Björn Tantau ( @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ) 33•3 months agoMeh, this reads more like an Android approach than a SteamOS approach to me. Make your stuff really open source and develop it in the open and you got me. Otherwise I will stay with “real” Linux.
LiveLM ( @LiveLM@lemmy.zip ) English20•3 months agoTheir CEO is also Kirt McMaster, a name some might recognise from Cyanogen.
Ah of course, coming from one of the people who had the chance to make something great and absolutely fucking squandered it.
Nothing gets me more hyped to buy a new device than a shot of bad memories straight in the vein.
CaptKoala ( @CaptKoala@lemmy.ml ) English3•3 months agoAs a former Cyanogen user I agree wholeheartedly.
frozen ( @frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ) 17•3 months agoOn one hand cool, but on the other, just use Bazzite.
electricprism ( @electricprism@lemmy.ml ) 9•3 months agoA what? … So a Android gaming handheld by Cynagen people?
Davel23 ( @Davel23@fedia.io ) 1•3 months agoSeems like it’s just a Linux distro, no hardware.
helenslunch ( @helenslunch@feddit.nl ) 8•3 months agoexcept this one isn’t tied to Steam. Games you’ve bought from the Epic Games Store are first-class citizens, too.
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NotJustForMe ( @NotJustForMe@lemmy.ml ) 5•3 months agoAre they? Do they even have a linux client yet? I’d say they are second class citizens at best.
jherazob ( @jherazob@beehaw.org ) English5•3 months agoLet’s see, on one hand we have this list compiled by somebody on Mastodon:
- mockup looks like they’re pitching a device.
- mockup is missing critical functionality (buttons)
- infected with cryptocurrency brainworms
- they haven’t decided about open source yet
- trash talking existing devices, yet being vaporware itself
- grand claims that have no backing in reality (like Epic, Fortnite, Roblox)
And the article itself has this:
Update 13:34 UTC, 19/03/24: One of the videos Playtron supplied to The Verge, showcasing some tech used on mobile in the article linked below, wasn’t even their own and was taken uncredited from another person on YouTube, who hit them with a copyright claim and had it taken down. Not a good look.
I’m betting this is either an outright scam, or some small project by somebody WAAAAY over their head that won’t even see the light of day
Fizz ( @Fizz@lemmy.nz ) 4•3 months agoWhile steam os is really open I do like the idea of it not being tied to steam. “Games you’ve bought from the Epic Games Store are first-class citizens, too” this is closer to the linux ethos. Hopefully they have a good release.
kurcatovium ( @kurcatovium@lemm.ee ) English30•3 months agoGames bought from EGS definitely are not first class citizen in Linux world. Luckily there are Heroic or Lutris.
exu ( @exu@feditown.com ) English16•3 months agoTbf, that’s mostly due to Epic themselves
NuXCOM_90Percent ( @NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ) 3•3 months agoNo, it isn’t.
Epic could have a downright amazing Linux client and would still not be included in the Steam Deck OS. Same with Humble or GoG or whoever else.
ZeroHora ( @ZeroHora@lemmy.ml ) English8•3 months agoNone of them have Linux support so we can’t affirm 100% that should be the case.
Fizz ( @Fizz@lemmy.nz ) 2•3 months agoYes that’s true but the steam deck doesn’t ship with heroic so those games are not as easy to access as a steam game. An os that has a neutral platform is better than one that favors a certain vendor.
Fubarberry ( @Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ) English6•3 months agoI’m not sure the steam deck even could ship with Heroic if they wanted. While epic should like the idea of valve making it easier to play egs games, Heroic is still a tool meant to bypass their product to play their games.
As an open source community project it’s fine, but Epic might not take it well if their biggest rival started advertising support for their game store through a non-epic launcher.
LoudWaterHombre ( @loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•3 months agoQuestion of time that EU will force valve to make it easier to access other shops. Just like its happening on Windows and iOS
dianne ( @diannetea@beehaw.org ) 5•3 months agoIt’s already as easy to access them as it is on any other Linux OS. It’s not valve’s fault epic has no official Linux launcher. You can already add non-steam shortcuts to the steam os side easily, this is not on valve to fix
LoudWaterHombre ( @loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•3 months agoWhen Epic drops a Linux launcher, it will probably be forced to easily include those store fronts just as the EU forces those things now upon Apple and Microsoft.
dianne ( @diannetea@beehaw.org ) 1•3 months ago… but you would then just install them if you want them. Do you own a steam deck?
LoudWaterHombre ( @loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•3 months agoYes I know, just as you could just install a different browser on Windows, but because it’s shipping Edge by default, it needs to also provide easier access to the other browsers. Guys, I’m not making up those laws, I’m not fighting for them, I just share the way it works.
Fizz ( @Fizz@lemmy.nz ) 3•3 months agoIts not up to valve to make it easier to access epic. It’s up to epic. I think having an os that is owned by neither valve nor epic would make it more likely to have both storefronts supported as first party citizens.
Epic isn’t going to come to the table just to make steamOS better. Same as Microsoft isn’t going to make steamOS better.
But they epic might come to the table and try and get their platform supported if it was an OS not controlled by their direct competition.
That makes sense in my head but I’m not sure if i have conveyed the idea clearly.
LoudWaterHombre ( @loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•3 months agoMicrosoft supports SteamDeck. They are platinum sponsor of the Linux Foundation.
Fizz ( @Fizz@lemmy.nz ) 1•3 months agoThis is exactly my point. Microsoft is not supporting linux to improve steamOS or linux gaming. Microsoft supports Linux because they have their own Linux distro that they use and benefit from. The more companies we can get using Linux the better.
LoudWaterHombre ( @loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•3 months agoNo they support it because of Azure Cloud and DotNet applications. But in some point in time, epic will probably deliver a Linux client and then Valve will probably be forced to make it easier to get the launcher, because they ship steam per default. It’s the same thing the EU is cracking down on with Apple and Microsoft.
Kelvin Shadewing ( @KelvinShadewing@mastodon.social ) 3•3 months ago@mr_MADAFAKA Are they using a single plate for the D pad like those awful modern track pads, or are those super tiny buttons? Either way, those controls look like garbage. Absolutely would not buy.
hexaheximal ( @hexaheximal@mastodon.social ) 2•3 months ago@KelvinShadewing @mr_MADAFAKA it’s also funded by cryptobros apparently…
Kelvin Shadewing ( @KelvinShadewing@mastodon.social ) 2•3 months ago@hexaheximal @mr_MADAFAKA Ewwwww…