▲ 741 ▼ Valve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source Community (www.phoronix.com) submitted 2 years ago by const_void@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 59 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) It won't get more normie than SteamOS, it is literally console kind of simplicity with the option to switch to a full blown DE. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) You'd have to check one of the side-distros. SteamOS itself has no official installer yet, only available pre-installed on steamdeck. There are distros that are organized to recreate it for normal installation though. Though to be fair, that's pretty "normie" to not have to experience the installation process at all. Most people will just use what shipped with their PC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I'd say Executables (for all their risks) make it pretty easy for less savy users to get apps not immediately made available to them, given there are definite security issues. But I will be fair that I think Linux's flatpaks are helping a bit with making apps more available without worrying about the distro. Plus proton/wine lets users grab some of the useful exe's from windows. It's improving I do agree, but it's something that will hopefully keep improving. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Contend6248@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago* Normies don't install any OS, they buy devices with it pre-installed and if they fuck their installation up, they search someone who does it for them. Which is (almost) impossible for them to do when the OS has it's root partition as read-only, like the SteamOS permalink fedilink source parent
[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) You'd have to check one of the side-distros. SteamOS itself has no official installer yet, only available pre-installed on steamdeck. There are distros that are organized to recreate it for normal installation though. Though to be fair, that's pretty "normie" to not have to experience the installation process at all. Most people will just use what shipped with their PC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I'd say Executables (for all their risks) make it pretty easy for less savy users to get apps not immediately made available to them, given there are definite security issues. But I will be fair that I think Linux's flatpaks are helping a bit with making apps more available without worrying about the distro. Plus proton/wine lets users grab some of the useful exe's from windows. It's improving I do agree, but it's something that will hopefully keep improving. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Contend6248@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago* Normies don't install any OS, they buy devices with it pre-installed and if they fuck their installation up, they search someone who does it for them. Which is (almost) impossible for them to do when the OS has it's root partition as read-only, like the SteamOS permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) You'd have to check one of the side-distros. SteamOS itself has no official installer yet, only available pre-installed on steamdeck. There are distros that are organized to recreate it for normal installation though. Though to be fair, that's pretty "normie" to not have to experience the installation process at all. Most people will just use what shipped with their PC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I'd say Executables (for all their risks) make it pretty easy for less savy users to get apps not immediately made available to them, given there are definite security issues. But I will be fair that I think Linux's flatpaks are helping a bit with making apps more available without worrying about the distro. Plus proton/wine lets users grab some of the useful exe's from windows. It's improving I do agree, but it's something that will hopefully keep improving. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I'd say Executables (for all their risks) make it pretty easy for less savy users to get apps not immediately made available to them, given there are definite security issues. But I will be fair that I think Linux's flatpaks are helping a bit with making apps more available without worrying about the distro. Plus proton/wine lets users grab some of the useful exe's from windows. It's improving I do agree, but it's something that will hopefully keep improving. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I'd say Executables (for all their risks) make it pretty easy for less savy users to get apps not immediately made available to them, given there are definite security issues. But I will be fair that I think Linux's flatpaks are helping a bit with making apps more available without worrying about the distro. Plus proton/wine lets users grab some of the useful exe's from windows. It's improving I do agree, but it's something that will hopefully keep improving. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago* Normies don't install any OS, they buy devices with it pre-installed and if they fuck their installation up, they search someone who does it for them. Which is (almost) impossible for them to do when the OS has it's root partition as read-only, like the SteamOS permalink fedilink source parent