Plz gaben I want steamOS official so bad ;-;
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Don't hold your breath, the plan is (or was) to initially just release it for other handhelds rather than an iso you can install anywhere
I don’t understand this tbh. It’s here already. SteamOS will likely be just like the deck - immutable arch running the existing steam package.
You can totally do this today and it works great. Don’t want to mess with arch and that confusing command line? Use something easier like mint and install the flatpak - then you don’t even have to futz with nvidia drivers. Or use bazzite?
What does steamOS offer that we don’t already have? (Serious question)
A few things:
- It gives manufacturers a blueprint for their devices. You will see a lot of handhelds running SteamOS from different manufacturers. You will also see a lot of small "gaming boxes" with SteamOS to plug in your TV. That's great!
- Game Developers will have one distribution to test their games on. One of the bigger problems linux had before SteamOS was the big clusterfuck of different distros. Great for users, but a big headache if you're developing for it. Now you can say "it runs on SteamOS", test on SteamOS and you don't have to deal with bug reports from people running RedStarOS
- It's Valve. It's a company. They are the biggest store selling games and they are building their moat to protect themselves against Microsoft, Apple, Epic & Co. That not exactly great for users, but also explains why Valve is doing this linux push. To prevent Microsoft from abusing their Windows monopoly to crush them
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I think it's mostly a matter of having it preinstalled.
The perception is that if it's pre installed, then it is designed for the device.
these people need permission from a massive corporation calling it something other than Linux so they can dodge the cognitive dissonance of hating Linux
Or rather, there's someone who isn't going away anytime soon and someone who you can go to if their shit screws up, someone with an actual address and support number, and it's not just a Github issue tracker page that hasn't been seen by the owner in months.
Some people want that peace of mind. Some people aren't built to scour the internet for hours to maybe find solutions to their problems.
..do people really do that with Microsoft, or do they just throw the errant device in a closet and get a new one at best buy?
They do, yes. /srs
You're thinking of Mac users. /j
I'm confused, do you think Canonical, RedHat or SUSE are going away in the near future? Or that they don't have support?
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PC gamers moving to console? What's next the existing consoles adopting keyboard+mouse?..
There is no downside to this
Consoles have accepted keyboard+mouse for years now! Microsoft started with the Xbox one and Sony started with the PS3; Though there were select games for generations prior that supported k+m through their own implentations
I would love them to partner with like micorcenter and have systems that are completely supported like an apple store.