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Latest Comments by damarrin
The original SteamOS-like Linux distro HoloISO now dead, replaced with immutable version
31 January 2024 at 7:14 am UTC

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: damarrinMaking SteamOS read/write doesn't solve your problem? An OS update will wipe your changes, but that'll just make you better prepared to redeploy your software.
What an asinine remark. If microsoft said that to developers they would be hanged at the gallows.

Quoting: damarrinAlso, "SteamOS being immutable is the absolute worst part of steam deck": well, perhaps for you, but for the vast, vast majority of SD users it's either irrelevant or very beneficial, depending how you look at it.
And the vast majority of steam deck users would benefit if steam deck ran windows by default instead of steamos. A locked down linux distro is no different than using a proprietary distro, or even android. Why even bother with linux at all if you remove all aspects that makes it linux? you are turning linux into android.

Haha, you are clearly lost. Let me point the way for you: www.microsoft.com

Spec Ops: The Line gets delisted on Steam - you can still buy it elsewhere for now
30 January 2024 at 10:29 am UTC

I just hope when they do that I can keep my original version with the music. I'm still to play it, I'm ashamed to say.

The original SteamOS-like Linux distro HoloISO now dead, replaced with immutable version
30 January 2024 at 8:51 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: GuestThat sucks. The only reason I used holoiso is because it's not immutable. I need steamos but be able to actually use it to test my software for steam deck. At least manjaro works on steam deck, even if audio doesn't (because the driver is proprietary, not part of mainline linux). SteamOS being immutable is the absolute worst part of steam deck (and no, distrobox doesn't solve this issue since I need root access for the applications).
Making SteamOS read/write doesn't solve your problem? An OS update will wipe your changes, but that'll just make you better prepared to redeploy your software.

Also, "SteamOS being immutable is the absolute worst part of steam deck": well, perhaps for you, but for the vast, vast majority of SD users it's either irrelevant or very beneficial, depending how you look at it.

The original SteamOS-like Linux distro HoloISO now dead, replaced with immutable version
29 January 2024 at 12:06 pm UTC Likes: 11

It does? I'd say the backlash Ayaneo received from "Windows fans" explains the Ayaneo stuff. I'm sure an immutable system would have been more beneficial for them.

Flathub now has over one million active users
26 January 2024 at 5:52 pm UTC Likes: 4

I'm glad Flathub is successful, it's great and I wish them all kinds of good fortune. That number of active users does seem terribly low, but it can only go up!

winesapOS, the portable SteamOS-like Linux distro gets improved hardware support
18 January 2024 at 8:51 pm UTC

Oh, if Valve are allowing the icon to be used by others then that's cool, I'm sure.

winesapOS, the portable SteamOS-like Linux distro gets improved hardware support
18 January 2024 at 7:38 am UTC

Does Valve know they're using the Steam Deck icon in their system?

Valve seeing increasing bug reports due to Steam Snap - other methods recommended
17 January 2024 at 6:18 pm UTC Likes: 11

Snap is a gift that just keeps on giving.

League of Legends likely unplayable on Linux / Steam Deck soon due to Vanguard anti-cheat
10 January 2024 at 2:25 pm UTC Likes: 8

Quoting: BlackBloodRumI have to ask, how do people justify allowing a video game absolute total control over their computer at the kernel-level?

How does one justify that is a good thing to have? It is a rootkit.

Regardless if you use Windows, Linux or the other one it just sounds like a bad idea. I can't help but feel the reason these companies won't do this for Linux is simple: They know most Linux users would reject it, and refuse to use the game anyway.

But it still begs the question, why are some people accepting of this?

Because they are ignorant of it and even if they weren’t they wouldn’t care, they want to play what the cool youtube people and their friends are playing.