Quoting: GuestSnaps = non-free (proprietary) file format belonging to Canonical

=> No thanks, I don't want it on my operating systems

This is not correct. The snap file format and client side tools are completely open source. What's proprietary is the backend, i.e snapcraft.io, which is fine. The problem with snaps, other than re-inventing the wheel, is that it does not allow the end user to add new repos (other than snapcraft.io) like you can do with deb or flatpak.

Quoting: GuestI don't like using AppImage either, it's too cumbersome to use for launching applications and there's no built-in application update system.

This is not true either. AppImage is a modular tool, which actually is more Linuxy than the monoliths that are snaps and flatpaks. In other words, the features you get from flatpak can also be achieved with AppImage, only that you have to install multple packages. There is an appimage launcher that makes installing and removing appimages as easy as flatpak, and there is a separate tool that provides auto updates, and there is also a hub for appimages similar to flathub. There are also separate tools for providing sandboxing. Out of the three formats, AppImage provides the most flexibility: you can download an appimage directly, or use a hub. You can use it sandboxed, or not. You can have appimages auto update themselves. You can use it for cli or gui, etc. If distros adopted AppImages and have it all configured out of the box it would've been as easy to use as flatpaks, but with extra flexibility, which actually is the essence of Linux.

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Quoting: StellaSnap needs to just die imo. Flatpak is the future! 😇

While I agree that Snap needs to die, it's important to mention that Flatpak is also guilty of re-inventing the wheel. AppImages existed a whole 10 years before both Flatpak and Snap. They could've contributed to AppImage rather than reinventing the wheel and fragment the ecosystem.

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Quoting: sarmadThe GabeCube's target audience is mostly Steam Deck owners who want to continue their gaming session on TVs with better resolution and frame rate, and those won't bother with anti-cheat because they'll mostly be running the same games that run on the Deck.

Is that the only possible audience? Such people would be satisfied no doubt however I expect buyers to play different games on the cube, F2P FPS or retail AAA games more often while on Deck the most popular game was Vampire Survivors for months with many other indies in the mix.
Perhaps DOA was a strong word, the better way to put it would be "many people would refund it". Which I believe can create a negative impression and push away potential new buyers but yeah I was pessimistic.
I'm partly this pessimistic because where I live the go-to game most people play together is EA FC (formerly FIFA), there are even "PlayStation cafes" where people meet up and play EA FC. The cafes have PS4/5 with a selection of games but typically everyone plays EA FC, which doesn't work on Linux. But the Deck is not even sold in my country sooo...

Definitely not the only audience, but I would say that's the primary audience. And yes, many people will not be satisfied as you say, but I think Valve doesn't need to satisfy everyone for this to be a success. When the PS4 was released it only had a handful of games but people still bought it. So, it depends on how Valve markets the device. They need to make it clear to customers that not every game is available for it, but on the other hand its launch library is bigger than the PS4's lifetime library and that should be a big selling point.

Too bad that FC doesn't work, but at least we have e-Football. Let's hope UFL supports Linux when it gets released on Steam though I'm not sure how good it is.

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Quoting: mr-victoryI feel that the GabeCube *ahem* Steam Machine will be DOA due to anti cheat, I hope to be proven wrong but Windows on ARM laptops being frequently returned item on Amazon doesn't give me confidence, those laptops' game compatibility issues are not that different from ours... the advantage Deck had was being a handheld so who cares if an fps doesn't work.

Not really. The GabeCube's target audience is mostly Steam Deck owners who want to continue their gaming session on TVs with better resolution and frame rate, and those won't bother with anti-cheat because they'll mostly be running the same games that run on the Deck. According to Valve 20% of Steam Deck owners connect their Decks to TVs despite the Deck being underpowered for TV experience, so the demand is actually there.

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"All AI features will also be opt-in"

This is the important piece. A kill switch is no use if features aren't opt-in in the first place.

If everything is opt-in as this dev says, then I think their new CEO simply gave the wrong message by calling it an AI browser. There is a difference between being an AI browser, and having AI features that people can trigger if/when needed. I personally wouldn't mind some AI features that I can trigger when needed, like page summarizing, grammar correct, translations, etc.

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Will those Android games also work on amd64 CPUs, or just on the Frame?

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The only thing that keeps me away from Fedora is SELinux; the over complicated and error prone technology built initially by an infamous organization. Fedora should do better than that.

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The hope is that the Steam Machine would help push developers to just abandon kernel level anti-cheat and think of smarter ways to prevent cheating. I mean, seriously, we're in the age of AI, kernel level anti-cheat will not be able to stop someone using AI to cheat without even changing a single bit in the game's code that kernel level anti-cheat can detect. The only way to do real anti-cheat is by a combination of server based AI enabled anti-cheat system + community reporting system.

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For me, I've been playing:
Xonotic
Counter Strike 2
Beyond All Reason: One of the best RTS games out there, and it's open source, which makes it even greater.

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Oh no, Unreal Engine 5!

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