Nvidia please make a dedicated driver team for Linux. IIRC one of the biggest stumbling block for a general SteamOS release is subpar Nvidia performance on DX12 games that can get around 30% performance degradation. Even Valve assigned a team of engineers to work on this specifically.
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There is a fix coming for the Nvidia performance problem. It's going to take some months for all the pieces to fall in place. See this video for more about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpXINAMaljA
Nvidia's shit Linux support is why I've been stuck with Windows despite how badly I want to switch to Arch. You get no Nvidia Control Panel, no Nvidia App, no ShadowPlay, no RTX HDR, no 3D Settings panel; basically the only thing you can do with an Nvidia GPU on Linux is render 3D graphics. Which is fine if all you do with your PC is CAD or non-competitive SDR gaming. But I paid for all these extra features and so I'd like to use them.
Can't even switch to an AMD GPU, either, because I like Ray Tracing too much, so I'm stuck waiting on Nvidia to get their shit together (or AMD to finally release a GPU that can handle RT @ 4K120) before I can finally ditch Microsoft for good.
Obvious solution: Build a D3D12 to D3D11 translation layer, kinda like DXVK but in reverse
They have a unique opportunity here to capitalise on Microsoft’s mistakes.
I'd say it's even more unique than a valuable competitive mistake/opportunity.
Valve has the chance to grow the brand and make a bunch of money and all the other standard goals for a company, sure. But they also have the opportunity to benefit the world in subtle but significant ways while getting richer.
A normal megacorp might not give a shit about that last part. But a company that is majority owned by one individual who is already a billionaire that looks like santa claus and presumably cares about his legacy and maybe even other people... it might just be possible!
It's even still a valid course of action if there's literally no interest in making the world better.
They've potentially found a way to make their nearly omnipresent e-commerce platform share a name with the operating system, which is coincidentally mostly developed by others. They get to associate their name with a few tens of billions of dollars of development effort for a fraction of the cost.
To be clear, this isn't bad or anything. It's quite literally what a lot of the people doing all that legwork want. It just doesn't require any altruism from valve. They make money selling games, and they sell more games when people think it's easier to play them. A desktop with the ease of a console is a big selling point for a lot of people.
I am hoping that Gabe someday creates a PayValve service, to let perverts and LGBTQ+ customers to have a True Neutral transaction processor. Just a 1% fee would let Valve get a little bit of profit from everyone who doesn't use MasterVisa - including competing game stores, or other markets.
I hate Microsoft shoving AI down our throats. I will not upgrade to AI Windows. I just don't want to port over to a new OS because: (1) I like 10's GUI, (2) I don't trust an OS that I might not be able to run word or excel on because I do so much on them, and (3) my version of Windows doesn't have ads on it.
There are alternatives to Microsoft Office like LibreOffice and OnlyOffice. Plus you can still use Office 365 in a browser if it "has" to be Microsoft Office.
LibreOffice has been so good. As a non-power user I haven't even noticed a difference, aside from the lack of bullshit.
I've used both Libreoffice and Onlyoffice along with Microsofts offerings. I've gone several hours in onlyoffice to only notice when I'm saving that I was using Onlyoffice instead of Microsoft Excel. That's how similar they look.
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my version of Windows doesn’t have ads on it.
Windows 7?
As others have mentioned - and to add my own opinion: In terms of Writer (Word) and Calc (Excel), LibreOffice is by far better than M$ for everyone who isn't for some reason an absolute fan of searching for buttons that have the function they need by looking at tiny icons.
I put SteamOS on my handheld and turned it into my main PC. I haven't missed Windows even slightly.
if they sell easy install one/low click installs they’d make a killing.
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Cool, me to.
If all the games I had worked on steam os I’d switch to Linux in a heartbeat.
Do it goddammit!
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