Microsoft is Steaming Over Valve | Weekly News Roundup

[@metalmusic1401]

I personally think Microsoft should take a good look at themselves and also realise that people don't want to use windows because of the consistent data collection and all the advertising did Microsoft really think people were going to put up with constant nag screens for products and games. The incessant advertising built into the operating system is now becoming the main reason why people are leaving. It's too slow too bloated and Microsoft we'll have to start going in a different direction otherwise they may have nothing left in the future

[@raybob8238]

and also who wants to buy a digital Xbox game when your forced to have a xbox live subscription to "buy, Download and in most cases play" when steam and PC gaming has no such such restrictions? i don't see the reason why console platforms even need charge this fee. as in most cases it's Buy and done. It's not like everyone plays live service titles or only MP titles. we the Homeowner, pay for our braodband. Why the hell should we have to pay a "subscription" due to the device we're using, when on a comparible Device such as PC we can dothe exact same tasks and for free? F microsoft, F live service games,

[@APBinVTA]

Unfortunately, MS and allied don't care. They know everyone and their mother will have their products and use them and that just like pay to play, they have to do the d McAfee line of reasoning and insert themselves (Google) into every facet of our electronic existence. Too many fingers and not enough hands. Sad. Be well...

[@i-love-space390]

We can only hope. Never underestimate the laziness of the American consumer. Moving takes a lot of effort, and MS has an ironclad lock on some businesses that have bought into the OFFICE system of software.

[@angulion]

Not to mention the horrible Q&A with constant broken updates these days, something that MS used to be good at back in its heydays. Also dumbing down applications that use to be good - looking at you Outlook, where not even quoting in a reply to reply to many points each below different paragraphs work anymore.

[@gbamfs]

​@@i-love-space390We've got to do better as consumers. Agreed.

[@darkprinc979]

How long before Windows defender starts recognizing Steam as malware?

[@kevinsteinman8967]

Probably within a year if Valve does come out full force with Steam OS for PC.

[@DasIllu]

How long before people realize that Windows Defender is the malware.

[@tanall5959]

They'd get hit with the 'Anti-trust' bat so fast it'd spin your head off.

[@RenceAsANoob]

Won't this force game devs to consider steam compatibility at some point if they do this? Actually, let them do it. XDDD

[@MrwhoHQ]

not so long where xbox app is like microsoft edge and steam as a trojan virus 😂

[@joeyjumper94]

the rise of steamdecks may cause people to try and make more software that works natively on Linux, which will hurt Microsoft as it would enable people to move away from windows.

[@thechannelthatplantscrave5145]

Though, linux will need to have a more unified package management system for that to come to fruition.

[@bhargavjitbhuyan9394]

​@@thechannelthatplantscrave5145 have you ever heard about flatpaks and snaps mate?

[@zhengguo3178]

@@thechannelthatplantscrave5145That is the problem with the Linux ecosystem. Besides kernel they prefer not to share much in common.

[@gbamfs]

Proton and improving library support are bridging the gap. We have an article about this.

[@The8bitbeard]

For games at least, Valve and Codeweavers work on Proton makes creating native Linux builds unnecessary. Linux purists don't like to hear it, but it's true. Why support two builds of your game when you can just have one build (Windows), and test to ensure it runs fine on Linux via Proton? Even now with some games that have native Linux builds, it's often better to force it to run the Windows version with Proton instead.

[@tastyimportant2489]

It's likely that Valve knows that a lot of gamers (like myself) are still on Windows 10 and have no intention of "downgrading" to Windows 11. Microsoft will probably try and make life miserable for people that remain on Windows 10, so Valve providing an alternative with SteamOS makes sense. As a side note, I have noticed that a lot of Indie Game Developers are releasing fixes for their games that provide better compatibility with Steam Deck. This makes sense as their games fit well with the Steam Deck and this broadens the possible customer base beyond just PC gamers.

