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Really wish I could see popularity spanning over years rather than a quarter. Maybe I’m missing a setting somewhere I’m not seeing.

XDA’s article is quite a bit of garbage too. Outside of game compatibility their other reasons are reaching.

Linux has a desktop and can be used as a desktop PC as well and works with a ton of peripherals driver free. That being said Linux has an issue with too many hands in the cookie jar for window managers so you get 2 really bulky fleshed out ones and a whole bunch of others that just don’t hold up without considerable customization by the user which tends to add more bulk and a steep learning curve.

Xbox Gamepass, as great as it is, has a ton of issues with installing/uninstalling software in Windows and the cloud gaming part of Gamepass Ultimate works quite well on the Steam Deck too. Technically you can also dual boot Windows but it’s no at all worth it and has much worse performance.

And then they just kind of silently say that many people don’t know Linux and are familiar with Windows. I feel like anyone coming to Windows 11 from 10 or even 7 might have some idea but they’re going to be just as confused considering the obfuscation Microsoft included in 11. And Steam OS has an easy to use and understand interface that just about anyone can figure out in a few minutes.

I’m just not seeing the huge benefit that XDA claims. Worse performance and battery life, generally a higher cost (Windows licensing), and support is going to be a grab bag for all these Windows based handhelds.

That’s Classified. As was any statement made about said subject, also classified.

Sigh. This is kind of asinine. The DRM is there to make piracy difficult to access not impossible because we know impossible isn’t really achievable. For Rossmann to not go through Netflix’s T&S and expect an “unsupported” device to accomplish something is just a dumb setup for a video.

Remove the DRM and make it super easy to access and you’ll have Napster all over again. Unless you lived when that was going on then you have no clue the actual things that were happening vs what is said today. In the early 2000’s your average Joe Schmo would have loads of music saved on their computer because it was just easy and “free”. Today you have all these streaming services and a good amount of people choose to go with paid IPTV services instead. So the capability is there, the services are there, and yet piracy is still rampant because it’s accessible. If it were more accessible in a “free” format then more would access it that way. Every comic, knitting, etc. convention I’ve been to lately has someone selling an android media player that offers “free TV for life”. People buy them and use them. Even when the quality is garbage they will still use them because it’s “free”.

Oh man I haven’t seen these before. I’ll definitely check it out. Gonna be expensive but it might just be worth it! Thanks!

Yup I still have that 5700XT and it’s perfectly capable for nearly every game I enjoy today. I haven’t seen a reason to upgrade just yet.

Wow my 5700 XT was $600 lol. God prices were garbage back in the day.

Oh I’m old and have been playing most FPS games on consoles for nearly 20 years. I’m terrible on PC but want to get better and seriously think it has to do with my death grip on my mouse. I still can’t use Keyboard as I’ve got bad carpal tunnel in my left hand and it’s near infinite pain after 10 minutes. So I use a mouse and a PlayStation Navi controller for WASD.

Time to try this out.

Heyyy someone read the article. :-)

I was assuming that the commenter was claiming 99% of Americans couldn’t name a black American historical figure.