Post B6SNUqFT61GTJJk1M8 by gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B6SLAnSRYw02xI7m9A by gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
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       This is your regularly scheduled and apparently necessary reminder that SteamOS is Linux.SteamOS is built from Arch Linux.The Steam Deck runs Linux. So will the Steam Machine and Steam Frame.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SLQhgimXHhh6O6IC by VileLasagna@mastodon.gamedev.place
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       @gamingonlinux I mean, I've seen at least one game, Infinity Nikki, where the game is explicitly told to crash out if you're on Linux but NOT on a Steam Deck so... there IS THAAAAT?!?!?! Not at all like this, tho, this does sound like just nonsense, lol
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SM5LXI3152rbM9SK by ashamed_floppy@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux the ultimate btw i run arch…
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SM77c2mkF8GCQV8a by ben@mstdn.games
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       @gamingonlinux 🤦‍♂️
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SMIkZqFxt4I9wQIy by gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
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       @serigala_tropis It’s Linux, arguing against that is just dumb
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SN0a7oTiSGcJjPyC by Fedihacker@masto.es
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       @gamingonlinux It's GNU.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SNJo7KgCKtW0friC by gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
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       To be clear - no shade here, just part of the continued service of being a Linux nerd, ensuring people do actually understand what's running 👍Much love devs.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SNUqFT61GTJJk1M8 by gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
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       https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/"SteamOS is Valve’s Linux-based operating system."
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SNtQ2jfEc7H9VN5s by SergoZar@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SPAkJ5g1sz02ysNM by gjerma@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux I don't mind them providing support for SteamOS only, testing the game on SteamOS devices is totally fine. What's concerning is when they go out of their way to block any other Linux running Steam client. This is absurd.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SQGxqIMgFCfg2blQ by GreatBigTable@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux As someone who doesn't know. If I have Steam properly configured on my, say, Linux Mint machine... does that count as a SteamOS machine?
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SSGEJFr49TMUMdsW by etchedpixels@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux "supported" is a magic word though. It means one thing to a lot of software folks "it works" and another to corporate types and many other bits of a business "we'll care if it doesn't work"If you say you support Linux and it breaks on someone's obscure setup then to most eyes you are at fault. If you say it supports steamdeck and it happens to work on their box then great everyone is happy.,
       
 (DIR) Post #B6STXKqot4s6Whmh2e by Ray_Of_Sunlight@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux that guy's either ignorant or stupid
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SWRHvt7lDhbIxmQC by cygnathreadbare@retro.pizza
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       @gamingonlinux I had a better opinion on SteamOS when it was based on Debian plus a few more updated libs from Ubuntu. So basically what the vast majority of linux users had (as in the base user, maybe not so much the power user or the enthusiast).Targeting Arch is a bit like if windows games targeted Win10 LTSC IoT or Windows Server, something I use but the average user would rarely touch.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6Sc2kdfrE7l7J7vRw by Lingondraken@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux I constantly see regular people misunderstand what SteamOS (and what it isn't) which, sure, I can understand.But, a game dev?
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SjEJLPrYoLcQ2uno by raster@retro-gaiden.com
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       @gamingonlinux Nowdays I tend to question the technical skill and understanding of some devs. Some of them is like they turn on the machine but never really poked the nose to look how an OS run, just write codes of lines blind for something they didn't saw the workings.Otherwise I don't see how a dev could say that SteamOS isn't linux.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6SknJDCRneVIUSGwq by cauZation@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux It was impressive to see Steam... iron out... early problems, to being... stiff competition... ... ...I just can't go on.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6Stfx9OyI0MR5FIqe by noctilua@social.noleron.com
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       @gamingonlinux I tend to interpret Linux / SteamOS support as in «we specifically support and test against that specific os»Actually, that response it looks whackier the more I look at it, nevermind
       
 (DIR) Post #B6T3vzofpM0ksVq4zQ by htpcnz@mastodon.social
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       @gamingonlinux i will accept that when a "normie" can download & install it on their generic x86 system just like any other "Linux" distro. Till then to me it is not much more Linux than Oracle Linux is. Any corporation that uses Linux to lockdown to their ecosystem isn't doing that out of goodness of their heart or what is best to consumers but to maximise their return to shareholders.