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AI Overview Garry Newman, creator of Garry’s Mod and Rust, has expressed significant frustration with Linux support, stating in 2016 that if he could do it again, he would have never supported it. His issues stemmed from receiving high volumes of bug reports and “abusive” feedback from Linux users, leading to a difficult relationship with the Linux community.
Regret over Support: Newman has indicated that supporting Linux was not worth the trouble, citing the small user base compared to the maintenance required.
Rust & Anti-Cheat: Rust does not officially support Linux, partially due to issues with Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) compatibility on the platform, although he has worked on bringing it to platforms like Steam Deck.
User Feedback: The decision to deprioritize Linux caused tension, with some users calling his reactions as unprofessional, while others complained about the quality of the Linux port.
While his comments from around 2016 were quite harsh, they were often framed within the context of the high cost of supporting a small user base for his specific games.
Yeah they said they are pricing the Steam Machine at PC market prices, but they do having to contend with reality. There are consoles on the market that are more powerful at a lower price point, it will dampen their sales for sure. I mean most pcgamers probably have more powerful hardware already, what is the incentive? Sure small form factor, but is it worth a premium price to the average pcgamer? Console peasants will turn their noses up at it, so who are they marketing to?
I can see the Steam Frames selling better due to it being a fully untethered VRPC headset that can play more than just VR games. Not to mention you can stream from a more powerful PC to the frames making the battery last much longer and better gfx fidelity.
The Steam Controller has to contend with a flooded market of users used to using one type of controller, so a little bit of an uphill battle there too.


The problem with VR is the quality of games are quite substandard. We know they were capable of much more considering HL:Alex, but the industry decided they would output only half-assed shit quality phone games. Also whatever vr controller replacement they come up with, don’t use low quality dog shit potentiometers ffs.


I love my Steam Decks (LCD & OLED), and as far as handhelds, won’t buy any more until SD2. I’d much rather see the Deckard released before SD2 to be honest, though my Index headset might be fine, the controllers are kind of fubar. I’ll support Linux hardware over anything Microsoft, or closed platforms.


Maybe they should take the feedback from reviews and incorporate that into their updates. It’s not just that you are being review bombed by unreasonable people, it’s that people feel the game has problems that aren’t being addressed. I agree it is difficult to recover from a bad release because first impressions are everything. Companies can recover and have, take No Man’s Sky for an example.
Cold day in hell i ever subscribe to that shit.