… :-) I worked on the Steam Deck as CTO of one of Valve's contractors on the project. Glad you like it.
Original discussionGoogle in shock as Samsung considers moving to Bing as default search engine730 source comments · at importTo you and me, sure, there is value in a linux desktop. To the average user, linux is not in any state to be a useable, daily driver desktop. Where it works, it is the exception, not the norm. Taking linux and turning it into a business model can be done - see valve and the steam deck. Granted, that is gaming-only but it can be done. The #1 problem with the linux desktop is that there is no single linux desktop and things break far too often.
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In 2023, Linux on the desktop is merely death by a hundred papercuts instead of a thousand. Progress!
Full original> -) I worked on the Steam Deck as CTO of one of Valve's contractors on the project. Glad you like it. Not who you're responding to, but I am extremely grateful for the work that was put to make gaming on Linux possible. I may not own a Steam Deck, but it's development allowed me to switch entirely to Linux without looking back.
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