As much as i have problems with the distro, bazzite is basically a unofficial steam os, for what it's worth/
What are your gripes with Bazzite?
I tend to have a problem with any software that has anything to do directly with political topics no matter which side of the political isle it's on or even if i agree with it's position (i have a perspective that open source software should stay out of politics in any form, as open source should be open to everyone, from freedom fighters to authoritarian tyrants, open source exists to be used by all imo, this doesn't mean specific devs can't have them, but it should NOT be in the software itself imo), bazzite has a trans teen as it's mascot, which is a political statement and thus i tend to avoid them, though it's getting harder and harder to be apolitical since so much of software these days have politics, one of the reasons i've considered bsd in the past is it completely avoids politics directly as far as i know.
I've been using Linux Mint Debian Edition, not so much for gaming outside of emulators. I just desire more games that are native to Linux and more Proton support, it's the only thing keeping me from switching to Linux as my primary OS.
I mean, isn't this a case of throwing out the baby with the bathwater? Unless it creates problems that jepordize the future of the project, or attracts bad people, wouldn't it be better to just roll your eyes and tune it out?
I don't want to seem like I am judging you at all, or that I disagree in all respects. Politics can wear you down mentally, and does tend to bring out the worst of people; but at the same time, it affects every aspect of life and is everpresent. This seems to be especially true in the OSS community, which constantly butts heads with governments, regulators, and corporations alike. Trying to 100% insulate a community or yourself from it seems impossible, or atleast to my knowledge.
Other side of the isle how? Ubuntu seems to be corporate, not political at all. Unless my reply is breaking a rule about politics and you can't answer, I'm curious as to how Gnome/Ubuntu is political.
The irony of going after the average consumer with this is pointless. They don't care for steam and a console is cheaper. I am still not sure whom valve are aiming there machines at, I understand the steam deck grabbed the niche of PC exclusivists that want to play handheld, but it has no reach beyond that.
Let me be clear, i'm not centrist, to protect rules i'm skirting around my reasons as i don't want to get this thread shut down, i'll direct message you what i actually think.
Yeah, I don't get that either. I recently bought one of those AMD BC-250s for 100 USD, you know the cut down PS5 APU. I plan on making that into a Steam machine myself in a few months. It has good specs for what it is, you can Google it or watch Eta Prime's video about it. He's basically doing what I am going to do with it.
I think probably people who want to take their Steam Library to a friend's house or when they are traveling find this convenient, And don't already have a Steamdeck. It's small enough to just chuck into a backpack or bag and go. So, say you're going to a relative's house over a holiday for a week, it would make more sense if you don't already have a mini PC to lug along. Since it's tailor-made for SteamOS (yes, I know any PC can run SteamOS, but some people want new shiny toys) this is the quote-unquote perfect solution for them.
Some people have money to burn and will buy it because it's the new thing from X company. And some people might be buying this as their first real foray into PC gaming, not understanding that the Steam Deck is basically a handheld Linux PC, they can do this to Any PC with.Like you said, you can get something that would do what the gabecube does, for cheaper than the gabecube, if only to say screw you to windows??, seems like an expensive endeavour to me. It's not that hard to set up any other OS on a machine and it's actually cheaper
I entirely agree about that.The irony of going after the average consumer with this is pointless. They don't care for steam and a console is cheaper. I am still not sure whom valve are aiming there machines at, I understand the steam deck grabbed the niche of PC exclusivists that want to play handheld, but it has no reach beyond that.
Like you said, you can get something that would do what the gabecube does, for cheaper than the gabecube, if only to say screw you to windows??, seems like an expensive endeavour to me. It's not that hard to set up any other OS on a machine and it's actually cheaper
That is my hope exactly, too.
Not true. Sure there is a sense of civic responsibility that each and every one of us holds; if you're a fellow American. However ever since P Diddy's Vote or Die Citizen Change propaganda campaign getting the uninformed and uneducated more and more interested in politics has achieved nothing but sensationalizing every aspect of the process and turning it into a Circus for the masses that is in it self the major distraction running today.
I know its a old post but Proton-GE will carry you for 90% of games.
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This is looking to be a placeholder price, though even if it wasn't it should be pointed out that it comes from a chech retailer that marks up the price, if the price on that site was true, the likely price would be around 800-850$ if bought on steam.In a shocking state of affairs the steam machines (potential) price just got leaked.
To no one's surprise it's (maybe) $950 for the 500GB Model and $1070 for the 2TB model.
You could make an equivalent machine for less (you actually can't though
from what i read a separate retailer also had a similar price in its websites code.
Hope those leaks are fake because for the same price I'd probably build my own...In a shocking state of affairs the steam machines (potential) price just got leaked.
To no one's surprise it's (maybe) $950 for the 500GB Model and $1070 for the 2TB model.
You could make an equivalent machine for less (you actually can't though
out of interest i made a close as possible copy of the steam machine's 2TB specked model and it came out to $1350 in my country, pray for euro's.
You seem to be missing something, steam was likely NEVER going to supply steam machines to retailers, this means the retailers were putting a placeholder cost on the basis of their expected cost plus a retailer markup, basically the 2 retailers would be buying them and selling them second-hand, which is why this is almost definitely NOT official.
