With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we’re going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.
Linux has, historically, been quite messy when it comes to software distribution. We have various distribution-specific packaging formats like .deb (Debian / Ubuntu), .rpm (Fedora) and the list just goes on and on. Canonical also went their own way with Ubuntu for the likes of Snap, but the real winner is going to end up being Flatpak and the main Flathub store.
Valve not showing the price of these is a pretty strong indicator that these are not going to be generously priced, which is why I’m not allowing myself to be excited about them. I think that they won’t be widely adopted enough to make a large impact on Linux as a result of the price.
Valve showed the price of the Steam Deck the day it was revealed, so I agree. This thing’s gonna be $700 if we’re lucky, which is way too high for mass adoption. Even the $400 Steam Deck entry price is gone now.
Not for a pc, as a kid I couldnt justify consoles but I could justify more expensive pcs/laptops because I could do homework and other sht on them, it runs proctor programs, browsers, and google docs just fine, microsoft online is free too. Libreoffice/onlyoffice are solid too.
It’s not just a console, it could be a college freshmans first pc that is fairly portable.
Possibly, but it’s being marketed to the console crowd. They’re not going to get big numbers from people looking for a PC. It should at least be profitable for Valve, but it’s a damn shame it had to release when hardware pricing is so messed up.
I just hope it sets a good example for other OEMs.
And I’m guessing the price will be high enough that other OEMs will be able to compete with it with higher specs (RDNA 4) and similar prices (within a few hundred dollars)