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Why do posters say that increase in Linux Steam share doesnt count becuase its mostly steam deck users? (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 5 months ago by Leminski to c/pcmasterrace

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It's not the gotcha that they think it is. Increasing share of Linux, steam deck or not is progress. Any development or considerations made for the SteamDeck and its Arch based OS benefit the non SteamDeck Linux gaming scene too.

Mostly a stab at Reddit PCMR, Lemmy PCMR has a different vibe.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

I've never touched a steam deck nor its OS. How much of the underlying OS is exposed to the user? Is it easy to bring up a terminal emulator?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (5 children)

It's surprisingly straightforward! There's a menu option in the UI that can switch you to desktop mode, which is KDE Plasma. You can open up a terminal emulator from the K menu there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Alright, good to know.

Also, the gate is open come in. There seems to be some elitism regarding the choice of distro, but don't pay any attention to that. "Mint and Ubuntu are noob distros, I use arch btw" is only partially a meme.

I'm a linux user of 20+ years, and I run Mint on my desktop. Arch users are the linux equivalent of the car guys who spend ages tuning engine performance and gear ratios in their car. I just want something that works well and that does what I need it to do in a reliable way. Plus, the Mint user base is so large that it's relatively easy to find a workaround/fix for whatever strategy nge issue you might run into.

I hear good things about Pop OS, but I have no firat hand experience with it, so I can't comment on that.

[–] Leminski 4 points 5 months ago

Use Pop!_OS myself. Its "grand" / "fine".

I'd recommend it to a new user. If however you are an existing user who's happy I'd say not to bother.

Pop!_OS and Fedora are my usual choices for a desktop OS, unless I have reasons not to.

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