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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: ShabbyXThis conversation is not going anywhere, stop wasting your lives and move on.

Dude, what else is the internet for? Do you expect us to go outside into the real world and deal with real issues when we could be arguing about how 'free' the SteamOS is? :P

Outside? Oh heavens no, have you seen the white fluff of doom that's been raining on us for months?

I meant going back to the _real_ stuff, like bashing windows, hacking code and using vim, you know?

Ha, yeah way too much of that white stuff!

"This is pure snow! Do you know what the street value of this mountain is?"

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Quoting: ShabbyXThis conversation is not going anywhere, stop wasting your lives and move on.

Dude, what else is the internet for? Do you expect us to go outside into the real world and deal with real issues when we could be arguing about how 'free' the SteamOS is? :P

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Quoting: fireplacebtw, it was right here all along. everything's back in order now :)

https://steamdeck-packages.steamos.cloud/archlinux-mirror/ [External Link]

Yeah, but... you still haven't explained how the OS itself is non-free...

All the bits that need to be free are. Immutable operating systems isn't a new thing. The AtariVCS uses a similar set up, and it is based upon apertis, https://www.apertis.org/ [External Link]

Slap on an open source operating system, slap on your own UI, and you have a system. Hell, Android does the same thing, and been doing it for years. Just because you are using a Linux kernel doesn't mean you can't have a closed source UI on top of it.

Also of note, the GamepadUI is not always running in the background on the Steam Deck, you can run in desktop mode without it.

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I never really played the older games and wasn't until watching the truly incredible Castlevania Anime on Netflix that I felt pulled into the world.

Yesss, that show was fun!

Agreed! I held off too long to watch it, I feel.

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Quoting: JarmerI loved this game so much when it came out. Unfortunately I just suck SO BAD at it, and the repetitive nature of the rouge-like design killed all interest in it for me very quickly. I really just wish there was a "I suck" mode for difficulty setting that would let me progress to some of the more fun enemies / maps without replaying the same beginning 100 times.

It is kind of designed to become easier the further you get (weird, I know). But as you unlock more stuff that you can start with when you die, it gets easier. Like I can now start with a thing that makes me heal when standing in poison.

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Quoting: sarmad

Quoting: VardamirWell, things are moving in the right direction.
Btw, I was wondering, if Linux is not already the most successful gaming platform. If you count Android, it might already be. Does anybody have numbers on the market share for gaming devices?

I don't have exact numbers, but Android is, by far, the biggest gaming market. If I remember correctly, it was bigger than Xbox and Playstation combined!

Curious, is that number of gamers, or is that profit? Android games make stupid, almkst criminal amounts of money based on EA level of shady antics.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeHa, so first we take over the consoles, THEN we take over the desktop?

Quoting: Purple Library GuySomehow it feels like nailing Al Capone for tax evasion. Which is to say, seems kind of weird and sideways, but if it works . . .

I'm gonna show my age a bit now, but back in the days of the 8-bit home-micros in the UK, it was always gaming that helped to drive the adoption of home-computers and related technologies. I don't see why it should be any different here. :tongue:

100% Though it was also at a time where game consoles went to the side, and kids were crafty and asked their parents for a computer 'because then we can do more serious stuff!' but ended up playing games on them! Then the NES came along and made people dumb again.

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https://i.imgflip.com/yhzjy.jpg [External Link]

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Ha, so first we take over the consoles, THEN we take over the desktop?

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Quoting: mr-victoryWhile you are discussing PC vs console, the next gen already switched to mobile.

I can only speak for my kids and their friends, but all of their gaming is on Switch, Xbox, Playstation, and Steam. None of the younger kids (10 and younger) we see have phones that are capable of gaming, but everyone has a console at home and/or their parents' PC.

Same here. And they make fun of mobile gamers.

Ha, good. Have always hated mobile gaming.

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