That was my thought too. If your entire career was dedicated to shilling consumer technology, I can't imagine many of your sponsors would be happy to hear about a focus on OSS. What really pushes it over the edge is the soyfacing over the Steam Deck; Linus showed up on The Wan Show a few days ago just gushing about how the Steam Deck is going to revolutionize PC gaming, meanwhile he failed to play Don't Starve on Linux less than a month ago. It's almost like a comedy routine.
> Linus showed up on The Wan Show a few days ago just gushing about how the Steam Deck is going to revolutionize PC gaming, meanwhile he failed to play Don't Starve on Linux less than a month ago.
Is that really relevant? The Steam Deck is not trying to be Desktop Linux - it boots directly to Steam and most users won't ever care what runs underneath. Just because you can run other Linux programs does not mean that problems with Linux (even the self-inflicted kind) will apply to the Deck.
I'd like to think so. Linus' conclusion was that Linux is inappropriate for any PC gaming, so I'd really like to hear his line of reasoning that has given him newfound hope in the platform if his own experiences were so rough.
> it boots directly to Steam and most users won't ever care what runs underneath.
Correct. It still uses DXVK though, and it's arguably even worse than desktop Linux for gaming since it's harder to tweak the files that might be necessary for smooth gameplay. We'll see how things turn out, but certain titles like Fallout 4 and the Battlefield games are borderline-unplayable on Linux without hacking a few INI files.
