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Debunk from dev Pierre-Loup Griffais ‪@plagman.bsky.social‬

"we've done pre-release Mesa Vulkan work on every AMD architecture since Vega thanks to them kindly providing hardware, so there's nothing meaningful to read into there."

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You’ll have a long way to go on the software side before worrying about hardware

Like you said though, just buy a prebuilt and you’re already there

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

Like you said though, just buy a prebuilt and you’re already there

As long as Microsoft doesn't push an update that fucks up your machine, or you don't boot for a few weeks and have to wait 2 hours for an update...

Even the biggest Steam update takes a fraction of the time of a 'routine' Windows update. SteamOS/DeckOS is a huge quality of life upgrade over a desktop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Linux is the key there.

All your complaints revolve around Windows.

That being said, if you don't want to fuck with computers any more than necessary, that route won't be particularly pleasing until Valve can release their OS and Launcher updates, assuming they keep things user friendly.

Linux gaming is leagues better than it was 20 years ago. Still hard to beat a fresh Windows install (key: fresh) and most certainly a console when it comes to ease of use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I'm a Debian guy but most of the people I know are stuck in the Windows ecosystem because it's the only one most people know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why are you running Windows on any device prebuilt or otherwise?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not but the majority is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I know. The SER 8 is damn close hardware wise, it could be in budget given a sale/voucher/what not. RetroGameCorps - mini pc spreadsheet

I can start at ps1 to give emulators time to catch up.