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This has already been happening and the numbers have been going up for years now. [0] 100% compatibility not required as most gamers don’t play 100% of games.

[0] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/08/linux-has-finally-hit-...




Hmm, that shows a growth rate of 0.1% every 2.5 years, meaning the Year of our Lord 4479 A.D. might be the year of Linux on the desktop.


Linux is on the desktop already. From KDE to Windows, the applications, DE, and compatibility layers are there to have it how you want.


Yeah, with small details like having a GL 3.3 driver for a graphics card that under Windows does GL 4.1 and hardware video decoding.




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