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Seems to be the same story as with Netbooks. The first Eee PC came with a custom Linux distro, but all devices after that just ran Windows. Looks like this is

Seems to be the same story as with Netbooks. The first Eee PC came with a custom Linux distro, but all devices after that just ran Windows. Looks like this is repeating with the new handheld gaming PCs.

officeplant 4y ago
Handheld PC's have had both Windows and Linux support for a long time. Especially once you add in all the old UMPC's that ran XP/Vista. Even if you just want to talk about modern handheld computers most of the GPD offerings have supported both. The vast majority of them before the steam deck all ran windows.
bacchusracine 4y ago
>all devices after that just ran Windows. Yeah, funny how the eeepc was showcasing all sorts of things in both Linux and even in an Android system which all mysteriously disappeared once Microsoft got their vice chairman in a back room and laid out exactly what the penalties were for making Windows look bad. Even the extremely ancient and nerfed version of Xandros those netbooks came with was running circles around Windows Vista and then later Windows 7, that Microsoft actually brought Windows XP back out of retirement and extended its lifespan to have something that had anything close to performance. (Too bad even XP was horrible at font rendering and so many parts of the system were hardcoded to use nasty looking fonts with no scaling. Gnome 2.x was clearly superior to XP then.) The original article has been carefully bitrotted so I had to go to the wayback machine to get it but here it is: https://archive.is/QZHWh https://archive.is/QZHWh It's stuff like this that makes me laugh when people try to pretend that Microsoft "loves" Linux now. Yeah, Microsoft loves Linux the same way that a boa constrictor gives people "hugs" around the neck.
- zamadatix 4y ago
  With Microsoft making more money in cloud both via and on Linux I have no doubt they really do love Linux to the tune of billions of dollars per year associated with it. Just don't mistake one love for Linux as having the same interests as another.

officeplant 4y ago

Handheld PC's have had both Windows and Linux support for a long time. Especially once you add in all the old UMPC's that ran XP/Vista. Even if you just want to talk about modern handheld computers most of the GPD offerings have supported both. The vast majority of them before the steam deck all ran windows.

bacchusracine 4y ago

>all devices after that just ran Windows. Yeah, funny how the eeepc was showcasing all sorts of things in both Linux and even in an Android system which all mysteriously disappeared once Microsoft got their vice chairman in a back room and laid out exactly what the penalties were for making Windows look bad. Even the extremely ancient and nerfed version of Xandros those netbooks came with was running circles around Windows Vista and then later Windows 7, that Microsoft actually brought Windows XP back out of retirement and extended its lifespan to have something that had anything close to performance. (Too bad even XP was horrible at font rendering and so many parts of the system were hardcoded to use nasty looking fonts with no scaling. Gnome 2.x was clearly superior to XP then.) The original article has been carefully bitrotted so I had to go to the wayback machine to get it but here it is: https://archive.is/QZHWh https://archive.is/QZHWh It's stuff like this that makes me laugh when people try to pretend that Microsoft "loves" Linux now. Yeah, Microsoft loves Linux the same way that a boa constrictor gives people "hugs" around the neck.

zamadatix 4y ago
With Microsoft making more money in cloud both via and on Linux I have no doubt they really do love Linux to the tune of billions of dollars per year associated with it. Just don't mistake one love for Linux as having the same interests as another.