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I'd of thought steam and proton would of been a large contributing factor
I think the spotlight on KDE from Steam Deck definitely helps. It's polished as shit, and it acts like Windows by default, and that is a good thing.
And the most of distros defaults to shitty gnome, slowing down Linux adoption. Steam finally showed that anybody can use Linux, with proper WM.
I much prefer Gnome. Sure other UIs are more "familiar" but I found Gnome had basically zero learning curve and makes a much cleaner and more modern workspace, and a better use of screen real estate, which is super important for multi-tasking.
I found the opposite with Gnome which is why I switched over to KDE.
And that's the beauty, we are free to choose. I'm glad Gnome works well for you.
YOU CANT JUST DO THAT
This! Gnome is absolutely a foil to adoption. Everyone I've seen try to start with Ubuntu has bounced right off back to Windows. You're already wrapping your head around a new OS, you do not need an entirely new desktop paradigm.
So happy Valve went with the setup they did.
It was for me at least, only moved to Linux after spending a long time with the steam deck
think youd of eventually used linux without the intervention of the steam deck?
Interesting grammar.
Where are you from?
Interesting good or interesting bad? I'm from UK Devon
I’m guessing he’s just pointing out that it is incorrect grammar and wondered if you were a native speaker.
Replace “of” with “have”, and you’re golden 👍
i would have gone the rest have my life using "of" instead have using "have"
It takes a lot have practice and a lot have commitment. But by the end have it, you’ll be much better havef
gaming was THE missing piece for me since i first tried desktop linux long ago. and it has improved massively in many other ways since then.
i suspect many other people think alike me too.
Definitely this is huge. Proton and the respective Wine advancements are exactly what needed to happen. And the headlines about some games running better on Linux really gives it a good look.
Im building up to switch over thanks to proton. I will still have to dual boot for edgecase games though.
Could of would of should of.