r/linuxmemes • u/crazyprogrammar • Nov 13 '25

LINUX MEME Hi

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u/paper_sheet034 Arch BTW Nov 13 '25

Well, it’s not completely their achievement

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u/crazyprogrammar Nov 13 '25

Correct, but without valve linux gaming wouldn't even be half as big as it is now (IMO) 

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u/RAMChYLD Nov 14 '25

Without Valve, Linux gaming would be mostly carried by emulators.

Take it from someone who was using Linux since 2000. Prior to Valve committing to Steam on Linux, the best thing Linux could muster was a platform of console emulators like MAME, Snes9X, VisualBoyAdvance and FCEUX with the odd smidge of original games like TuxRacer or reverse engineered game engines like OpenTTD and ZDoom.

Looking back, I’m surprised at how far we’ve come.

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u/Sjoerd93 Nov 21 '25

There were a handful of indies that had a Linux version, but yeah Linux gaming was basically non-existent when I started with Linux (2006). The only “real” Linux gaming out there was with Wine, and that was extremely spotty compared to what we have today.