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minus-squarebrachiosaurus@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoconsoles are PCs running proprietary software
minus-squareStinkySocialist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoSo are PCs lol
minus-squarebrachiosaurus@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoDon’t get confused, not all PCs are sold with windows preinstalled or require microsoft software to work.
minus-squareStinkySocialist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 minutes agoWhat makes you think you wouldn’t be able to load a different Linux distro on this box? Sounds like it’s just a PC with steam OS pre-installed. Or are you just against an OS being pre-installed?
minus-squarebrachiosaurus@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 minutes ago Sounds like it’s just a PC with steam OS pre-installed. And soldered parts that you cannot swap easily (not only hardware problems, proprietary firmwares can cause compatibility problems too)
consoles are PCs running proprietary software
So are PCs lol
Don’t get confused, not all PCs are sold with windows preinstalled or require microsoft software to work.
What makes you think you wouldn’t be able to load a different Linux distro on this box? Sounds like it’s just a PC with steam OS pre-installed. Or are you just against an OS being pre-installed?
And soldered parts that you cannot swap easily (not only hardware problems, proprietary firmwares can cause compatibility problems too)