No it’s not, multiplayer games with anticheat that hard-locks you into Windows and productivity software with DRM that hard-locks you into Windows is still a thing, if that were to stop being a thing, then Windows’ dominance on the desktop might finally be threatened, but until then, sadly, no.
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magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks agoOnce steamos drops support and starts coming pre-loaded on laptops and pre-built desktops it’s over for their consumer division.
DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 3 weeks ago
Toes@ani.social 3 weeks ago
There’s nothing special about SteamOS. Linux has been available as an option from several manufacturers for years.
What we need to see is a major studio pushing for Linux like valve has been doing.
Imagine if call of duty or fortnite had a Linux promotion to have a penguin hat. That would help
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There kind of is though. I’m not here to argue it’s enough to unseat windows but it is markedly different
From a technical standpoint it’s just another linux distro with some nice tweaks for gaming but from a human perspective it has brand recognition, familiarity, a known company behind it. Those things do really matter for adoption. No idea if that’d be anywhere near enough, I’m not inclined to make predictions, but it does have explicit advantages over consumers hearing they can get a laptop with Ubuntu or fedora on it
Toes@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Yeah I agree. I just don’t wanna see more apps made exclusively for SteamOS and winderp. So I feel it’s important to highlight it’s just another Linux distro.
youtu.be/5KYQRk_SIB8 this is what pulled my attention to the matter.
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s very fair! I was concerned by that video too, though I would point out that if I remember right, the games in that video don’t work on non-steamdeck devices including if you install steamos on a laptop or desktop
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s it. That’s literally what makes it special. You, me, and half the fediverse probably aren’t going to use it unless maybe we buy a steam deck.
The fact that there’s a multi-billion dollar company throwing money at both it and proton is what makes steam os special. Like it or not, that’s how you get normal people to use shit.
Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Call of duty is a Microsoft game now.