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In that time, Valve have done a huge amount for Linux gaming. Sure, the whole Steam Machine and SteamOS idea didn't quite work out but thanks to the initial push we're still here. Not hard to imagine where Linux gaming would be without Valve, hardly any others really stepped up and took interest.
Likely thanks to their push, just over a year after the full public release of Steam for Linux in February 2013, GOG also entered the scene announcing their own support of Linux.
Valve have contributed to the Mesa graphics drivers, they helped push the Vulkan API, they fund DXVK and D9VK for translating various version of Direct3D into Vulkan, teamed up with CodeWeavers to bring Wine and everything together into their new Steam Play and so much more.
Truly incredible some of the games we have available now, despite being a minority platform. Going by Valves own survey, we're currently less than 1% (0.83%). When Valve last gave out their monthly active users count back in January, they said it was 90 million which puts the monthly active Linux gamers somewhere around 747,000. Every time I take a look at my own Steam library taking that into account, it's pretty amazing. Hopefully there's many more to come, both users and games.
Who knows what's coming in future. Perhaps something called Steam Cloud Gaming? Happy sort-of birthday, Steam for Linux. Thanks for all the fun Valve.
I hope you like my little joke achievement pop-up there, that took me way longer than I would care to admit.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Early next year, Windows 7 is coming to end of life.
This might be the last important Windows EOL, with Windows 8 not being important and Windows 10 being continued "forever".
We should prepare... stuff.
Very easy howtos to try Linux.
Realistic information what works and what doesn't.
Just information for people who until now didn't want Windows 10 even for free who might look for alternatives.
We're the alternative.
Let's show them.
Windousico Nov 7, 2019
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furaxhornyx Nov 7, 2019
Quoting: EikeEarly next year, Windows 7 is coming to end of life.
This might be the last important Windows EOL, with Windows 8 not being important and Windows 10 being continued "forever".
We should prepare... stuff.
This is the very reason I switched to Linux, like a month ago.
From what I have seen on other places (forum, reddit,etc.), there a several other people who are seriously considering migrating to Linux instead of Windows 10. I hope to see the statistics of Linux sales / gaming people increase at the beginning of next year :)
oldrocker99 Nov 7, 2019
have 1538 games, 90% Linux games. 
This is 7 years of Steam use, and almost all on sale, so I don't mean to put anyone down for having fewer!
Cheeseness Nov 7, 2019
For me, seeing the community transition from Linux users who primarily play Windows games to being Linux users who primarily play Linux games has been the single most exciting time in Linux gaming history. While it's been slow, the growth and increase in accessibility of Linux-relevant skills/knowledge within the broader game development community (which Steam and Valve have definitely been a big participant in) has been the single most valuable outcome for the future of the platform itself.
I'm super happy to have shared the journey so far with everyone and look forward to seeing where things go from here <3
P.S. Seems like a couple of people are into the achievement icon. Sources, etc. can be found here. For anybody who's curious, it'll be 8 years old next month, and I made it with the hopes of creating something that would fit in the kind of spaces that projects like Steam might need. It never ended up being used by Valve, but it has shown up in some interesting places ^_^
chris.echoz Nov 9, 2019
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