[@OkerlundTV]

Yea, gaming is getting closer to perfect on Linux over Windows. Only issue I have had in the past few months was Star Wars Outlaws didn't work very well so I had to get GeForce NOW to be able to play it. But, it didn't take super long for Valve to patch it with Proton Experimental. Otherwise, games work fine (I have like 50 games installed at the moment, I have gaming ADHD lol). And games with anti-cheat, the problem is mainly the developers of the games. Anti-cheat IS supported on Linux (I have played Helldivers 2, The First Descendant, Marvel Rivals, The Finals and a few others just fine). It's just up to the developers themselves to allow that support. The anti-cheats do need to have better capabilities on Linux, though. I am curious why they don't move forward with server side anti-cheats.

[@MagmaSlime-nb5ts]

Most game devs are lazy when it comes to this issue, and it certainly won't get any better if that laziness keeps going.

[@OkerlundTV]

@@MagmaSlime-nb5ts It's not about being lazy. Developers just believe there are more cheaters on Linux since it is easier without the kernel level anti-cheat. While that is true in some cases, they just have a lot of misinformation when it comes to it. Like Apex, they had Linux support with the anti-cheat but then removed it. Apparently we are all hackers.

[@ThePlayerOfGames]

Client-side kernel-level "anti cheat" allows data harvesting as a business model. Same reason the Google and Microsoft web browsers record everything you type in the URL bar, default to using Google and Microsoft DNS, and offer "web safety let us check your website before you go to it"; (so they can track everything you do and everywhere you go). Games that force Linux off with their "anti cheat" are exploitative to their users each and every time, the correlation is readily apparent.

[@edhuismanster]

I haven't played any games using Windows since May of last year (2024). Steam and proton are my goto for my games and some modding programs and if it doesn't work, I don't need or want it.

[@Ubiquities]

I have one Windows PC left, my gaming PC. Everything else, including laptops, my business PC’s including all employees is on Linux. Once I can play any game on SteamOS, that will be the last time I boot Windows.

[@tekjunkie28]

40% or my steam library is Linux native... 100% or games I've tested have worked. I plan to move to Linux as my main OS toadya or this week. I'll be dual booting but that's bc I do play some games with friends that does have anti cheat. I also have a Nvidia GPU so that a little less supported from what I gather but I've been happy so far.

[@MyouKyuubi]

Next time you buy a GPU, buy AMD. ;)

[@manyrabidrats]

over the last year NVIDIA support has gone very far. I moved my main pc to POP_OS and the 4070 super hasn't had any issues. I can even play VR (with AVLR) and a Quest 2. Everything so far has worked, though I assume it'll be a bit before the DLSS4 gets implemented on the linux drivers.

[@rodh1404]

Does anyone remember Windows 8 and Windows Phones? Yep, Microsoft has a stellar track record when it comes to unifyijng their OS to work with multiple types of device.

[@JonteRabe]

8:22 Yes, Steam works on Mac, but from what I've heard there are even less games that work than on Linux

[@nicholasbuckner5221]

Apple had 32 and 64 bit support, and they intentially broke 32 bit support, opengl, and then forced everyone onto metal. There's a lot of old Mac games that won't even run anymore. And game developers haven't been back. F Apple.

[@AshtonSnapp]

publishing games on mac is a pain in the ass and the market share just doesn’t justify it

[@BungieStudios]

I tried to make some apps for it but the closed ecosystem and headache made me say fuget it.

[@gwgux]

Microsoft: We're losing control, lets get Windows working better on different devices for the gamers since we did so well with Windows 8 and Windows Phone in the past. Gamers: We hate Microsoft's direction with Windows. In Valve we trust! Microsoft getting forced to actually compete for a chance for their OS is a good thing....but don't expect them to play fair. Microsoft didn't get their monopoly on the desktop OS market by playing fair. They haven't been keeping it for so long by playing fair. Expect a lot of underhanded moves to happen as they duke it out with anyone trying to make a Linux alternative for gaming.

[@AshnSilvercorp]

I don't think Microsoft will be capable of doing anything without the cloud. They already do this with Office 365. And they can only have so many customers realize that making people save to One Drive confuses normal users enough when they can't find them or forbid, their Microsoft account can't be logged into and they just lost all their documents for them to realize how bad of a deal their sub is. I don't doubt Microsoft wants the switch on your gaming access just so they can hold it over your head if you don't have Xbox live (or whatever they call it these days).

