SteamOS is open source with some closed sources component. But most important think you seems not being able to understand is that Valve provide high support to Open source community, which means it wouldn’t be surprising if they decided to drop a open source phone.
SteamOS is open source with some closed sources component.
So it is not free software. It’s proprietary, unethical software that takes away your freedom. Just like Windows, Android, etc.
But most important think you seems not being able to understand is that Valve provide high support to Open source community, which means it wouldn’t be surprising if they decided to drop a open source phone.
By doing what? They only want to lock you in their proprietary platform. Most of heir software is proprietary, their games are proprietary and they restrict users with DRM. It’s a terrible company, which abuses their users. If Steam Deck contains proprietary software, why would their phone by anything different?
Valve mainly makes proprietary software. Proton doesn’t do anything new. It just contains some fixes for Steam games. Nobody cares about it other than Steam users. You are acting like they invented something here. They didn’t. They just want to lock you in their platform.
I don’t think you realise how this “little change” drastically affect linux gaming.
Nobody cares about it other than Steam users.
No shit sherlock.
They just want to lock you in their platform.
If they wanted to lock us on their platform, they would add a vendor lock on the steam deck(nothing stop you to install any others linux distro on it, or even windows even if i don’t recommend it), they would not explain how to use proton outside of steam(which for them is a catch, because it gives the possibility to linux users to play steam cracked games), i probably forgot many others things but you got my point.
Steam OS is proprietary.
But Arch contains proprietary firmware, so technically it’s not fully free software either.
SteamOS is open source with some closed sources component. But most important think you seems not being able to understand is that Valve provide high support to Open source community, which means it wouldn’t be surprising if they decided to drop a open source phone.
So it is not free software. It’s proprietary, unethical software that takes away your freedom. Just like Windows, Android, etc.
By doing what? They only want to lock you in their proprietary platform. Most of heir software is proprietary, their games are proprietary and they restrict users with DRM. It’s a terrible company, which abuses their users. If Steam Deck contains proprietary software, why would their phone by anything different?
Haven’t you heard of proton ?
Valve didn’t invent that. It’s a slightly modified fork of Wine - software that people have been developing and using for 30 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_(software)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)
And ? How is it supposed to comes into contradiction with the fact it’s open source ? There’s many things based on something, it’s not new
Valve mainly makes proprietary software. Proton doesn’t do anything new. It just contains some fixes for Steam games. Nobody cares about it other than Steam users. You are acting like they invented something here. They didn’t. They just want to lock you in their platform.
I don’t think you realise how this “little change” drastically affect linux gaming.
No shit sherlock.
If they wanted to lock us on their platform, they would add a vendor lock on the steam deck(nothing stop you to install any others linux distro on it, or even windows even if i don’t recommend it), they would not explain how to use proton outside of steam(which for them is a catch, because it gives the possibility to linux users to play steam cracked games), i probably forgot many others things but you got my point.
You seem to think we didn’t use Wine to play Steam games before 2018. Hilarious.