Seemingly confirming the theory that “Xbox” will just be Windows going forward, at least on handhelds.

  • @[email protected]
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    602 days ago

    Get fucked. After all the shit I’ve seen them pulling with Windows 11 they’ll never get a dime out of me again. I’ll ride my win 10 until it’s out of support then switch to Linux. Fuck monopolies, and fuck enshittification for profit.

      • @[email protected]
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        122 hours ago

        Why do you want SteamOS though? Unless you’re making a Steam Machine there are better options out there for desktop usage.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 day ago

        Steam already runs fine on Linux, you don’t need SteamOS to us the compatibility functionality, meaning anything you can play on the steamdeck already works on a Linux pc.

        • @[email protected]
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          117 hours ago

          To add to this;

          Playing modern Windows games on Linux and SteamOS is done using Wine and Proton. Wine is available on almost every Linux distro and Proton comes* with Steam.

          *You can use Proton outside of Steam but it’s quite hacky and not really needed.

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        22 days ago

        Amen. I’ll trust that until Gabe dies and of course some shithead takes his place and ruins the company

      • @[email protected]
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        122 days ago

        No.

        Couldn’t even find a rumor of it. It wouldn’t make sense for steam to stop supporting such a large part of their userbase.

        • MrScottyTay
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          12 days ago

          I’m sure on the game specs on the store it says steam will no longer support win 10 in jan 2025. Unless i misread and it’s it’ll only support win 10 and above.

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            62 days ago

            Maybe you are confusing this with the news from a year ago that Steam doesn’t support Windows 7 and 8 anymore?

            By the way MS-support for 7 ended in 2015, so that’s 9 more years of Steam support after updates from MS stopped. I’d count on Steam working on Windows 10 for years to come.

            • MrScottyTay
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              12 days ago

              Yeah i assumed this might’ve been the case, hence the last sentence in my comment