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Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 days ago (4 children)

Shit, even those who do know Windows will find it daunting.

I just bought a PC over the weekend to replace my PS5 (because fuck Sony) and I installed SteamOS onto it.

I am having a hell of a time figuring it out. It's such an alien OS to me as a lifelong Windows user. I'm still trying to learn how everything works, like udev rules and the file structure/hierarchy it uses. It's mad confusing, normal/less tech savvy people definitely wouldn't be able to handle it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I'd suggest Bazzite instead, still gaming oriented but it's a lot more user friendly than SteamOS which is moreso designed with the steam deck and steam machine in mind.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    Yeah, a friend of mine well-versed in Debian suggested I switch to Bazzite.

    The main issue I was having with SteamOS is I couldn't wake the PC up from sleep with a wireless peripheral of any kind. Went into BIOS and made all the necessary changes and whatnot.

    As much as I absolutely despise it, AI was able to assist me with a udev script that worked first try. I was mainly hoping to get my 8bitdo Pro 3 to wake the system since it had a 2.4ghz dongle/station, but even my PS5 controller can wake it now via Bluetooth, no matter how much time has passed.

    Now that I don't really need to worry about switching to the desktop, it's been a pretty great experience so far.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Personally, what I hate about Linux is terminals and having even less reliable information about what has gone wrong. I will revisit Club Penguin in a couple of years, provided that Valve has further expanded SteamOS to the desktop PC.

    In the meantime, I am using Windows Enterprise via Masgravel activation, installed via RUFUS, and paired with ShutUp10 to improve privacy without having to be a guru. ShutUp10 also has a paid version that automatically reverts changes that Microsoft does to privacy settings.

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