There's a lot of blog posts and news articles being written right now centred around Microsoft's plans for updates to Windows 11, and potential kernel changes, with some thinking this means big things for Linux gaming.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/42362729

There’s a lot of blog posts and news articles being written right now centred around Microsoft’s plans for updates to Windows 11, and potential kernel changes, with some thinking this means big things for Linux gaming.

Sorry to say, but I’m here to bring a more realistic take and to help keep all your feet on the ground.

quite relevant to yesterday’s discussion.

  • kbal@fedia.io
    331·
    2 months ago

    It’s interesting to see that Linux has gotten popular enough that a few of the most user-hostile devs are going out of their way specifically to stop people using it. Other than ignorance it’s unclear what their motivations could be. I for one will remember the names of the studios that do it and try my best never to buy or talk about their games.

    • bizarroland@fedia.io
      131·
      2 months ago

      Exactly. Microsoft never does anything that isn’t in their own financial interest.

      Even if other people benefit from it, it really is all about ensuring that they have profit growth year after year.

      So I can’t trust anything that they ever do and nobody else who cares about freedom in technology should either.

    • trashxeos@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      I wonder if anyone has compiled any data like that to show who is going out of their way to break Linux compatibility. I’d love to avoid publishers and/or devs that specifically use such anti consumer tactics.

  • AnEilifintChorcra@sopuli.xyz
    17·
    2 months ago

    Finally a good take. Or maybe I’m just a pessimist lol

    Microsoft are masters at dancing around anti competitive regulation. Xbox is struggling, they’ve said so themselves. I think they’re going to focus more on Gamepass and the Windows Store so making it as difficult as possible for the likes of the Steamdeck to succeeded is in their best interest. If they can push companies to adopt their new framework and at the same time make that framework almost impossible to implement into wine then its a win win. They can hurt wine while painting it as better security so they’re isn’t another CrowdStrike incident.

    Anticompetitive practices disguised as user security.

    I know linux isn’t very popular for the general public but Apple has their own implementation of wine in development and Google has flooded schools with Chromebooks. If I was Michaelsoft, I’d want to crush the competition quickly and discreetly now before I implement my Windows subscription so people don’t have any good alternatives left