The clock is ticking on Linux support

[polar ice]

I know I'm not the only one getting ready to ditch Windows forever once 10 sunsets; 11 is wildly unpopular and it's only going to get worse. If nothing else partner with Valve for Steam Deck support; it's a built-in customer base and an opportunity to reach a new audience in the larger Steam community. You've got a year. Get cracking, first sprint starts next week. ;)

[gleaming plover]

While WeMod doesn't officially support Linux, someone made a Steam Deck guide that WeMod endorses.
#steamdeck-guide

WeMod will likely never support Linux and Mac natively until there are less limitations on these operating systems
https://support.wemod.com/docs/does-wemod-support-linux-or-macos

[leaden ether]

Out of curiosity what are the reasons you don't like Win11? From my understanding it's better than 10 at gaming across pretty much any metric - or at the very least the same.

[polar ice]

Thanks for asking - basically, Windows 11 is not an operating system, it's a marketing platform. From my (admittedly not too up-to-date) reading it seems the benefits in performance are marginal at best, and I don't know of any other features exclusive to it that are "must-have" when it comes to gaming. I know I'm old and old-school here, but I've always believed an OS is analagous to a workbench, and a good workbench gets out of your way and lets you do what you want to do. I believe software should do absolutely nothing unless explicitly told to do so by the user, and if the user decides the OS should or shouldn't do something, the OS obeys that decision in perpetuity. We all knew this was coming once Microsoft's S&M teams (pun very much intended) saw what users were letting platforms get away with in the mobile space. It leads nowhere good. I mean it's right there in your service's tagline: "your game, your rules" -- my computer, my rules (and my personal business). Windows no longer agrees with that sentiment, so it's got to go.

[leaden ether]

Thank you for the additional context! We're definitely keeping Linux on our radar, especially for things like Steam Deck, I'd definitely try out that tutorial linked above if you haven't already, and if/when we have official support we'll definitely be announcing it widely.

[polar ice]

Glad to know it's at least considered! To be completely honest I don't touch my Steam Deck (but that's partly because I have about seven minutes of free time a day, which is why I pay for this service, and largely because I really hate controllers). If there were a way to translate those instructions to include more general Linux (I have Fedora KDE on my desktop and again, seven minutes of free time so I'd be looking to avoid truly arcane methods) it'd go a long way toward the transition off of Windows.

[astral ginkgo]

bro windows is een oparation system linux is not a oparation system its only be using for vpses and dedicateds

[polar ice]

Sorry but "bro"....what? I think you're trying to say Linux is only for headless servers, if so I don't know what to say to you as that statement has zero basis in fact.

[dark plank]

Also my cpu isn't supported by Win11

[gaunt basin]

Thanks very much to <checks notes> ...Dick ... Johnson ... (??) for those insightful comments. I'll just chime in here to say: I am a Linux user, and I would love to see stronger support for WeMod on Linux. Thanks for the consideration.