the problem is, supporting more than just 1 hardware spec is very difficult. im not just talking about their SOC, but the controller parts, the networking devices, all of the things that can be more temperamental on linux than it is on windows. and that’s without considering the long list of games that don’t work, and probably never will, for various reasons out of valves control.
You’d have to be utterly mad to think driver support is easier on Linux. Most of the time it’s either it exists or it doesn’t. And since obscure hardware is generally moved by interest, the answer to issues is usually “Why don’t you code it?”
This is a huge step from the drivers just straight up existing at all on windows. Usually the drivers that compete/surpass windows are for both popular projects, and projects where the information is generally available (hence why Radeon card drivers are fairly good, and Nvidia has been an ongoing battle)
This is all to say that yes, having a company backing the hardware’s drivers helps a lot, so the point of supporting more than 1 hardware spec is a very good point.
I don’t think anyone who daily drives Linux understands how annoying getting virtually anything to run properly on that platform is, if you can get it to run at all. It doesn’t support most keyboard/mouse software, it doesn’t support any anticheat for any major games, and it’s chronic use of CLI means that it can never get a large enough amount of users to become a viable platform. The only way that Linux users will get platform support is if someone actually makes a windows level user experience, and Ubuntu is still nowhere near that bar all these years later. If I can’t use the things I use everyday on windows, on Linux without hitting the command line once, it’s not happening for the general public.
the problem is, supporting more than just 1 hardware spec is very difficult. im not just talking about their SOC, but the controller parts, the networking devices, all of the things that can be more temperamental on linux than it is on windows. and that’s without considering the long list of games that don’t work, and probably never will, for various reasons out of valves control.
Driver support is easier on Linux, and again I think you misunderstand how well Proton works.
You’d have to be utterly mad to think driver support is easier on Linux. Most of the time it’s either it exists or it doesn’t. And since obscure hardware is generally moved by interest, the answer to issues is usually “Why don’t you code it?”
This is a huge step from the drivers just straight up existing at all on windows. Usually the drivers that compete/surpass windows are for both popular projects, and projects where the information is generally available (hence why Radeon card drivers are fairly good, and Nvidia has been an ongoing battle)
This is all to say that yes, having a company backing the hardware’s drivers helps a lot, so the point of supporting more than 1 hardware spec is a very good point.
I don’t think anyone who daily drives Linux understands how annoying getting virtually anything to run properly on that platform is, if you can get it to run at all. It doesn’t support most keyboard/mouse software, it doesn’t support any anticheat for any major games, and it’s chronic use of CLI means that it can never get a large enough amount of users to become a viable platform. The only way that Linux users will get platform support is if someone actually makes a windows level user experience, and Ubuntu is still nowhere near that bar all these years later. If I can’t use the things I use everyday on windows, on Linux without hitting the command line once, it’s not happening for the general public.
That’s pretty strongly worded - I know Bungie and Epic (Fortnite only) have both refused, but I consider quite a few of the many games that do support anti-cheat on Proton to be major https://areweanticheatyet.com/table/1/?search=&sortOrder=&sortBy=status