I just made the jump to Ubuntu. You don’t need a Steam Deck or Steam OS. Steam works just as well on any Linux OS. Proton is the real star because it deals with the compatibility issues so well.
The genie is out of the bottle now. I love SteamOS with its ease of use and steaminput integration, but theres already a ton of open source projects building on what they started that would totally still be able to out perform microsoft even if valve stopped updating steamos today. But every indication seems to be that thats the opposite of their plan, as they’re extending steamOS support to other handhelds and devices officially now.
Microsoft desperately needs this to keep people on Windows.
But Valve doesn’t actually need the Steam Deck to retain their profits as they make most of their money trough their platform.
So I hope that they don’t just let SteamOS and SteamOS devices go away like Valve’s other stuff; the Link, Controller, SteamOS1, etc.
I just made the jump to Ubuntu. You don’t need a Steam Deck or Steam OS. Steam works just as well on any Linux OS. Proton is the real star because it deals with the compatibility issues so well.
Same. Steam Deck is for gamers. Windows is for data mining, tracking, subscription pushing, and oh ya, also gaming I guess.
The genie is out of the bottle now. I love SteamOS with its ease of use and steaminput integration, but theres already a ton of open source projects building on what they started that would totally still be able to out perform microsoft even if valve stopped updating steamos today. But every indication seems to be that thats the opposite of their plan, as they’re extending steamOS support to other handhelds and devices officially now.