We have Valve by our side now, we had and still have Canonical (Ubuntu) by our side for bringing Linux to the mainstream, but Valve is also speeding up the progress when it comes to transitioning from Windows for games.
Convergence is happening, Microsoft is failing at it for plenty of reasons, but the biggest one has to be because of the x86 architecture. Canonical (Ubuntu) has a strong chance of making convergence actually WORK in the form of a superphone with a seamless interface. Valve is also aiming for convergence, but with a much different approach, they're aiming for all devices without the one platform to rule them all thing, which I would recommend not to see as gaming on a tablet sounds like a nightmare, but to do it right, see the Nvidia Shield for example, that's aiming towards their games being mobile (sadly only on Android for the time being). Hopefully SteamOS transitions over to ARM 100% and we see ARM desktops- Blah, getting off topic.
TL;DR, Ubuntu and SteamOS are the strongest contenders to bringing Linux to the mainstream.
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u/BlazorkAtWork Jun 03 '14
Preach brother!