it was pewdiepie

and he not only made his "im switching to linux" video, but then also made like some diy makerspace video and then got into selfhosting and degoogling within like a month and ngl these videos had so much genuine passion, and that's what makes it so cool.

I dunno, but I feel like posting this!

Yay! It's the year of the Linux desktop!

My hardcore windows only friend is discussing joining me on Bazzite really seriously. If it gets him, it will get a few tech savvy but windlass only people.

Still a long way off non-tech people though

I mean J2C is one of the smaller of the big tech YT, if that makes sense.

LTT has gone on the record several times that they won't cover Linux at all again until Steam OS gets a wide release (which probably won't happen until Nvidia gets their shit together).

GN has discussed it several times but they remain straddling the fence.

MKBHD doesn't really cover much gaming stuff and 0 PC stuff (only Apple 🤢).

Austin Evans next, maybe?

Dude, the knock-on affects from this video will be huge.

100% agree. Good point.

In his defense, he does make a great point at the beginning of the video.

“I have never touched a Linux topic in my life. Why? Because you guys scare the shit out of me, because you guys are some opinionated motherf…”

I think that's his schtick

Depends on the game/publisher. Depending on the anticheat it can be as simple as enabling Linux/Proton support on the dev's side with a flag.

I can't play Destiny 2 with my Destiny obsessed friend, that's about all I've been impacted. Didn't really get into it anyway. I don't even check ProtonDB anymore before buying new games, they almost all work flawlessly these days.

Not quite, steam now installs EasyAntiCheat for linux when you first setup steam for instance. The games you will struggle with are games such as those published by Riot, some view that as a bonus though 😅

Counter-strike works, as do all valve titles. Overwatch, Splitgate and Titanfall work as well and so do most "non-real-time games", like Trackmania. Riot's games and Rainbow don't work. Check protondb for the games that ate important to you.

For the most part, no. Check out areweanticheatyet

Overcooked, Liars Bar, Ready or Not, Schedule 1, Elden Ring, Jackbox, etc . . . . . All work great as multiplayer titles on linux. There's a great trove of fun games that don't require kernel level anticheat because the the community of players isn't as toxic.