Comment on 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux

Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thank you to the workers who actually programmed, tested, and implemented the thing*

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  • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    to his credit as a billionaire he could have paid all those people to do something that sucks way more

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  • lightrush@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    To Gaben’s credit he collects a lot less of the surplus these workers create than most other billionaires. But yes.

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• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m glad he’s not as evil as the other billionaires, but can we stop with the billionaire simping? Ironic that an account on a left-wing anarchist instance made that comment lmao

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  • Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a meme

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• maniajack@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He’s still a billionaire tho 🤮

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• sonymegadrive@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thank you Lord Gaben CodeWeaverss Sun Microsystems

  It’s corporations making money off of OSS all the way down

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  • Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How do they make money with proton and foss?

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    • sonymegadrive@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They sell games to people with SteamDecks, I guess. My comment was probably a bit blunt TBF. I think Valve is transformative in the gaming space. They’re not doing it for free though, and I think it helps to remember that.

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      • Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Proton actually is free, I use it without a Steam Deck. I mean yeah they build a handheld console and they are allowed to sell it I guess? They don’t sell SteamOS and they don’t sell Proton, I could use both without paying them a dime right now. Legally. They also upstream to Wine … Actually for free?

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