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minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·10 hours agoValve sells all of its computers with Linux on it, no?
minus-squareNalivai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·9 hours agoThey don’t sell all-purpose computers, they sell gaming systems that run Linux underneath. The regular user never has to interact with the OS
minus-squareLv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 hours agoThey also don’t sell that many of them. Some quick googling says that Valve has sold nearly 4 million decks, which is pretty good. Lenovo sold ~62 million computers last year alone. And they only make up ~1/4 of global market share
minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·9 hours agoI guess all valve has to do is release steam machines again and then what? Suddenly the year of the Linux desktop isn’t here?
minus-squareNalivai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·9 hours agoWe’re talking about regular users having Linux as their operation system, not what happens under the hood of specialised machines. Steam machine user doesn’t run Linux, they run Steam.
minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoAh you’re right, it just cannot happen with a steam machine.
Valve sells all of its computers with Linux on it, no?
They don’t sell all-purpose computers, they sell gaming systems that run Linux underneath. The regular user never has to interact with the OS
They also don’t sell that many of them.
Some quick googling says that Valve has sold nearly 4 million decks, which is pretty good.
Lenovo sold ~62 million computers last year alone. And they only make up ~1/4 of global market share
I guess all valve has to do is release steam machines again and then what? Suddenly the year of the Linux desktop isn’t here?
We’re talking about regular users having Linux as their operation system, not what happens under the hood of specialised machines. Steam machine user doesn’t run Linux, they run Steam.
Ah you’re right, it just cannot happen with a steam machine.