Between that and windows 11 forcing people to choose between buying new hardware (at currently inflated RAM prices) , remain on win10 without updates ot switching to a different OS, it really could mean the fabled “year of the Linux desktop” has finally arrived.
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Stefan_S_from_H@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Let’s see what the Steam Machine will do for Linux on desktop. 2026 will be interesting.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Even if they sell like hot cakes relative to their intended audience of Steam users, it will not make much of a difference in overall market share. Steam might be relatively big with PC gamers, but overall they are rather tiny.
walden@wetshav.ing 3 weeks ago
Tiny yes, but IMO getting the attention of computer gamers needs to be the next step if a Linux flavor is going to become a household name.
Even if it’s “SteamOS” that becomes the household name instead of “Linux” that’s still good overall. Maybe it’ll turn into how people used to say they had “Droid” smartphones, not Android.
rikudou@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
I mean, if a single distro is what we’re after, isn’t there already ChromeOS?
greybeard@feddit.online 3 weeks ago
ChromeOS is pretty far from normal Linux. It’s closer to something like Android. Uses the Linux kernel, but doesn’t bring the freedom, flexibility, or even GUI tool that come with a Linux desktop. SteamOS does come with all of those.
walden@wetshav.ing 3 weeks ago
I guess I see your point, but at the same time I don’t.