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I mean that'd be neat if I gave a fuck about handhelds in general or the Legion Go S specifically. I don't. How does SteamOS do on my AMD 7950X3D with my 4090? Oh it doesn't support those? Then it can fuck off (for now).
I mean they've done a good thing in general but it requires such special hardware that it doesn't really deserve much praise. The whole attraction of Windows originally wasn't just "it has a GUI" it was, "I can buy a printer that works with Windows and a piece of software that works with Windows, and know that I will be able to print from that software, and so forth. Without that level of hardware support, SteamOS just isn't that exciting. Again, "Yet".
It kinda sounds like this isn't a product for you, then...and that's fine, but like, why comment haha.
But then how would we hear about this person's valuable opinion? Do you want to live in a world where they don't share their ambivalence toward SteamOS and handheld gaming? God knows I don't. Thank goodness for this comment and I hope to hear more of their opinions on products they don't use it have interest in.
Problems communicating an underlying desire to have a faster alternative to windows. Defaulted to anger and frustration
Nobody owes you shit
Bazzite works great on desktop. Really not that different.
Hmmm maybe I'm missing something but doesn't Steam work on these? Doesn't Proton work on these? Doesn't KDE Plasma work too? Basically what's missing for you to consider it working if arguably the most important do work on it?
Asking as I use those 3 daily on my Debian desktop and... it just works. Anyway, back to play Clair Obscur, thanks a lot to Valve.
Funny you say that because printers work on Linux out of the box whereas on windows you need to hunt for drivers...
SteamOS on desktop is not a supported use case. SteamOS is not windows.
😄 I actually think that is a fair point you make. I am waiting patiently for a full version that I can install on a living room pc. So for me there is also no immediate benefit, yet, as you put it. I still see the development very positively!
As someone who has seen Linux as "almost there" for about 25 years, I am cautiously optimistic.