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Steam Deck should at least double that.
The same way that counting Android phones as desktop does?
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The same way that counting Android phones as desktop does?
Nothing alike. Steam Deck is running a full Linux distro under the hood, using existing repositories for updates, along with their own launcher (not DE).
So no difference than using Windows 10S, 10X or whatever other UWP only variants Microsoft has released thus far.
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What gives people confidence in the security of the user repository packages?
You can audit the PKGBUILD scripts yourself. A good AUR helper, such as paru ( https://github.com/morganamilo/paru ), will by default automatically present the PKGBUILD for the user to evaluate before proceeding with the installation.
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Like many security exploits have proven, being FOSS matters very little when there aren't resources to keep it going. Derrick, Anne and Louisa won't switch if it doesn't support their shinny new laptop. By the way, I do use Linux since Slackware 2.0, winning Windows desktop market share was the original goal of The Year of Linux Desktop. Now one can to turn it around to make it mean a slightly different goal, so that…
Twisting the definition to a more practical idea is better for progress, and will attract more users because it will seem like a more tangible goal. And I don’t count WSL as Linux on the desktop because it was already possible to run a VM of Linux on Windows and vice versa before it existed.
Projects don't pivot just because it feels good doing so.
Same applies to Windows on the server room, WSL did not became a standard option despite the years of Virtual Box and VMWare just because Microsoft though it would be nice to do so.
All I want in life is a Linux distro with a package repo full of meticulously reworked & reconfigured packages that make all the keyboard shortcuts across the entire system and every application be like and be as consistent as my old Macs. I've been full-time Linux (Kubuntu) for a few years now, and I've hobbled together something that only irritates me to death about 30% of the time rather than the 100% of the time…
Having recently moved back to Linux (PopOS) from Windows, the one biggest annoyance is not being able to configure two-finger touchpad swipe to be browser back/forward. This is the default in Mac, easily configurable in Windows (perhaps it's the default?), and default in ChromeOS. But simply not an option in any Linux I've tried. The Epiphany Browser does it, but that lacks extension support so is a no-go for me. Any…
All very pretty I'm sure. But, at the end of the day, much though I enjoy twiddling with Linux and poking around different distros, I'm stuck with MacOS because [like a lot of folks who use MacOS for work reasons and not to be 'hipster cool'] I work in the design industry and that means the Adobe suite is a must. Linux has nothing that comes close. And the customary recommendations; The Gimp and Inkscape are so pitif…
its especially useful for stuff that you would normally have to spend a minute or two going through the menus trying to find.
apart from that though i have to admit its hard getting used to gimp but i haven't really put the same effort into learning it as i did with photoshop so its too soon to tell
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Nothing alike. Steam Deck is running a full Linux distro under the hood, using existing repositories for updates, along with their own launcher (not DE).
On the contrary, XBox has the full disposal of Windows Store and UWP applications available to it. So no difference than using Windows 10S, 10X or whatever other UWP only variants Microsoft has released thus far.
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On the contrary, XBox has the full disposal of Windows Store and UWP applications available to it. So no difference than using Windows 10S, 10X or whatever other UWP only variants Microsoft has released thus far.
UWP is nothing like it. Steam Deck is just running Linux with an existing DE, with some Valve-supported software and drivers.
Not at all the same thing. /s
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UWP is nothing like it. Steam Deck is just running Linux with an existing DE, with some Valve-supported software and drivers.
Indeed, XBox runs two versions of Windows via a type 1 hypervisor, one version is a minimal Windows kernel tailored for gaming, while the other supports the OS services required to have the UWP runtime running on the same hardware. Not at all the same thing. /s
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UWP is nothing like it. Steam Deck is just running Linux with an existing DE, with some Valve-supported software and drivers.
Indeed, XBox runs two versions of Windows via a type 1 hypervisor, one version is a minimal Windows kernel tailored for gaming, while the other supports the OS services required to have the UWP runtime running on the same hardware. Not at all the same thing. /s
Not at all the same thing.