However, I do not believe SteamOS is going to be the silver bullet people think it is. I’m somewhat of a fanboy of Valve but SteamOS is really only good for a console-like PC experience.
People who want to ditch Windows need to look at Linux as a whole, not just SteamOS.
If people want to ditch Windows then the gaming industry needs to stop gating the community. Either get rid of the shitty anti Linux anticheat or tell them to turn on Linux support naturally. For fucks sake I can’t believe I find out most anticheat just needs a simple email to turn it on for Linux.
I agree entirely. An argument could be made about native Linux releases being too much but most games run with Proton if the devs don’t intentionally cripple it through kernel anticheat or other arbitrary limitations.
Unlikely to care, realistically. I play multiplayer games with friends; I cannot think of the last time I wanted to play Gears of War 2, or Forza Motorsport 3, or any number of other games I’ve played with friends in the past that I own copies of.
I get the sentiment behind this, and I do think there should be a backend set up for private lobbies through P2P connection for when the inevitable occurs. But on the scale of things I’m worried about daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, this doesn’t register at all.
Also, SteamOS would make a dogshit desktop OS. It’s designed specifically for Steam’s Big Picture Mode. It has Arch running in the background, but that’s not the primary focus of the OS.
It would be great for something like an arcade cabinet or a family TV, but not so great for a desktop.
Yup.
I’ve spent a good while running Deck in desktop mode compared to my laptop running Manjaro, and so far the only thing I’ve noticed is that the Deck has that handy “add to steam” context menu item that automatically sets a 3rd party game to run in proton through steam.
And there’s an AUR package for that.
So unless there’s something major I’ve managed to miss, Manjaro + that package gets you the entire desktop SteamOS experience on any device.
Fuck. I would have to seriously consider that if they did. But imagine valve running kernel design and security support. There’s no way they would do that as a competitive alternative to Windows. None. No way. It would ruin them and so much of what makes them special and a positive influence to everything.
Valve wouldn’t be running kernel design. SteamOS is just a heavily modified version of Arch. Arch runs the kernel design and security, while Steam just runs on top of it.
Fuck me that is the most wholesome shit I’ve seen in a while.
Edit: OP, you should crosspost this to uplifting news community. I just saw a post from that community where members were complaining of the lack of actual uplifting news because there are so many posts like the one I saw this complaint in that are cinical in a kind of satirical way. For example, the post I saw the complaint in was about a boat filled with youtube influencers almost sank and everyone almost drowned.
I have two favorite warlocks from destiny 2. My wife’s obviously. But the number one spot goes to a nameless warlock. Only because I forgot to record the whole thing.
We were thrown into a 3v3 except our third never loaded in. Me a titan, and my warlock had a mission to survive. I needed this win because of a exotic upgrade I wanted. But it looked bleak. The enemy team was good. But magic happened. The warlock and I shared a moment of clarity. We weren’t outnumber and out gunned. We had more targets and more ammo. We moved as a perfect unit, watching each other’s backs,boost jumps and popping heads, perfect supers. Finally about halfway through, the game still neck and neck, when one of the other enemy quit. Wether out of pity for us, or to give his team a better chance I don’t know. The warlock was an absolute tiger. I may have gotten the last kill, but that warlock straight up got MVP. The best part? I got my exotic upgrade. I haven’t really played since. The warlock set a bar so high that I fully expect all my teammates to be as good as them. Some are, a lot aren’t. Wherever that warlock is, they are kicking ass and chewing gum. And they are all out of gum.
I’m not being hyperbolic or lying for the sake of comedy, but the only games that ever made me feel violent were platformers with high frustration levels. I’ve never felt violent playing DOOM or Carmageddon or Postal 2. It’s pantomime violence, regardless of how realistic it looks. But Mario Bros. and Super Meat Boy? You’d better leave the house when I boot those shits up, and take the hammer with you.
Anyone who says postal 2 makes people more violent/racist/whatever has either never played the game or they have incredibly poor media literacy. That game’s a gem and to this day has some of the best level design I’ve seen. Also if you didn’t know they had a 20th anniversary update a couple years back that added a bunch of bug fixes, qol, and content out of nowhere
Same boat for me. I can whack zombies with a baseball bat all day or whatever and feel nothing, but get me frustrated with some insane timing-based thing and over- or under-sensitive controls, and I’ll crack for sure. Souls-like and certain platformers are pretty much the only ones that do it because I feel like I should be able to do the thing, and can’t. Other games that are super challenging, like RPGs or action-type games, I can try the same boss fight or “cinematic timing-based action sequence” (a thing that should die off) 100 times and not get the rages.
I yell a lot, up to and including unintelligible screeching, and heaven help anyone who interacts with me in that state… But fortunately I’m not a controller thrower or slammer. Can’t afford to buy new shit due to rage. Instead I learned to just pause for a while and come back at it in better headspace. That’s often all it takes.
It’s for the best I live alone, but I’m sure my neighbors think I’m insane…
There is a game i would recommend called Mechabellum. It’s a mecha auto battler where you can’t really move units between rounds. You build up a bug army trying to constantly counter your opponent with the 20ish available units.
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