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1173 points davikr | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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mystifyingpoi ◴[12 Nov 25 19:16 UTC] No.45904772[source]▶
Linus Torvalds was right. Valve will save the Linux desktop.
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metalliqaz ◴[12 Nov 25 19:20 UTC] No.45904838[source]▶
...by emulating WinAPI
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1. flohofwoe ◴[12 Nov 25 19:35 UTC] No.45905132[source]▶
And nothing wrong with that, the classic Win32 API is actually quite decent, especially the small subset needed for games. And it has the incredible advantage that it doesn't change since Microsoft doesn't care about Windows anymore ;)