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"Steam Deck" is clearly not "Desktop Linux", just like Android isn't, or PlayStation isn't "Desktop FreeBSD". It's reasonable to make these distinctions. No one
by arp242 3y ago
"Steam Deck" is clearly not "Desktop Linux", just like Android isn't, or PlayStation isn't "Desktop FreeBSD". It's reasonable to make these distinctions. No one was talking about "operating system kernels".
- red_trumpet 3y agoYes, Steam Deck is Desktop Linux. It runs a Linux Desktop[1], which you can easily switch to. [1] https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-use-desktop-mode-on-the-steam-deck/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-use-desktop-m...
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- ghusto 3y agoMy TV runs WebOS. So I'm a WebOS user? Nobody will care that it can run in desktop mode, until people start using that as their daily driver. Spoiler: That's not a thing that will happen.
- metaphor 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37003241 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37003241
- emerongi 3y agoIf KDE isn't Desktop Linux, I don't know what is. It's not "vanilla", but so isn't Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora Sericea, or whatever else. The underlying stack is the same, there's just customizations on top.
- arp242 3y agoYou can run all sorts of things on all sorts of things, but the Steam Deck clearly isn't a desktop machine, and isn't intended or widely used for desktop type stuff. This seems so obvious I don't even know how to explain it. "Yes, but technically ..." isn't meaningful.
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- baq 3y agoSteam Deck runs Steam in big picture mode, you can switch to a normal desktop with a menu option.