[@ThePlayerOfGames]

10:39 the Xboxes have always run Windows For Xbox with different skins (which means there was Windows NT for PowerPC). So the Xbox Series is running Windows 10/11 For Xbox x86_64, which is one reason those consoles are horrifically unstable, and that means they can port the Xbox One/Series UI to PC as a ahortcut. The main problem is they'll port the current version of the UI rather than the 2010s original release version which has been *significantly* downgraded since.

[@JuanDaringMann]

An XBox account is required to play Minecraft, even on Linux.

[@darkprinc979]

I don't have an XBox, but I'm pretty sure that an XBox live account and a Microsoft account are not one and the same.

[@BungieStudios]

@@darkprinc979 These days they are.

[@darkprinc979]

@@BungieStudios Doesn't having an XBox live account cost money though? Or is that just certain functionality? I have a Microsoft account, but I can't remember if I got it when Mojang forced everyone over or if it was for the Windows 10 tablet I bought back in the day. I've never signed up for XBox live.

[@johntilghman]

@@darkprinc979 I play Minecraft, I do have a Microsoft account, but I do not have an X-box account. Things work great.

[@niteriderevo9179]

@@darkprinc979 it's mainly only for the xbox consoles themselves, pc side generally does NOT have the 'pay to go online multiplayer' scheme that all the consoles do [i don't count the steamdeck as it's more oddball handheld laptop..]

[@shaunpatrick8345]

I've used decibels for ages, it's perfect. There is already a gnome music player, Decibels is a simple application to open when you double click an audio file in nautilus.

[@arniespace]

The recent Windows "update" borked my DAC and there is no fix as of now. I looked for a cure and all I found was lots of people with the same problem. I appreciate sound coming out of my speakers when I play games. I can't wait for the official release of Steam OS. Another computer will have Windows OS wiped and replaced with Linux. I already have two servers, two desktops and a laptop running various Linux distros. The only computer I have that's still on Windows is the gaming machine. (my DAC works fine on Linux, so it's not the hardware)

[@IaeyanElyuex]

How much longer do you think until megacorps start implementing "End User Exclusivity Agreements" that will forbid use of competing services under penalty of account termination?

[@SwitchedtoLinux]

That would be interesting.

[@BuriedUnkind]

I use two different audio and video players. I'd use this player like I use Amberol. I use it to play "A" song or "A" podcast. 2. I use Rhythmbox or Elisa or one of those other big players to manage my entire music collection and playlists. For videos I use Showtime to play "A" single video whether it be a movie, a television episode or a video podcast cast. I use VLC to binge watch a Television series one season at a time.

[@chris122380]

Microsoft must have forgotten about their previous Xbox windows and Xbox live flops where they had tried to pull that crap before and it didn't work very well for them. I believe that's why steam came along to fix the gaming issue Microsoft created in the first place and now they are upset because they have done it way better than them. Just shows that Microsoft continues to fail to learn from their mistakes.

[@Machistmo]

I just installed Windows 10 and Xbox is not properly installed and must be repaired TWICE, before you can use it. This is MS's own OS. Its bad.,

[@LoganE01]

In the best and worst ways Windows 10 is peak windows....

[@CatEarDad]

Ironically, the games with the obligatory anticheats have the most cheaters. 😂

[@Winnetou17]

It's not ironic, it's natural. The anticheat appeared because of the cheaters.

[@MegabyteRedSector]

Ive been watching Valve's moves with interest. At this point my current gaming machine is my last to have Windows at build.... and where 24h2 has Recall built into it (even if it's turned off) that's the line. I have 3 USB drives waiting for Bazzite builds... one for each of my different machines. Its now MS who decides what happens when.... Im prepared.

[@mojoneko8303]

Is the Steam OS only going to be for hand held devices or will you be able to install it on a PC? Will you be able to do anything else with it besides playing games on it? Like installing a browser for the internet or third party programs like XBMC/Kodi?

[@darkprinc979]

The goal seems to be that Steam OS can run on a PC as well, it just hasn't been deemed ready for that yet. You can already use it for more than just gaming, because on the Steam Deck it already features a desktop mode that looks and operates just like any other desktop environment.

