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  • nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz
    1·
    2 hours ago

    I really like this, if it’s not completely locked down I would switch to it

    The problem with steamOS is anticheat and I can’t as easily download games from questionable sources

  • Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de
    72·
    2 days ago

    I’m interested in the Xbox game mode, or whatever it’ll be called. Freeing up all those resources to improve performance should be good. Also, the unified launcher for all your games could be neat, depending on how it’s going to work out.

    • Ferk@lemmy.ml
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I wonder if freeing up those resources also implies that much of the adware Microsoft often includes in Windows might be removed too.

      if it’s not: I’m skeptical that the gain in resources would be enough.

      if it is: I’m skeptical that this OS won’t be locked down as much as possible to prevent it to be used for anything useful beyond this specific gaming usecase and/or specific to pre-authorized devices.

      I think Microsoft benefits too much from the adware they add to Windows to allow this new version of the OS to potentially be used as an alternative.

      • Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        4 hours ago

        The video from LTT made it look like when you launch this game mode or Xbox mode or whatever (like on the Deck, where you can still exit to the desktop), and lots of non-essential processes just get stopped automatically. After you’re done, those processes would start again. So nothing is really removed, just put on hold while you’re gaming, and there’s no separate OS version.

  • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
    21·
    2 days ago

    Great? I guess?

    I’m mean it’s good to have competition. But Steam is much better in many different things. I hope their next console is better.