>Microsoft locks down Windows 10 so only Windows Store apps can be installed
>Steam and GOG are not allowed in the Windows Store
>PC gamers revolt by moving to Linux
>PC gaming industry also revolts by moving development priority to Linux and Vulkan
>glorious new era of Linux begins
Is the revolution upon us, ladies and gentlemen?
No, it isn't, because you aren't going to see Windows 10 S on anything but prebuilts sold to schools, and you can pay MS to "upgrade" it to Windows 10 Pro anyway.
>Microsoft locks down Windows 10 so only Windows Store apps can be installed
This will never happen.
>thinking they aren't testing the waters to see if they can get away with making this standard on all editions
>PC gamers revolt by moving to Linux
hahahaha no
they'll take it up the ass like good little goys as they've always done
just accept that you'll always be a minority and that you'll always be inconvenienced for it
The day you see Blizzard and Riot porting their games to Linux is they day you should panic because it's going to happen. Valve and GoG just laid out the foundation way earlier.
I was hoping that once Windows S was officially announced, these retarded anti-M$FT shills would finally shut the fuck up about dumb shit like this:
But it looks like there is no thing that can be said or done to stop them from their feckless shitposting. Such is life on an anonymous cartoon imageboard.
>Linux requires to download packages via package manager instead of handy installers
>Non-Free software not allowed in package manager repo
>neckboards revolt by moving to TempleOS
>age of cia niggers comes to an end
This is one of the reasons why I disabled W10 updating.
If an update is worth getting, I'll get it.
those are bottom tier devs that will only ever follow the money so you're not wrong. having them jump ship would be indicative of a greater phenomenon.
don't hold your breath though.
>Not simply having a Windows 10 that doesn't have updates and most of the clutter removed for playing vidyas at optimal speed
>>glorious new era of Linux begins
NO
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND
WINDOWS PLEBS MOVING EN MASSE TO LINUX IS NOT A GOOD THING
For what reason would Microsoft throw away customerbase and profit?
No glorious Linux revolution will happen until Linux is unpleasant and inferior for non-specialist computer users, which it is currently
As it stands right now, users are funneled to W10 S whenever they find a file association MS doesn't like.
Are you afraid they will invalidate your precious secret knowledge?
Why not? More users, more software.
Ever read the steam forums?
Those people are retaded
Have you even seen the utter cluelessness of your average Windows user?
Letting them in will only increase the chance of people downloading the DEB of Google Chrome, converting it into RPM with alien, converting *that* into a Snap package, installing it, running it with root, fucking up everything by running a .exe with Wine (with root), and then flooding every forum with rants about why "manually deleting those big files in /boot so to free up space" is a bad thing
More shovelware, more malware and more bloat. Yeah sounds great.
>"why wont people just see that linux is better?"
>"HURR NORMIES IN MY LINUX REEEE"
choose one
>>PC gaming industry also revolts by moving development priority to Linux and Vulkan
Are you stupid?
you can just retreat to bsd and plan9 mate
i hope so
someone would have to go out of their way to make a proper Linux distribution though, because almost every single one is a god damn fucking mess
Ubuntu MATE
Valve should incorporate clearlinux patches for starters. However, I get the feeling they're pretty incompetent linux wise.
not free software is allowed to be in a repo though
Valve should update their shit to be compatible with modern packages, for starters. They're using runtime from 2012.
>modern packages
I cringe every time I see someone use this as an argument. Let me guess, you use Arch?
Tumbleweed.
Keep boiling that frog.
Install Gentoo is always the answer
Dude any developer can host or use their own choice of repository that anyone can add to their package manager. With package managers you decide what sources you're downloading from while with app stores the company decides for you.
That's impossible though because of the nature of the GPL, though, isn't it?
I mean, in an ideal world there would be one dominant distro and then when the devs fuck it up some other devs fork it and everyone switches to that. In reality though it's always gonna have a gazillion distros.
We get more support but more babbies.
It
Is
A
Win
Blizzard already unofficially supports running their titles in wine.
>retarded tripfag is retarded
color me surprised
That's a rather large strawman you've built. Having troubles with crows?
>deluded loonix fag
would be nice to run my mouse at 1000hz without using fucking test mode
RIP signed sweetlow USB drivers :(
Microsoft hasn't locked down Windows. It made a chromebook competitor. If MS had applied those restrictions across the board you might have something but they haven't so you don't.
Yeah cept overwatch isn't supported whatsoever. Blizzard accidentally supported linux when they went with openGL for WoW, they don't actually give fucks and actively develop windows-only stuff.
>PC gaming industry also revolts by moving development priority to Linux and Vulkan
They haven't waited on gamers to do that. The problem is publishers not wanting to spend the money to do good ports. Good thing is that now a lot of great engines work natively on Linux. UE4 for example.
Of course it will never happen, delusional Linux zealots have a new lie they spout everyday for this shit.
I didn't say it because I think MS doesn't want to, I just think even MS wouldn't be that stupid. No need to start shilling, little boy.
since you can't choose what upgrades are applied, you have no say in the matter.
sooner or later they will upgrade you to windows store only
>accidentally
wow's internal testing has always been done on linux
Man, that would be so great. And I'm a Windows user. Too bad is not gonna happen:(
I think you're talking about their servers.
This. Plus Linux would need decent drivers.
>people running away from inertia
People would revolt by forcing Windows do what they want instead of moving away.
Dude, have you tried getting Starcraft 2 running in wine? Shit is impossible
To be honest more and more steam games are available for Linux, something like ~20% of all steam games. It definitely is viable to game on Linux.