[@mojoneko8303]

@@darkprinc979 Thanks! I will see how this goes. I primarily use my Windows 10 PC for gaming and Kodi and my Linux PC for everything else.

[@darkprinc979]

@ I'm not too aware of the ins and outs of this, but it should also be noted that Steam OS has an immutable file system. I don't know what all the means for the user, but if you don't already know I would recommend looking it up if you intend to use it as a daily driver at some point.

[@mojoneko8303]

@@darkprinc979 I use my Linux PC as my daily driver and my windows 10 PC for gaming and Kodi. I was mostly hoping Steam would come up with an alternative to Windows. I would try it out on a third PC.

[@LeftyPencil]

Check out printing as I remember printing wasn't supported when the deck launched

[@CodyCombat]

Until Windows fixes its RAM issue I don't see them making much headway with a custom UI. I have an ROG ally and with Windows taking up the six gigabytes of RAM all to itself and then another four for the GPU, it only leaves about 6 GB for whatever game I'm playing which for most is not enough. It will constantly stutter and chug reading and writing from the swap file

[@jean-michelgilbert8136]

I saw at the bottom of the article: if Valve had released a Windows based Steamdeck... That would have made the device 100+$ more expensive and thus less competitive.

[@Virtualblueart]

And a lot less capable. Steam os was pretty much optimised for the hardware.

[@DaleWoodward-v7z]

But who uses Gnome anymore. Did Gnome ever get better after version 3? I've been using XFCE for years now, switched to Mate for a while after the Gnome3 💩 was released, tried XFCE, haven't gone back to Gnome since

[@pierrealessandre8902]

Yeah, that close to reality. Xfce is king

[@Lizard_of_Linux_Lane]

I play using Steam with an Xbox account for Halo Infinite, on Linux.

[@xzs432]

yes steam works on linux, windows, and macintosh.

[@james.b.mcgill]

It's funny that this video was suggested to me. I have been looking into switching to Linux because I am a gamer, and SteamOS has been such a great experience, while Windows, and especially the push to Windows 11, has been such a pain. I forget that most people who are Linux users would likely not be gamers, because up until recently that's not really been an option.

[@Trenjeska]

They (MS) should never have been allowed to merge accounts, or force to not use the non-ms account for anything they take over. I loved playing a bit of minecraft, but I do not want an ms-account. So they basically stole Minecraft from me. (I payed for it before takeover, I should be able to choose how I play and with which account I play it, forever)

[@neuroscope9052]

Valve have a much smaller graveyard of things they’ve killed, gamers trust valve much more to keep their games working on old hardware. Steam = PC gaming, not windows and Microsoft’s decline in OS quality over the last decade has driven more users away to better alternatives, M$ only has themselves to blame,

[@ricky865]

So we're finally getting an Xbox UI game mode like steam does with steam os. So does this mean Windows 11 gaming endition

[@tonywise198]

Good ole' Microsoft. Fighting a rearguard action as usual.

[@larioxem]

Now the games run fine with Proton but the anti-cheat systems using kernel-level like Battleye, Tencent Anti-Cheat and EAC won't. You know what happened to Apex dropping support for linux because cheaters supposedly were prominent on linux systems .

[@niteriderevo9179]

and yet, i'm hearing rumblings of apexlegends winding down, or being forced to wind down, makes it look like a bad move to bonk linux support, no?

[@fabricio4794]

MS needs a Boycott,by the United States audience,after this the world"copycats"will do the same...that is leave MS apps..

[@JohnnyHughes1]

Microsoft is a corporation. At one time they hated Linux. Now they don't. But make no mistake, that is because they make money with Linux. In 2020, Intellegent Cloud (mostly Azure and Azure products, also parts of Office (soon to be copilot) 365) repaced Personal Computing as thier largest profit producer. Gaming is important for sure, but if they can shift Valve to using Azure and paying them and if they could generate more profit that way in the future than by XBox, they would absolutely make that trade. Just something to think about.

[@Trenjeska]

Frameworks should be forever. If you do not intend to support a framework forever or fully open source it when you do not: Do not make a framework.

