For those of us who are Linux users of a certain age, this is like watching our babies grow up. :cry:

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this is cool, but where's my touchpads

That little box below the right stick is a touchpad. It has been confirmed.

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2025 is the Year of the Linux Handheld.

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Quoting: tmtvlYet another machine without touchpads and with the left thumbstick and D-pad the wrong way around. Really makes me appreciate how good the Steam Deck is by comparison.

That square below the right stick looks like a tiny touchpad. I suppose it could be anything though.

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Quoting: hardpenguinSTEAM MACHINES STEAM MACHINES STEAM MACHINES WE'RE BACK BABY

I love your enthusiasm. :grin:

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Quoting: melkemindIt seems like they are trying to do this, but like you said, there are probably companies that would have difficulty switching without major changes in their processes. Even if the government mandated it, they'd still have to get companies to implemented, which may be costly.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-releases-its-first-open-source-computer-operating-system-2023-07-06/ [External Link]

The thing is, if the government mandated it, it would get the hell done. Case in point is how rapidly they cleaned up their environment in many many areas. Shanghai and Shenzhen for example were super smoggy, polluted as hell - go outside and you could taste it. Factories dumping waste in streams and so on. I visited Shanghai this year and it was amazing clear and fresh, has been for a while now. From what I was told by various folks there the governments pretty much closed factories permanently if they didn't achieve goals within a certain timeframe.

I believe that. The government could definitely get it done. I'm just saying the government would probably have to put up considerable amount of money to get it done. In the long term, of course, it would save money, so it's definitely worth it for any government. It's just a matter of the initial expense for implementation, training, etc.

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Quoting: melkemind

Quoting: ShabbyXPretty sure in the last minute it'll get pulled. Just after a reminder from microsoft that they'll ruin them if they don't.

While Microsoft very well might make such a threat, I doubt Lenovo would cave to them. Microsoft is an American company with lots of ties to the American government and military, and Lenovo is Chinese company with similar ties to the Chinese government, which is about to be on the receiving of new trade war tactics. They might very well be looking for a chance to stick it to Microsoft. By comparison, Valve is American but relatively neutral.

This little fact is why it still boggles my mind that so much of China is still very very heavily reliant on MS. Usually it comes down to apps, such as factories etc might need a particular app, but there is really nothing stopping a mass migration if they all wanted to or it was even mandated - plenty of big opportunity to jump in with similar apps with first class linux support.

It seems like they are trying to do this, but like you said, there are probably companies that would have difficulty switching without major changes in their processes. Even if the government mandated it, they'd still have to get companies to implemented, which may be costly.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-releases-its-first-open-source-computer-operating-system-2023-07-06/ [External Link]

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Quoting: ShabbyXPretty sure in the last minute it'll get pulled. Just after a reminder from microsoft that they'll ruin them if they don't.

While Microsoft very well might make such a threat, I doubt Lenovo would cave to them. Microsoft is an American company with lots of ties to the American government and military, and Lenovo is Chinese company with similar ties to the Chinese government, which is about to be on the receiving of new trade war tactics. They might very well be looking for a chance to stick it to Microsoft. By comparison, Valve is American but relatively neutral.

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It's funny that people are assuming it's big. There's no scale, so we really won't know until we can compare it to something.The main thing I missed with the previous steam controller was the D-pad, so I'm happy this thing has one. The D-pad simulation with the right trackpad just didn't do it for me.

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It was such a pain getting Marvel Midnight Suns to launch when it first came out, so this is so needed. Aside from that launcher, it was my 2022 game of the year.

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