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[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 33 points 4 days ago

As someone who has recently begun dipping in to Linux and trying to figure it all out, I agree with this.

I feel like if Samsung or someone embraced Linux in the way Apple have macOS, it could very easily become a serious contender to Windows. But I guess no one could trust Samsung to not fuck it all up and make it a proprietary fork that would end up having nothing to do with Linux.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 38 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Basically like they (and Google) have handled phones. "Wow look, a majority of the OS work is done for us! Sooo if we just...overlay it all with proprietary blobs and un-removable software and locked bootloaders and..."

[-] quant@leminal.space 6 points 4 days ago

I have enough PTSD from the aptly named TouchWiz era. I simply can't imagine all those Samsung executives nodding approvingly with the powerpoint presentation in their offices.

[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 17 points 4 days ago

Fuck Samsung but ValveOS (something aimed at the average user) would be neat to see. At least until Valve goes full on 'LET'S BE FUCKING EVIL!'

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago

Darth Gaben: To verify your identity, say the gamer word out loud with the hard R explicitly pronounced. If you'd fail to do this check every half an hour (offline included), the VAC ban would follow. I don't make rules, hahaha, no, I make them up as we speak.