[vcxy]

It's a funny thing. I think what you're saying is exactly right from the standpoint of a dev. As a mere consumer, if you support Steamdeck via Proton, then it sure feels to me like you're supporting Linux, but I get why you wouldn't officially say that.

[forrestthewoods]

Yup. I think you get it.

If I were shipping a game today I would say “I support Steamdeck”. If any users complained about it not working on their particular Linux machine I would say “you’re on your own, good luck!”.

I would proudly advertise “Steamdeck support” and I would definitely never claim to “support Linux”.

IIRC for my Linux project something like 40% of support tickets were from the 1% of Linux users. Give or take. Never again!

[rowanG077]

Damn, so you are saying you get free testers from the small share the linux users are? That's actually a great incentive by itself.