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Most Linux people play games, but that was not why they started using Linux. When people who only want to game start using Linux, it will become like any other OS, where protecting the uninformed users from themselves and others will have take more priority, thus limiting choices and freedom.
Gamers will not make Linux better, Linux has been nice since most people using it has an interest in Linux or open source or programming or other values that align with the community. Meaning there is a good balance between pure users, and users who also contribute in some way ( active on forums, code, etc ).
Gamer values generally does not align or even intersect with Linux communities, and the scammers/exploiters/malwares that feed on gamers will follow them. So we get more pure users, and also pure malicious contributions (viruses, misinformation, scams masquerading as game tips etc)
Gamers as a customer base is literally what‘s driving GPU driver developments. Valve and their contractors are among the main driving forces in development of the FOSS Linux stack.
That is until companies move on to supporting other operating systems like FreeBSD or RedoxOS and leave Linux to its fate.
Until? So when will that inevitable event happen? They didn't care about the BSDs 25 years ago either. Mesa is not a Linux project. FreeBSD uses the same stack.
So far Linux is only growing, especially with gamers.
Your comment has no basis in reality. It looks like wishful thinking by a Linux hater.
It's insane what people will gatekeep about
My first direct exposure to Linux was when I got a Steam Deck. Not long after, I formatted my laptop and installed EndeavourOS, specifically because my gaming experience on the Deck was so good.
Gamers have already made Linux better with the development of Proton.
Yep, and it uses literally less than half of the resouces to sit and do nothing as Windows does.
I too have thought about the malicious side of things. It will be an issue as the marketshare for malware grows with the Linux base. The difference is, we have an open source community and people who can see the issues in the source code. If we all stay with open source and call out the trickery, the noobs will rally along with us. Also, if one distro becomes unsafe, we can move to another.
I have not had much trouble gaming on Arch Linix with Hyprland. That is a fairly tough combo in the Linix world and I still have not run into as much trouble. Honestly, the gaming is not worth it. Between console and Linux I can do whatever I want. My last windows machine is going to be replaced as soon as I have time to do it.