Valve appear to have some pretty ambitious future plans for Steam, as we've seen recently in a leak (and not for the first time) that Valve has plans for ARM64 and Android support on Linux.
    • RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      What would an official steamOS desktop do that bazzite can’t? Unless you need commercial support because you are selling steam machines I don’t see how a official release would be of advantage.

      • HouseWolf@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I think there’s just people that trust Valve more than Linux in general.

        SteamOS on the deck is extremely foolproof, and people who are otherwise scared of Linux seem to think SteamOS magically fixes every perceived issue with desktop Linux.

        That’s my best guess but I’m just some dude.

          • Cossty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 month ago

            My brother plays games on Windows. I tried to convert him to Linux like two times, but he doesn’t want to do it. He doesn’t even play multiplayer games. Just single-player and co-op games. So Anticheat wouldn’t be a problem. When I said to him that Steam is releasing their own Linux distro, he said: Sure, I will try that.

            That was almost 3 years ago and there still isn’t official steamos for desktop.

            • RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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              1 month ago

              SteamOS at the end of the day just is an immutable distro with game mode for the steam deck. Bazzite does the same for PCs. I get that there is some level of brand recognition with Steam, but I think most people (including me) would take a while to notice there is something of when they are handed a steam deck with bazzite

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Full fledged SteamOS desktop release when?

      Maybe never. If I was at Valve, I would not want to open Pandora’s box of NVidia drivers.

      • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        For the implications, I believe it would create a first class commercial level competition for Windows. It would open the door for a vendor trusted platform that implemented all the anti-cheat technologies. Paving the way to lift the virtual Linux ban on first day AAA games compatibility.

  • cum@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Been waiting for them to get into mobile gaming. Hopefully they’ll force their mobile storefront to be less predatory. Maybe they’ve been waiting for when they could get a mobile/android game sold on their store to be playable on every other device, like how you expect with your purchases right now.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      x86 emulation on ARM is likely foremost about expanding Chromebook support as currently only x86 Chromebooks can use Steam. Android emulation is probably about getting Oculus/Quest games on the in-development stand-alone VR headset.

      Nothing points to Steam games on mobile phones.

      • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 month ago

        HOW DARE YOU!!
        MY DESIRE FOR ANDROID SUPPORT FOR ALL 🐧SUPPORTED STEAM GAMES MEANS THEY’RE LOOKING AT ARM CHIP SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY TO SATISFY MY DESIRE TO PLAY 1 SPECIFIC GAME ON MY PHONE BECAUSE IT’S REALLY FUCKIN GOOD, AND IT’S A REAL BIG FAFF TO HAUL MY GODDAMN LAPTOP EVERYWHERE WITH ME, AND IF I WANNA PUT A FEW MINUTES INTO IT RANDOMLY DURING A SLOW BIT AT WORK, IT ALWAYS GETS ME TOLD OFF FOR HAVING MY LAPTOP ON THE SCAFFOLD!

        That said… you’re probably right…

  • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    ANDROID??? can we play Triple AAA games on android that would be soo fire

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      ANDROID??? can we play Triple AAA games on android that would be soo fire

      You have it the wrong way around. It’s about Android games on SteamOS. Oculus/Quest runs a variant of Android, it just makes sense to have a Proton-style porting aid for Quest games on SteamOS.

      • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I have a exynos cpu and I remember winlator only worked on snapdragon

  • squid_slime@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    This would make a lot of sense if valve plan on releasing new iteration of their handheld.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      This would make a lot of sense if valve plan on releasing new iteration of their handheld.

      It makes more sense that for the immediate future this is for ARM Chromebooks. Steam for Chromebooks currently only works with x86 CPUs. For the longer term, all kinds of options open up because of this, of course.