Can Ubuntu reclaim its gaming crown? Based on a new job opening added to its careers page, Canonical thinks to. Ubuntu's chief sponsor is recruiting a

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Canonical is recruiting a ‘Linux Desktop Gaming Product Manager’ The job will be to ‘…make Ubuntu the best Linux desktop for gaming’ When Steam for Linux debuted in 2012 Ubuntu was Valve’s recommended Linux distro for gamers wanting to thumb-flex with Tux.

Ubuntu is Finally Taking Linux Gaming Seriously

Not sure Ubuntu or Linux in general will be able to compete with Windows for gaming

I’ve been hearing this since 2005 when I used to play warcraft III on my linux/wine setup. It was a mess.
If linux could run games like windows/directx, I would never use windows anymore.

#tldr; Canonical want to hire a gaming product manager, hopefully to improve the state of gaming on Ubuntu Linux.