Comment on Valve are still taking SteamOS beyond the Steam Deck, though dual booting is a ways off

figjam@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The few games that require windows only anti cheat

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• grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  i get we’re on lemmy so this sort of sentiment might be amplified but just a reminder that most people are unfortunately do not give a shit about this sort of thing

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• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What is the use case for dual boot?

  Games that don’t work on Linux?

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• Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bedrock Minecraft (non-Android version)

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• Faydaikin@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What about dual-booting a switch? Having to both Nintendo and Steam library on the same device.

  I don’t know about Consoles, but a neat thought would could be dual-booting a Playstation.

  I don’t use any of the above, just thinking out loud that there’s other stuff that could do with a dual-boot option than a Windows machine.

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  • Iapar@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why should I do that when I can emulate it on steamOS?

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    • Faydaikin@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      People have preferences. And I don’t think we’ve seen the last generation of hand-held or stationary consoles.

      But as I said, I don’t own either. So I’m just throwing “maybes” around to your question.

      Regardless, I can understand the intrigue of tinkering. Doing it, just for the sake of doing it.

      Plus, you never know what possibilities it might open up for whatever tech the future might bring.

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  • figjam@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think the hard part with using the os from a playstation or switch instead of an emulator would be getting the hardware running with drivers and whatnot. While it may be possible I can’t see it as very practical unless you are that kind of coding nerd and you want to do it as a challenge.

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    • Faydaikin@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      People have done wierder stuff just out if curiosity.

      I’m just thinking that if someone asked Valve about it, they probably have something in mind. Even if it is just dual-booting with Windows.

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