Muh sekret club
Age of the Linux desktop, amirite guize?
Whatever gets moved to android linux gets free. Smartphones are killing microsoft and enabling linux, not shit like steam or gog.
GNU/Linux is shit and full of annoyances. Not even a nuclear missile directed at Microsoft headquarters will change that.
Please tell me not all loonix fags are this retarded
>Gamers installing an OS specifically for schools
Why are Loonix fags so delusional
>shit and annoyances of gahnoo+loonix
>MS forcing you to develop only store """"apps""""""" and forcing your to publish your programs only in their store
Democracy is good because we have choices.
Microsoft value are the highest of its history
>forcing
You're only lying to yourself.
>Windows 7 doesn't exist
Sadly, the 1% market share is explained by that.
>mfw even that shitty OS for school have Forza 6/Horizon 3, Resident Evil 7, GOW 4, COD 4 remaster, ROTTR...
Windows 7's days are numbered.
It's closer to 23%, but only 8% if you ignore indie titles.
Let's review the facts before Sup Forums looks dumb yet again.
There will be three versions of Windows.
Windows home, which is going to say the way it is.
Windows s, which will most likely be used in schools. Only downloading programs through the store is an option you can change. it's going to prevent little aspies like yourselves from install gentoo
Windows pro.
>no DX12
windows 7 has no games
They already tested those waters with WinRT.
They can't, at least partially because the Windows Store is shite, and the multiple-decade entrenchment of the countless millions of programs written using the Win32/Win64 APIs - which is the exact thing that makes Windows a worthwhile OS.
I give this latest test two years.
>Defending Steam
Didn't Steam pull this same shit with SteamOS?
Linux can't even handle DX11
Windows RT failed because it was for Tablet. Cheap laptop with Microsoft Office and a browser are enough for most people just like Chromebook
>it's going to prevent little aspies like yourselves from install gentoo
How? Does it lock bios?
Microsoft will never ever block third party apps, even if they want everyone to use their store, it just won't happen. Windows has so many programs and discontinued ones that it will create a huge backlash. You have to think about those utility facilities, where they use custom programs to administrate everything (like a dam). what are they going to do? wait until the programmer publishes the app on the store?
Yes it's a shitty example, I know
Sure it is, Satya, sure it is.
It can handle some DX11, it's not far off. DX12.... isn't even adopted much on windows so less of an issue.
SteamOS was not locked down. It was just a modified Ubuntu with Steam's interface, except you could still access GNOME and install other applications. Nobody really cared for it though. Windows users weren't going to switch to a platform with less games, and Linux users just installed the regular Linux steam client.
Well, the first steps are actually indeed there. It's called safeboot/uefi. Give it a few more years and you can't even boot legacy anymore.
Yep, Valve fucked up their linux push and maybe got some better terms on windows or some shit instead.
You're on the right train of thought, though.
If Microsoft were to pull something like this off, they wouldn't be shooting themselves in the foot, they'd be putting both barrels through their head.
The notion that they would attempt this just to spite Steam or GoG is pure insanity, not even Ballmer-era Microsoft would attempt it.
Developers still relying on DX are not worth it anyway.
Well it wasn't a total screw up. Linux now has a shit ton of games that they otherwise would not have had, and that translates to at least a decent number of sales for them. If nothing else, it's insurance against Microsoft going rogue and cannibalizing their own platform.
It really really doesn't. I think the only major releases they ever had was the deus ex stuff. The rest is android trash leftovers and source games (post2013)
...
And indie games. Pretty much anything made in Unity or Unreal Engine is trivially ported to Linux.
That indie stuff is what I was referring to with the 'android trash,' hell even humble bundle people don't do linux anymore.
sucks that both unity and unreal engine are terrible though
when it comes to input anyway
You should know by now, as microsoft already does, that they can do literally anything they want and people still won't switch to linux
Literally only microsoft has realeased dx 12 only games and theyre all shit
Some of the bigger name titles from my personal library...
Total War: Warhammer
DiRT Rally
Basically everything from Paradox Interactive
Borderlands 2
Dying Light
Mad Max
Metro 2033
Metro Last Light
Mount & Blade Warband
Payday 2
Saints Row 2
Saints Row 3
Saints Row 4
Talos Principle
XCOM
XCOM 2
Windows has more games for sure, but around 25% of all Steam titles have a linux port. Saying it has no games is just fucking moronic at this point.
B-bbubt leenucks enthusiasts told me Leenoocks is imune to malware!!
and of those 25%, maybe 1% of them is worth playing, if you're lucky
Oh I guess borderlands did show up. Metro was on linux before steamOS so I'm not counting that in this. Dying Light and Xcom's are right, saints row ports were just complete trash til SR4+ but that counts as something I guess. Payday 2 is almost a game framework for all the DLC, not sure if I'd count it. Rest of that is super minor, especially paradox interactive games.
>Rest of that is super minor, especially paradox interactive games
I will fight you irl
I'm not saying they're not great, I'm saying super ultra niche. /tg/ vs. Sup Forums stuff.
Anything that hurts Microsoft is a good thing.
>especially paradox interactive games.
They would never oust Steam from Windows. That would be suicide. They may ask Valve to pay some money, but they would never kick them out the door.
It's closer to 2%, and growing constantly.
I like niche games, so it works out for me.
Linux is still very much in the tech-hipster sphere, so that's the kind of shit that gets ported. The current situation is a massive improvement compared to pre-steamos, as linux adoption increases so will ports of bigger name titles. Especially if Valve starts taking ADD medication and focuses more of their attention on promoting it.