Regarding Steam, I imagine changes to DirectX (even small one)s, and games that update with requirements to use the new version (because why not try to make your users be less likely to complain to you about that bug?), will lead to some small but growing percentage of Steam titles over time not working, or trying to force a DirectX upgrade.
As someone who has in the past run CentOS for my main work desktop, there are benefits and detriments to a stable platform like that for a desktop. Right after it comes out it's fairly heavily weighted on the benefits side. A couple years down the line? Not so much (and CentOS 6 took a long time to release).
As someone who has in the past run CentOS for my main work desktop, there are benefits and detriments to a stable platform like that for a desktop. Right after it comes out it's fairly heavily weighted on the benefits side. A couple years down the line? Not so much (and CentOS 6 took a long time to release).