[@SireDragonChester]

Windows 11= bloatware, Cus ms has zero os competition, thanks to ms for bullying out all other os out of business. IBM Os/2 warp was one of many other os that were bully out of shut down by ms Cus they were threat to windows. Since ms has zero innovation, due to lack of os competition. = why windows is so bloatware because ms has zero competition. They have choke HOLD on pc market for software and hardware vendors. Though Linux is starting getting better. Only os left is Mac OS (not a threat to windows) and Linux. Yeah we need steam os to come to desktop PCs. Since ms is forcing EOL of windows 10. Then maybe software ware (games and devs) and hardware vendors then will hopefully jump onto supporting steam os instead windows only bs. Ms can’t kill steam deck becasue steam os is way better then windows will ever be. Windows is still bloatware, no matter what device it’s on. Leave to ms to try kill all competition, Cus that all they do. Stomp out or buy up. Xbox Is dead. They haven’t had any good IP since Xbox 360 days. Yeah that how long it’s been. How Phill Spencer still has job is beyond me. Cus he done nothing. He done what game pass? lol what joke. Anybody else in gaming industry would have fired him long time ago. Should been fired for redfall and Starfield. He is head of Xbox. Isn’t it his job make sure games are decent quality?? nope. They need fire his ass.

[@ringo8410]

Keep coping and seething, Microsoft! You're making yourselves irrelevant with your "A.I" slop, your price gouging ($130/year for Office 365 because of Copilot BS? LOL) and your terrible OS.

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Microsoft, always with the ME Too product!

[@danielcoffman1022]

This is going to be another Windows Phone. Game Pass is a money loser for both Microsoft and Developers. I have heard Microsoft is begging developers by paying them to be on Game Pass. The ONLY way Microsoft could salvage this is if they gave Steam games away for free (from your library)

[@kaltimoktober]

Gnome adds a simplified audio player that follows gnome guidelines, you are welcome to not install it. People having a preference isn’t stupid calling someone else’s preference stupid is actually stupid. And it’s not Celluloid it’s the Totem Media Player that was default for both in a default gnome install. Which ding isn’t quite that on most distros, Ubuntu hasn’t switched to Loupe for the picture viewer. Honestly I’m out. Rage baiting is the worst kinda baiting.

[@AlucardNoir]

Wayland has probably progressed in the last 2 years as much as it did in the previous 10. It's gotten way batter, it's just not ready to replace X yet. And it doesn't help that idiots like to pretend it's not ready only on Nvidia.

[@OkerlundTV]

I am glad to hear it is getting better. I am on KDE Plasma and use Nvidia and I am always told that is my problem, that both of those just don't handle Wayland very well. Was always curious how true it was or if the issues go beyond just that.

[@AlucardNoir]

@@OkerlundTV They go beyond that. Nvidia, especially if you're on the latest drivers works decently well. Even KDE has made massive strides over the last year. But depending on your use-case Wayland can still be unusable. You can try it, who knows, it might just be ready enough for you to daily drive it now.

[@OkerlundTV]

@@AlucardNoir I am on the latest open-kernel drivers, 565.77. I tried Wayland last week and only issues I had run into was when moving a window to my other monitor and maximizing it via dragging to the top, it wouldn't maximize correctly and would break the window (it would think its full screen, but its not). Then another was running 2 of the same game (running 2 accounts), 1 on each monitor, it wouldn't register hotkeys unless my mouse was hovering over the other monitor. Haven't had any issues with X11, so for now, I suppose don't fix what ain't broke. I will give it a try when I see further updates, though. Thanks for the reply.

[@ottoen1]

Competition is healthy. But if valve were to win, it would just be replacing one monopoly with another.

[@darkprinc979]

Monopolies are not bad in and of themselves. It's when a monopoly is gained and/or maintained by leveraging resources and market dominance to prevent competition from cropping up and thriving that you have a problem. How is it a problem to have a monopoly when the competition has every opportunity to provide a better product, but instead would just rather try to bring you down so that they don't have to improve? Epic game store is a prime example of this. People have all sorts of complaints about missing features and other issues, but instead of fixing what people are complaining about, Epic insists on drawing in customers by getting exclusivity deals, and even doing scummy things like buying out Kickstarter projects that were promising Steam keys on release (Mechwarrior 5 being an example of this). This is exactly the type of company you don't want having a monopoly, because they would rather use coercion to draw in customers rather than provide value.

