UPDATE: Despite saying they were using SteamOS on the homepage, they've since clarified that it's actually "an optimized version based on HoloISO". HoloISO seems to be a community compiled version of SteamOS. It's very similar but it's not officially SteamOS.

Now the handheld market gets really good.

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[–] danthehutt 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

While I get your point, Linux has improved to almost 4% this year. In addition, all these people using Steam decks are on Linux, they just might not even know it. I think that's a great thing, but Windows isn't going anywhere. Office suite runs too many businesses and makes Microsoft too much money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Also user friendliness. I tried Linux once at the behest of a programmer mate and just couldn’t get into it. I’m fairly confident with tech but going in cold scared me off whereas windows (and to a lesser extent back then, Mac OS) was safer.

Office 365 are the champs for the working world. Google are growing and Apple are…there but Office364 reigns supreme, in the UK at least.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I would have agreed with you here if it wasn't for me having to reinstall my server because of a faulty harddrive. A couple of years ago I just remember headaches and silently screaming on Linux while fixing my server but this time, just a couple of months ago I tried another distro and it was awesome. Everything just works, just like windows. I am actually considering switching my gaming desktop to dual boot Linux because of this. Maybe one day...

[–] Katana314 1 points 8 months ago

I remember when I had to use my Steam Deck connected with USBC as a "desktop" for a while. It couldn't remember to put my taskbar on my preferred monitor no matter what I tried doing.