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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Valve is such a rare breed of company. I hope Gabe hands it off to someone who believes equally in the same things he does.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago

I'm so glad Valve never went public.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's some very talented and compassionate developers that have been with Valve for a long time that I assume will get past the reigns when he decides to step down or dies, and I'm hopeful that they will be as awesome as Gabe.

I constantly see people talking about how Valve will go to shit when Gabe dies, but I simply don't think that's true. Gabe is not the only amazing human at that company.

[–] Goblussy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Don’t worry. I’m sure whomever he hands it over to will also support running CS:GO as an illegal underage casino.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Haven't read the article just yet but it's so insane how far this has come and all the pieces that came together over so many years. Very excited about the future of SteamOS

[–] CybranM@feddit.nu 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I cant wait for the day I can switch from Windows to Steam OS without losing compatibility with all my software. I hate how MS has handled Windows

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

There was a comment thread in one of the Linux communities the other day talking about this mindset. Obviously the comments got a bit rude and unconstructive, but the point is that you can switch to something like bazzite now and most things will work pretty well, but if you're holding out until it's perfect then you'll be waiting forever!

[–] Unimperfect@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Cool, his name name translated from French to English is Peter-Wolf. His parents must have been big fans of Prokofiev.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"griffais" is also a past form of the verb "griffer" which means "to claw"

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 17 points 1 month ago

Also, “Pierre” also means “rock” in french, so his name could be translated to “Stone Wolf Clawed”

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Even better translation: Stone-Wolf !

[–] x3x3@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is the switch already 12 years old?

[–] regdog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, the Switch was released in 2017.