Saying gaming on Linux is here has been a thing for well over 20 years and it's always been a lie. Honestly, the only way Linux gaming takes off is if Valve throws their back into it while Microsoft breaks Windows.
Hey, lookie what's happening!
It's important to gamers.
Microsoft is using gamers as the early adopter force for Direct X and other cutting-edge features that make new hardware and software adoption so important. They already now they can sell Windows as a service to the plebs. They've been doing it for a decade, with the...
Windows *will* be easier. It will be a joystick you plug in and select which version of Windows Microsoft gives you.
This is why I think the Steam Deck is more important than anything Linux has ever done.
It's giving gamers options.
It's a necessary step before Windows as a Service.
Gotta mess up the installation method, first, then completely get rid of legacy media, then have a USB boot, connect to the internet, then download and install Windows from there.
Rufus 3.19 adds bypass for mandatory Windows 11 22H2 Microsoft Account requirement
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I don't think they're going to be monolithic at the top end, they'll just be using a single GPU die. They will have other chiplets for other functions like the I/O die.
Again, rumored to be.
AMD was caught with their pants down on that one. Those were designed to be laptop parts paired with APUs for OEMs.
Now, I'm not saying it's impossible for it to happen again in the future, but the fact that they're going to have console-power APUs down the line, and they've said they want to...