SteamOS is able to launch a desktop environment where you can do anything you want. It is just an OS like Windows, but better.
Honytawk@feddit.nl 6 days ago
So a specialized OS wins over a general OS in their specific tasks?
Say it aint so…
Flashback956@feddit.nl 6 days ago
Honytawk@feddit.nl 5 days ago
Cool, can you run video rendering software on it? How about some cli? Can you delete packages? Or even remove the french language?
Flashback956@feddit.nl 4 days ago
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
yes, it’s a desktop OS. it’s literally arch linux. i have a friend who slaps the steamos recovery image on every pc now and just uses it as their go-to daily driver.
ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
If I had a trillion dollars, and no desire to add telemetry bloat to my OS, and I’m incentivized to compete in the market…
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
It’s impressive that’s still the case when SteamOS is running a translation layer that Windows doesn’t have to.
Also, SteamOS is actually a pretty fully-featured OS, and it’s based off of Linux, so it’s not that specialized, besides the UI.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Yeah it’s basically Arch with KDE Neon/gamescope that runs Steam in Big Picture mode with an immutable file system. That’s why Bazzite is able to make a StramOS-like experience. The hardest things are the hardware-specific tweaks.