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> SteamDeck runs a minimally modified Arch Linux, with a full KDE desktop > Tens of thousands of Windows games, more like I'm certainly aware of that and not a

> SteamDeck runs a minimally modified Arch Linux, with a full KDE desktop > Tens of thousands of Windows games, more like I'm certainly aware of that and not arguing about it, just saying that it's not really relevant for most people that the device is targeted at. > will feel reasonably at home under Gnome or KDE. I don't agree with that at all, maybe on a very superficial level. But even if that were the case what value would Linux be offering to most of these people? Whether we like it or not Windows and macOS still have plenty of other benefits/advantages for most non-technical people besides letting them run specialty software. > Valve seems to have found a way to fund knocking down that barrier. What they are aiming to achieve is still no different from what Google did with Android and ChromeOS. They just want a platform they can fully control and make money from while minimizing their costs. Sure, they are doing it in a way that's much more "open" and benefits Linux much more than Android but they still have no other incentives besides maximizing the number of people who are using Steam and reducing competition from other storefronts like Xbox store on Windows etc.

timschmidt 2y ago
> just saying that it's not really relevant for most people that the device is targeted at. That's the amazing part. The sign it's truly arrived for non-technical folks. > Windows and macOS still have plenty of other benefits/advantages for most non-technical people besides letting them run specialty software. As an admin for hundreds of computer users, for most folks they're just a launcher for the browser. See: ChromeOS > What they are aiming to achieve is still no different from what Google did with Android and ChromeOS. Except for the Windows compatibility part. Which is a very important part.
- nolist_policy 2y ago
  > Except for the Windows compatibility part. Which is a very important part. There is a Steam for Chromebook Beta which is basically Steam OS in a VM with Virgl and Venus passtrough.
  - timschmidt 2y ago
    Cool. Similarly, I can install MacOS on Windows in a VM or the other way around. Until an OEM ships it pre-installed, most people won't know that's possible or how to do it. Microsoft's stranglehold starts at the OEM.

timschmidt 2y ago

> just saying that it's not really relevant for most people that the device is targeted at. That's the amazing part. The sign it's truly arrived for non-technical folks. > Windows and macOS still have plenty of other benefits/advantages for most non-technical people besides letting them run specialty software. As an admin for hundreds of computer users, for most folks they're just a launcher for the browser. See: ChromeOS > What they are aiming to achieve is still no different from what Google did with Android and ChromeOS. Except for the Windows compatibility part. Which is a very important part.

nolist_policy 2y ago
> Except for the Windows compatibility part. Which is a very important part. There is a Steam for Chromebook Beta which is basically Steam OS in a VM with Virgl and Venus passtrough.
- timschmidt 2y ago
  Cool. Similarly, I can install MacOS on Windows in a VM or the other way around. Until an OEM ships it pre-installed, most people won't know that's possible or how to do it. Microsoft's stranglehold starts at the OEM.