The recent news that SteamOS may soon be shipped with third-party devices could be particularly important for Linux gaming on desktops.

Even gamers nexus’ Steve today said that they’re about to start doing Linux games performance testing soon. It’s happening, y’all, the year of the Linux desktop is upon us. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

  • Mactan
    17•12 hours ago

    these people need permission from a massive corporation calling it something other than Linux so they can dodge the cognitive dissonance of hating Linux

    • TimeSquirrel
      6•11 hours ago

      Or rather, there’s someone who isn’t going away anytime soon and someone who you can go to if their shit screws up, someone with an actual address and support number, and it’s not just a Github issue tracker page that hasn’t been seen by the owner in months.

      Some people want that peace of mind. Some people aren’t built to scour the internet for hours to maybe find solutions to their problems.

      • Mactan
        11•11 hours ago

        …do people really do that with Microsoft, or do they just throw the errant device in a closet and get a new one at best buy?

      • @stevedice@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1•8 hours ago

        I’m confused, do you think Canonical, RedHat or SUSE are going away in the near future? Or that they don’t have support?

        • TimeSquirrel
          0•3 hours ago

          Or that they don’t have support?

          Not specifically the whole Linux/Proton/Game stack. That’s Valve’s bread and butter, not Canonical or Redhat.

          Go ahead, call Redhat and tell them you can’t get Skyrim to run, see how far that gets you.

          • @stevedice@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1•2 hours ago

            Are you trying to imply having an “official SteamOS” means you will be able to call Valve to have them troubleshoot your game? Because you can’t do that with the current official SteamOS on the Steam Deck. I don’t think you thought this through.