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Seemingly confirming the theory that "Xbox" will just be Windows going forward, at least on handhelds.

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[–] Bosht 63 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Get fucked. After all the shit I've seen them pulling with Windows 11 they'll never get a dime out of me again. I'll ride my win 10 until it's out of support then switch to Linux. Fuck monopolies, and fuck enshittification for profit.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago

Don't wait till support ends, it will make the switch more stressfull

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

SteamOS for pc can't come soon enough.

[–] jacksilver 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Steam already runs fine on Linux, you don't need SteamOS to us the compatibility functionality, meaning anything you can play on the steamdeck already works on a Linux pc.

[–] x00z 2 points 2 weeks ago

To add to this;

Playing modern Windows games on Linux and SteamOS is done using Wine and Proton. Wine is available on almost every Linux distro and Proton comes* with Steam.

*You can use Proton outside of Steam but it's quite hacky and not really needed.

[–] Bosht 3 points 2 weeks ago

Amen. I'll trust that until Gabe dies and of course some shithead takes his place and ruins the company

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Just install Mint Cinnamon. It’s super approachable and Steam works great on it.

[–] Nibodhika 1 points 2 weeks ago

Why do you want SteamOS though? Unless you're making a Steam Machine there are better options out there for desktop usage.

[–] slumberlust 2 points 2 weeks ago

I plan to use zero patch until eol then go Linux. https://0patch.com/

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't steam about to no longer support 10?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No.

Couldn't even find a rumor of it. It wouldn't make sense for steam to stop supporting such a large part of their userbase.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm sure on the game specs on the store it says steam will no longer support win 10 in jan 2025. Unless i misread and it's it'll only support win 10 and above.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe you are confusing this with the news from a year ago that Steam doesn't support Windows 7 and 8 anymore?

By the way MS-support for 7 ended in 2015, so that's 9 more years of Steam support after updates from MS stopped. I'd count on Steam working on Windows 10 for years to come.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah i assumed this might've been the case, hence the last sentence in my comment

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless you provide a source I will consider your comment as FUD.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm pretty certain it's latter of my comment. Don't know what FUD means though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt