Comment on Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame

• utopiah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  True, but would one want to have a BigTech labels on their Linux distribution? Wouldn’t that kind of miss the point and bring us back to e.g. ChromeBooks?

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  • tb_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maybe. As it stands Valve is rather open with their implementation, but who’s to say it will remain indefinitely so.

    I do get the desire, though. I’ve gone to Bazzite and Fedora and – even though it’s a lot better than just a year ago – it still requires some commandline tweaking. It isn’t entirely smooth sailing yet.
    Will SteamOS be? I do have some doubts.

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    • utopiah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      FWIW been using SteamOS on the SteamDeck for ~3 years now and from gaming to tinkering, no major problems. Never had to tinker hard or re-install. A couple of time it didn’t suspend properly or I had to hold power button of to force a shutdown but that’s about it.

      I doubt Valve would back of from the openness because that’s their one single advantage.

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      • tb_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I doubt Valve would back of from the openness

        Not on the short term, but who knows. If SteamOS becomes a major player in the PC space, at a post-GabeN Valve–

        But that will take many more years, if ever it does happen. I do think it is a legitimate reason to be somewhat cautious.

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