[@claybford]

big difference between a public and private company at the very least

[@varenneriocha8712]

A monopoly plus another monopoly make a duopoly. ;-)

[@DavidBerger-g2h]

Valve is not gonna become the sole Monopoly. Microsoft still has a big fighting chance with even less effort than Valve.

[@MyouKyuubi]

@@darkprinc979 "Monopolies are not bad in and of themselves." Homie, if you don't know what the word "Monopoly" means, then s**t up.

[@gopher697]

I bought Stellaris Console Edition, since it was pretty fun to play on Xbox Live within my browser. Turns out, unless I want to keep paying for XBox Live, I can not play the game I bought with my own money. They think it makes sense, since Xbox Live is meant more for console peasants who are only incidentally playing on a PC, but I am here to tell you: Microsoft has no business being in the game distribution business. They absolutely suck and we do not need idiot console peasant mindsets polluting PC gaming. Microsoft had it's chance and it told Gabe to go do it himself. They have no excuse.

[@MooshPaw]

I think unless you're playing a game with anti cheat or a VR game, you can safely move to linux, every game I've tested works very well SteamVR however, thats a MISERABLE experience on linux lol

[@harveybc]

May down load Buggie and see what it looks like. It sounds like they have jumped into Wayland kind of like the tech world as a whole has jumped into AI, way before it is ready for prime time.

[@burtenplays]

Hey Microsoft, heres an idea dont try to make a weird mish mash gross thing again like Windows 8 that was like tablet mode for Desktop, make seperate things. I don't want my Desktop being an XBOX I use Steam get over it. Make a dedicated lightweight windows build designed for a handheld and maybe it would actually go somewhere but they don't. They make sure no matter the device the full bloated mess is dragged with it. Plus one of these days they are gonna be dragged back out infront of congress to explain themselves again for trying to gatekeep if they try interfering just like Google is getting dragged out for Chrome n whatnot. The only reason they aren't being dragged out right now for Edge and Bing is cause they are so miniscule compared to Google its not even worth bothering yet. I finally 100% moved to Arch 5-6 months ago and wont ever go back. Dont respect my privacy and what I want on the pc i built myself? Then I won't miss ya, just thank god it got so much easier to game cause Id test on and off for years if I could make the switch. One day I put it on my laptop, tried some Steam games and even some non Steam games and even Windows applications with Proton and was like wait holy cow. Test ran it on my main Desktop on a separate drive and said finally then purged Windows from all 3 pcs.

[@CatFish21sm]

Im not a gammer i do have a decent sized livbrary in steam though. Of my 153 games 114 are fully supported on linux now 2 are partially supported ( they work with maybe a few glitches.) Of the ones that dont work 4 dont work due to anti cheat engines. ( i dont play online games) of the rest all of them are pre 2012 and half of them are pc ports. I have just as many if not more ports that are working just fine though (mostly newer ports) As for software all of my everyday software is already native to most linux distros so i plan to switch as soon as support for win 10 ends.

[@blackhat856]

Does steam vr work on Linux?VRCHAT , REC ROOM?

[@floydsghost]

Got mine working on linux mint with caveats. It crashes then reboots and then works. and in VRChat it will ghost a bit. But it works.

[@blackhat856]

@ works as good ?

[@DavidBerger-g2h]

Yes it can.

[@MyouKyuubi]

VR works, not well, there's bugs and stuff, but it does work! It may be because my headset is VIVE, instead of valve index, but it's not like i have a valve index headset to test with, lol. Them s**ts be a expensive!

[@maedero05]

Something works OK, don't fix it ? MS, replace good working software in a ruthless effort to keep on working. Mas took Minecraft of Mojang Ii oppose this focus of MS on aquire all these platforms or centralize accounts. Cloud gaming for me general a casual space without ever lasting vallue !

[@jushara8979]

I enjoy gamepass but I haven't bought a single game on the xbox store. I will absolutely be switching to SteamOS on PC once it's available. Microsoft has just consistently made the windows experience worse with every update since 7. and I will be damned if I will have ads and AI spying shoved down my throat by my operating system.

