Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders
ag10n@lemmy.world 17 hours agoThey actually do, they’re just locked down from factory
github.com/SleepTheGod/…/README.md
Remember that PS2 natively supported this and modern consoles like the Switch can boot directly into desktop Linux.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I said “with a few button presses,” not “after hacking it and booting from external media.”
ag10n@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
So what you’re saying because Valve supports it out of the box is the limiting factor between a console and pc
The hardware supports it; it could be a PC if you want.
You skipped over the PS2 and how it was a console and marketed with Linux support directly from Sony
Let alone Yellow Dog Linux on the PS3
youtu.be/lSP9b4Qcu4M
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
A clever enough person can get a useable general-purpose OS running on just about any hardware. The entire point is that it’s user-friendly out of the box.
notfromhere@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
So user friendly Linux running on it makes it not a console? For a while PS3 was just a couple button presses to get a full Linux distro booted on it. I don’t think anyone would argue PS3 wasn’t a console.