These are “desktop environments”. They are essentially the graphical elements you interface with the operating system. icons, windows, buttons, those sort of things.
The two most common are KDE and GNOME. KDE has a very Windows-like appearance and functionality. GNOME is the same but for MacOS.
I have to agree, to the extent that it is very vanilla and missing a lot of things a new user may want but don’t know they need or don’t want to take the time to figure out how to make it work.
“we have reason to believe” is a lot longer headline than “could”.
Your AI acceleration makes the whole thing a lot less genuine.
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At that point just get a Mac.
There are lots and lots of reasons not to do that that I’m sure you already know but are determined to be an asshole regardless.
Gnome has the same “we know better than you do
Never seen it.
I’ve installed all sorts of things on SteamOS without “extra steps”.
I can’t say the same for Bazzite.
That’s how all chargers work. The problem is that it’s simply not great to have your battery at 100% all of the time.
That is the fun part about Linux is installing anything that’s not a Flatpak 😵💫
The process for installation is more or less the same for all of them.
Linux Mint and PopOS are the “go to” suggestions. I really don’t like the way either of them look. I’m partial to GNOME for aesthetics and ease of use.
Bazzite comes with most of the stuff you will want pre-loaded, and also the cool Steam Deck Gamescope interface. It’s the only one I’ve used with seamless background updates like you might be accustomed to on Android or iOS. That’s my recommendation.
Define “fine”. Is it playable? Sure. But it also looks quite bad at 800p/low/30fps
it’s not well equipped to handle user packages in the same way OSTree is
Can you elaborate?
Pretty much the same titles over and over again.
I’ll never not be shocked at BG3 because it runs potato quality but to each their own, I suppose.
How so?
The best software doesn’t need to be trusted because it’s open source and self-hosted.
I haven’t looked into this in a while but I believe the current Beeper app only allows you to use Beeper servers, is not open source, and requires you to connect it to a Google account for unknown reason, for those reasons, I say no.
The previous “Beeper Cloud” was open source and you could theoretically self host it and run it on your own server. Probably still can.
But I stopped using it for a completely different reason:
Its intended to do something that the services it uses DO NOT want you doing. For that reason, they make it intentionally difficult to do. Apple demonstrated this really well when they predictably “patched” the iMessage loophole PyPush found. You’ll be logged out constantly, there are constant bugs caused by server-side changes, and your accounts will be flagged for “automated activity”.
Any convenience it’s supposed to give you is just negated by these complications.
Also it was acquired by Automattic a while back, which is, on it’s own, a great reason to avoid it.
So, yeah, there are many reasons not to trust it.
Of course it does. Everything that’s not an iPhone does.
Doubt. Pixels have had the best photos for several years.
Yes I understand how the Steam Deck and verified ratings work, but thanks for the explanation.
Fair enough. Certainly some devs spend a ton of time making games look incredible so there’s obviously a bunch of users like me who do appreciate that, and also many who don’t!