Quoting: EhvisWine and Proton are not kernel drivers. But what if you had to run a binary kernel module of unknown origin before you could do that. Would you still be willing?

Strange thing is, this might have happened when I used Windows, but I couldn't see me doing it under Linux.
Well, maybe this "I didn't know" is the difference already. Plus I didn't have to do it actively.

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Quoting: CFWhitmanI work in an IT Department, and, "Don't deploy on Friday," is probably our number one rule. If you deploy something on Friday and it causes a problem over the weekend (and you are not the one on call), you will get bawled out.

Yeah, we found out the same in the last years. :)

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: KallestofelesMaybe one day, in a perfect world, KDE would finally become stable enough to daily drive it. But I guess that's besides the point.

Running it daily for many, many years.
Don't know what you're talking about.

Probably you're not daily driving it on Arch.

Debian stable (in the last years).
Might make a difference. ;)

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: RedfaceNeither Debian or Ubuntu use the packages build by the Debian developers so your statement about that Ubuntu is stable because of the packages build by developers makes no sense.
The stability of a distribution comes from the release management, build procedures and QA, all of those Ubuntu does independently of Debian.

Wtf? Of course Debian and Ubuntu use the packages built by Debian developers...

FFS.

That's not true anymore for some years now.

https://wiki.debian.org/SourceOnlyUpload [External Link]

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Quoting: elmapulthe question is: will stake holders care about us?

Hm.
My first reflex was "Yes, if they're acting reasonable. Money is money, little or much." And "Porting will be the easier the more platforms they support in the first place." Like, when supporting Windows and XBox and PlayStation and Switch, Linux is not too hard to do.
I guess the problem is that developers are scarce and even if Linux is worth it, making them do something else promises more money.

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I have never played DayZ (but watched some of it when it was new).
What should I expect if I tried it today, as a beginner?

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Nasra

Quoting: GuestI remember people commentating Arma 3 was playable, nice to see official support :). I am sure we'll see more soon, although I do wonder if some devs will leave it until Steam Deck users start yelling at them.

Bohemia had developed a Linux Beta for ARMA3.
https://dev.arma3.com/ports [External Link]

Actually, I was very very well aware of that :). Do I have to write out an entire essay on these places to cover every angle in the hopes someone doesn't pick on some little bit? Even if doing so half the people will reply anyway...

You shouldn't feel offended by replies adding some information.

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Is Unity editor for Linux still in some preview/alpha/beta/dunno state BTW?

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyAyup.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ayup [External Link]
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hey_up [External Link]

:huh:

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Quoting: elmapuli dont know how those statistics will count steam deck, but one thing is for sure, if we manage to steal away users who would purchase an switch to play on the go, nintendo take too long go relase switch 2 or switch 2 dont sell well, and most people dont install windows on ther deck, then we can get an significant part of the market, otherwise , our relevance in the market is lower than the margin for errors in those statistics whetever source you use.

Well, being one percent of a 37 billion Dollar market is representing 370 million dollars - just as 0.23% of a 160 billion market is.

So I'm not sure it's helpful to put PC gaming and mobile "gaming" into the same pot (diagram). You could as well make a huge diagram including all digital entertainment, or all recreational activities, and have the Linux gaming market look even smaller. But the actual size is the same.

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