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If Linus were to visit Mount Everest, he'd reach base camp, spend the next day criticizing the sherpas, calling them foolish for taking the well-established path, and insisting that a direct line to the summit is obviously the best option.

Bazite has solid onboarding, hardware support (including Nvidia and AMD), and, dare I say, even printer support. All things he complains about in this video. But then again, what do I know? I'm just a sherpa.

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[-] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Alright I watched the video and besides it being what you'd expect from a typical LTT video, I don't see anything that'll get me to raise a pitchfork.

He's talking about SteamOS from the POV of the average gamer, who he calls "Joey Mainstream". I'm starting to wonder how many people on this site regularly talk to none Linux users/gamers?

I also brought this up in another post a while back, Your average gamer doesn't care about open-source, privacy, software, corporate overreach, etc. They just want software OS made by a corporation they trust. Most of these people probably only know of Linux from memes about needing a PHD to install a web browser.

Also should point out I personally do care about all the things I mentioned before. And I think mainline/non-SteamOS Linux is already great for gaming. I'm just pointing this out as the general consensus from most people I talk to who a line with the "average gamer".

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago

Most of these people probably only know of Linux from memes about needing a PHD to install a web browser.

And Linus has a tendency to feed into that misunderstanding instead of fixing it

[-] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah I agree with you most the time.

I was gonna give him credit for talking positively about the Discover app store, but he also made the whole flatpak vs native package thing sound way more complicated than it really is...

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