… Windows 11 is fundamentally built on enterprise desktop DNA, and trying to mask it with a console skin is like putting a sports car shell over a tractor chassis. The Steam Deck succeeded because Valve built a bespoke Linux operating system, in the form of SteamOS , around a controller interface. …
… Related SteamOS proved the Linux desktop works when you stop trying to make it look like Windows SteamOS hasn't brought about "the great exodus" to Linux, but it does teach distros how to do it right SteamOS is now expanding, and Valve is keeping it quiet A quiet expansion beyond the confines of th… …
… The Steam Deck isn't supposed to be a server, but it kind of is A gaming handheld that doubles as a Linux box once you look past the UI The Steam Deck is supposed to be a handheld gaming device. …
… On some builds, Steam itself would launch with a black screen on top of a fork-and-driver combination I'd convinced myself was finally the magic one. Sideloaded games without Steam in the loop similarly struggled, and most of the time, nothing rendered at all. …