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Bazzite would shut down if Fedora goes ahead with removing 32-bit

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pbohun ◴[25 Jun 25 20:24 UTC] No.44381507[source]▶
It may not look like it now, but I think Linux is not viable long-term as a desktop OS. There should probably be an effort to specifically make FreeBSD a gaming-ready OS. We know it can be done since Sony already did it for PlayStation (but that's proprietary).

FreeBSD also needs an OS-level graphics/window API just like Windows. Linux is still trying to pretend like its the 60s where text was the only way to interact with a computer. Graphics is integral to all mobile and desktop computing and should be part of the operating system.

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1. bigyabai ◴[25 Jun 25 20:28 UTC] No.44381531[source]▶
None of this is really related to the issue though. You could fix this by uprooting all of your software and switching to another OS... or with Bubblewrap and a Steam Flatpak. Containerization was always the future of UNIX-like gaming, even "native" Steam installations use it with pressure-vessel. Same goes for Linuxulator on FreeBSD.

FreeBSD is an excellent example of how much development you can expect from a license that allows full commercial exploitation of it's codebase. You will sooner see Sony sell $600 PS3s than you will have a graphical installer or hardware-accelerated Chromium. If Linux is running the race with a bum leg, BSD is drafting it's will in the hospital bed.