Comment by fidotron
1 hour ago
Honestly this looks like Microsoft must have thrown a pile of money at them to not mention it, as it's just too obviously the main question.
No one seriously cares about this running Windows. We want Steam and CUDA/Ollama, and Windows just gets in the way. nVidia are simply not that oblivious, but I have to admit in their position I'd have considered the Microsoft involvement more trouble than it's worth, which is among the many reasons I'm not a billionaire.
Maybe they think the RAM market is so terrible it will kill the whole initiative regardless.
WSL is the answer in what most folks are concerned.
Has Steam finally started to push for native Linux games instead of translating Windows ones?
Valve did that little more than a decade ago, the original Steam Machines. It didn't take, and despite the success of the Deck and current techy trends, Linux does not have the % to make the ROI worthwhile if it isn't simple for developers. Proton is a wedge in the door that will help Linux get there.
If it runs faster than the windows ones, who cares?
You misspelled llama.cpp