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Well good luck with that. I'm sure the dozen or so Linux laptop gamers in the world will be ecstatic. I mean why wouldn't you buy a machine incapable of suffic

by sfn42 3y ago

Well good luck with that. I'm sure the dozen or so Linux laptop gamers in the world will be ecstatic. I mean why wouldn't you buy a machine incapable of sufficiently cooling itself under load, with an operating system for which only a small fraction of games run well, to play games? /S

G4E 3y ago
Yeah because as everybody knows the steamdeck, which fits exactly your description, was a huge failure. /s.
- opengears 3y ago
  Lol. Steam deck is such a huge W - they even recently started the "Valve Certified Refurbished" program to satisfy the high demand. https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamdeckrefurbished https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamdeckrefurbished
opengears 3y ago
I guess it depends on the ecosystem. For Steam Linux is more used than Mac OS X (still Windows is the most popular). https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/linux-surpasses-the-mac-among-steam-gamers/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/linux-surpasses-the-...
- alphabettsy 3y ago
  Likely the result of the SteamDeck almost exclusively though right?
  - wiseowise 3y ago
    What difference does it make?
nonplus 3y ago
There are multiple Linux powered handhelds at this point that seem to have market traction, they are doing heavy lifting for laptops like this on the software side. I don't know any current figures and don't think quoting forecasts figures for 2027 is helpful. I do think it's getting to the point where starting a game on a steam deck or holoiso is easier/requires less of a user than windows. Anecdotally, every time I turn on a windows machine I'm inundated with updates. My machines using holoiso (steamos build for any x86 hardware) I just start up and they work (assuming no required game updates). https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/There-Are-Dozens-of-Us-Tobias-Funke-Arrested-Development.gif https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/There-Are-Do...
wiseowise 3y ago
> I'm sure the dozen or so Linux laptop gamers in the world will be ecstatic. https://omdia.tech.informa.com/pr/2023/04-apr/omdia-steam-deck-installed-base-to-surpass-three-million-during-2023 https://omdia.tech.informa.com/pr/2023/04-apr/omdia-steam-de... And that’s only Steam Deck. > only a small fraction of games run well, to play games? ????? You mean most games from previous gen consoles and thousand PC games? https://www.protondb.com/explore https://www.protondb.com/explore

by sfn42 3y ago

G4E 3y ago

Yeah because as everybody knows the steamdeck, which fits exactly your description, was a huge failure. /s.

opengears 3y ago
Lol. Steam deck is such a huge W - they even recently started the "Valve Certified Refurbished" program to satisfy the high demand. https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamdeckrefurbished https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamdeckrefurbished

opengears 3y ago

I guess it depends on the ecosystem. For Steam Linux is more used than Mac OS X (still Windows is the most popular). https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/linux-surpasses-the-mac-among-steam-gamers/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/linux-surpasses-the-...

alphabettsy 3y ago
Likely the result of the SteamDeck almost exclusively though right?
- wiseowise 3y ago
  What difference does it make?

nonplus 3y ago

There are multiple Linux powered handhelds at this point that seem to have market traction, they are doing heavy lifting for laptops like this on the software side. I don't know any current figures and don't think quoting forecasts figures for 2027 is helpful. I do think it's getting to the point where starting a game on a steam deck or holoiso is easier/requires less of a user than windows. Anecdotally, every time I turn on a windows machine I'm inundated with updates. My machines using holoiso (steamos build for any x86 hardware) I just start up and they work (assuming no required game updates). https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/There-Are-Dozens-of-Us-Tobias-Funke-Arrested-Development.gif https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/There-Are-Do...

wiseowise 3y ago

> I'm sure the dozen or so Linux laptop gamers in the world will be ecstatic. https://omdia.tech.informa.com/pr/2023/04-apr/omdia-steam-deck-installed-base-to-surpass-three-million-during-2023 https://omdia.tech.informa.com/pr/2023/04-apr/omdia-steam-de... And that’s only Steam Deck. > only a small fraction of games run well, to play games? ????? You mean most games from previous gen consoles and thousand PC games? https://www.protondb.com/explore https://www.protondb.com/explore