baatliwalaYou won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift
I won when I ditched windows.
Yeah, it a temporary measure due to people leaving. Microsoft will not change. Linux is far better
I have one gaming PC and it’s on windows 10 till kike October or so of this year when security updates go away. Waiting to see if steam OS ifficially drops for PC so I don’t have to switch OS more than once. Already have it running on and processor and GPU for an easy Linux switch, and been running Linux on my laptop for a while now.
This has been a common sentiment, enough that I’ve thought of making a video about it.
Running a desktop OS, catering to everything people need from their PC, from printing to fringe drivers to VPNs to package management, is a big task. I have long doubted that Valve is personally interested in taking on that task. They write SteamOS for the deck and machine, since their only real responsibility is playing games. People who try to install that OS for other things will see some Flatpak friction - but that’s fine, it wasn’t built for that.
I’d strongly recommend looking at some other distributions with broader group support. My recommendation is CachyOS. Bazzite has worked great for others, but as a general desktop user I sort of bounced off of it - installing some unusual apps ended up getting a lot of friction against its emulation layers. I believe both are based off the same sort of origins as SteamOS, so that may be the safest thing.
I think you personally don’t know what you’re talking about and are just guessing at what Valve wants.
If we’re speculating, I’ll speculate that you’re completely wrong and that most things that are up and running on Arch are going to run on SteamOS. GabeN has dumped a massive amount of time and effort into making Linux Arch viable and good for gaming. He also has enough clout that it will quickly become the most popular distro, or at least one of the most popular. To say it won’t get much compatibility for things like printer drivers is just silly.