• tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Those companies aren’t exactly releasing consumer-facing distro’s, though.

      • utopiah@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        True, but would one want to have a BigTech labels on their Linux distribution? Wouldn’t that kind of miss the point and bring us back to e.g. ChromeBooks?

        • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          Maybe. As it stands Valve is rather open with their implementation, but who’s to say it will remain indefinitely so.

          I do get the desire, though. I’ve gone to Bazzite and Fedora and – even though it’s a lot better than just a year ago – it still requires some commandline tweaking. It isn’t entirely smooth sailing yet.
          Will SteamOS be? I do have some doubts.

          • utopiah@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 hour ago

            FWIW been using SteamOS on the SteamDeck for ~3 years now and from gaming to tinkering, no major problems. Never had to tinker hard or re-install. A couple of time it didn’t suspend properly or I had to hold power button of to force a shutdown but that’s about it.

            I doubt Valve would back of from the openness because that’s their one single advantage.