), but good for overall adoption of Linux.
This might be bad for native Linux gaming
but good for overall adoption of Linux.
This is mainly because in order to run Steam games from Wine, you need a Windows version of Steam running through Wine at the same time. Which, a few years ago when SteamOS launched, was basically a buggy fucking mess and not really worth the effort. The last couple years the compatibility has improved a ton though, you can actually log in and play any Wine supported Steam games and such, but there are still a lot of bugs with major features still that need to be worked out (for example, anything using the built-in browser simply doesn't work at all, it just shows up blank, and sometimes the Chat doesn't function and let you type in it).I thought they already did. If SteamOS doesn't come pre-packaged with WINE, no wonder it's bombing so hard.
This kind of comment makes me cringe.Is there any reason for anyone to use only linux? Why does it still exist even?
Is there any reason for anyone to use only windows? Why does it still exist even after 7 didn't have virtual desktops, then 8 came out and was everyone's favorite OS (/s), then 10 came out and had virtual desktops but still no tabs in the file explorer?Is there any reason for anyone to use only linux? Why does it still exist even?