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Valve releases drivers, notes to make Windows work on Steam hardware, but refuses to support it - doesn’t offer support for ‘Windows on Steam Hardware,’ gaming company provides resources ‘as is’ (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 43 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (26 children)

Seems like Microsoft is who should be supporting Windows. It isn't like Valve can fix Windows issues as Windows isn't open source.

Valve offering drivers and notes is what they are able to offer for someone else's proprietary product.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago* (23 children)

    Microsoft support one of their own products? Crazy talk.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (22 children)

    The dumbest part of the article is that the author seems to be blaming Valve for games that chose a kernel level anticheat that only works with Windows and consoles.

    But because many anti-cheat apps still aren’t compatible with Linux (hence, SteamOS), installing Windows on Steam hardware is currently the only way that gamers can enjoy titles that require them.

    That isn't even a Windows issue. That is a publisher choosing an anticheat that has stupid limitations.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Good luck personalizing Windows as much as Linux and then distribute it

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (15 children)

    You think developers WANT to work with Windows?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    As a developer, fucking windows, the expirience is so ass and having to use a glorified virtual machine (WSL) is so bad tooo

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    I actually tried to use windows for dev work a few years ago and had an experience that couldn't be more opposite to your claims

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    I'm not going to spend time writing up my experience just for you to tell me it was my fault or it didn't happen. I have been on the internet for a bit now, I know this game. It happened.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (5 children)

    lol fuckin called it. I didn't even waste my time typing it up and you still did it.

    But yeah man windows is awesome for dev because what you want is a constantly breaking mess where you have to randomly reinstall tools all the time. Fuckin' linux and its "works all the fucking time solidly" nonsense. That shit is for pussies.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    I’ve been a dev for 25 years.

    Lmfao. If you like windows after those years, you haven't been. Liar.

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