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Comment by meruru | Hacker News Reader

Between this and Valve's push for gaming on Linux, another of Linux' Achilles heels is solved. What else is missing before the Linux desktop is adequate for pretty much everyone?

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Developing a game that runs on Stadia and one that runs on the customer's local Linux box are probably going to be two different things, unfortunately. :-(

This isn't going to bring any new local games to Linux, rather it "solves" the gaming problem by simply making these streaming games playable on Linux with Chrome, same as on Windows, Mac, on your TV with ChromeCast, tablets, phones etc.

Much like web apps, YouTube, Netflix etc. today already work flawlessly on Linux, so will gaming too with this development. For most people, the browser is already the only "native" desktop application they use on their computers.

Web apps and web video finally made the Linux desktop viable, but also irrelevant in the bigger picture.

Due to GP's mention of playing Valve games on Linux, I mistakenly assumed the poster was hoping to run the other games locally. Thanks.

It's running on Linux servers and using Linux tech like Vulkan though. Getting a game to run well on Stadia will probably involve a lot of the same steps that are needed to make them run well on Linux natively.

Linux for everyone will happen when I no longer need to explain what a "package manager" or "dependency" is to my retired mother. So, never, basically.

You don't have to explain those things. Everyone already understands the concept of "App Stores" from using Android or iOS.

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