[@leonidas14775]

If you like TypeScript fine, but make something unique. Not another Celluloid clone

[@guilherme5094]

PC(Windows) and Xbox are not the same thing. Cloud and Xbox are not the same thing. PS, Nintendo and Xbox are not the same thing. Satya can't change reality, Phil can't change reality, it's that simple.

[@cherubin7th]

Just funny how every generation xbox/ps are just copying Nintendo.

[@BungieStudios]

They haven't since Xbox One sank the ship chasing the casual WiiFit audience. They're copying Valve now.

[@PlanetFrosty]

Bill is watching you! I’ll invite you to the ranch and you’ll be near Bill’s and can watch him!😂 We have a few thousand more acres.

[@phantom_stnd]

Everyone has an xbox account it comes free with your obligatory ms account

[@SwitchedtoLinux]

Welcome t Switched to Linux, we teach people how NOT to have a micrososft account :)

[@pitape1822]

Power issues? Are you in some African countryside ? I am in southeast Ukraine and have no power issues despite the Orcs repeatedly targeting power infrastructure.

[@maxrobe]

I believe he lives in a camper van and uses solar. Not much light at this time of year.

[@shaunpatrick8345]

If they wanted you to have power issues you would have power issues.

[@BungieStudios]

If they wanted you to have power issues you would have power issues.

[@esra_erimez]

5:02 In my humble opinion, GNOME has been making really stupid decisions for a long time now

[@shaunpatrick8345]

They had no default audio player, and added one so that we didn't have to use a video player or scan our music library every time we clicked an audio file. That was a good decision.

[@Marizyth]

Steam will always be better than anything microsoft creates.

[@Nooneyouknow1980]

Go steam 🎉

[@OldieBugger]

For my audio files I like to use Audacious. Why on Earth would I use it? Easy, it's because it knows how to use old WinAmp skins.

[@tek_lynx4225]

M$ is dumb they alienated their entire PC gaming base for 24 years, for XBOX, and now the XBOX ship is sinking. Now they want windows gamers to act like nothing happened while they just produced crap version after crap version of windows that focuses less and less on gaming and wastes more and more and more resources. All while producing one of the worst DIGITAL STORES on the market expecting you to buy from it when its drm encryption is so bad it can mess up the apps its running and even windows itself. Yeah. I do hope linux gets better, but I will say right now, its not there yet. It's getting close but its not there yet, not enough that I would want to completely ditch windows. Valve might get it there tho in the next few years.

[@MyouKyuubi]

Gaming is there, it's absolutely there, you're just too anxious to actually make the switch.

[@DFDark2]

@@MyouKyuubi Yup, The only thing having issues are Kernel-level DRM games and some production tools closely tied to windows (VisualStudio, Photoshop etc.) In other cases is linux either equal or in some cases even superior to windows in gaming.

[@fabricio4794]

Microsfot Needs to Go..is a Fade Out Company now...

[@Jeremiah59]

So microsoft want to make a XBOX OS.

[@BungieStudios]

They already do. 🪟

[@iamllux]

Did Gnome make a mistake or a fantastic troll? You can pick a desktop environment and an audio player you like. There are several available in the repos.

[@thecrow3461]

13:25 software that does almost nothing, sounds like a match made in heaven for Gnome lol. I still use good old audadious, fast, simple and to the point but not as limiting as decibels.

[@pibbles-a-plenty1105]

Look at the camera. Your rolling eyeballs are making me bilious.

[@Jacob6853]

MS can't mess with Lord Gaben.. Joking aside if MS did find a way to take out steam, valve and proton I would quit gaming on PC before ever installing Windows.

[@Evgen13Great]

I'll became a full-time pirate for all the games I want if this would happen.

[@MyouKyuubi]

@@Evgen13Great Yep, either piracy, or just become a sun-walker again! xD

[@bionicseaserpent]

microsoft doesn't have to compete with valve but the fact they are is cool. though i fail to see how Microsoft could offer anything worth buying other than older gen Xboxes.

[@buteforce]

Christians are easy marks.

[@ltecheroffical]

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[@Nurse_Xochitl]

Budgie going Wayland-only. NVIDIA, F*ck You! - Linus Torvalds & Me (GTX 10XX has many issues with Wayland)