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Valve will officially let you install SteamOS on other handhelds as soon as this April (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002 to c/linux_gaming

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[–] grue 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Valve has always "let you" install SteamOS on anything you want -- it's copyleft software; they don't have a choice.

What's different now is that Valve will be facilitating you to do it by packaging the software in a less Steam Deck-specific way to make it easier.

I realize some might think this is a pedantic distinction, but it's not okay for the media to disparage Free Software by ascribing more authority to Valve than it actually has.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's not true. It's not all free software. The distribution of it certainly isn't free even if most of the individual pieces are.

My distro containing emacs doesn't make the distribution itself free software, it just contains some free software. Similar to how emacs being on Windows doesn't make Windows free software.

Steam OS is a higher percentage of free software than Windows, but it is not exclusively free software. The SteamOS trademark is also not free to use without authorization.

This is not disparaging free software, you're making drama where there need not be any.

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

What about trademarks and so?

[–] atrielienz 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder if this will fix some of the built in controller issues (where the ROG Ally/x built in controls are considered 5-6 different controllers).

[–] just_another_person 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's really a driver issue from the manufacturer. If ASUS wanted, they could have pushed a proper kernel driver a long time ago. They bet on Windows for some reason though 🤷

[–] atrielienz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's the same way on the original Legion Go from Lenovo.

[–] just_another_person 7 points 1 month ago

Same deal. They're now switching to SteamOS, so will have kernel drivers soon.

[–] _sideffect -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here come the Chinese clone devices all with steam os on them

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

Weren't Chinese companies like GPD pioneers of handhelds?

[–] _sideffect -2 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure the nintendo game boy was one of the first pioneers