> Now if Valve actually made studios care about Linux, then yes, SteamOS would be interesting.
But that's exactly is what is happening - albeit at a small scale - but it's happening nonetheless. I recall Marvel Rivals for instance name-dropping Bazzite in their changelogs not too long ago[1], which was a first. I can't recall any major game mentioning a small distro, ever. Another big name is Baldur's Gate 3 - not only did they explicitly add support for Proton initially, they even released a native Linux version[2]. There's a bunch of other examples as well, but you get the drift.
We can only expect to see more such examples with the release of the Steam Machine. These are exciting times for any Linux gamer, and also Windows gamers looking to part ways with Microsoft.
But that's exactly is what is happening - albeit at a small scale - but it's happening nonetheless. I recall Marvel Rivals for instance name-dropping Bazzite in their changelogs not too long ago[1], which was a first. I can't recall any major game mentioning a small distro, ever. Another big name is Baldur's Gate 3 - not only did they explicitly add support for Proton initially, they even released a native Linux version[2]. There's a bunch of other examples as well, but you get the drift.
We can only expect to see more such examples with the release of the Steam Machine. These are exciting times for any Linux gamer, and also Windows gamers looking to part ways with Microsoft.
[1] https://www.marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/20250212/41548_12113...
[2] https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?Number=958866