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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months agoI agree, but it’s definitely marketed as a gaming console of a sort, and not really marketed as a full-fledged PC. So, imho, that technically skewers the numbers a bit, as it’s not a “desktop” in the traditional sense. I mean, I’m still not calling 2023 the “Year of the Linux Desktop.” I’m calling it the “Year of the Portable Linux Gaming Console.” The growth in percentage in Linux in Steam metrics is almost entirely because the Steam Deck.
minus-squareStefano Prenna@lemmy.stefanoprenna.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoAs stated from official Valve’s page https://www.steamdeck.com/en/oled “Use your Deck as a PC, because it is one.” So Valve did market it as a PC and it’s one of the reasons I bought one more than a year ago. And it’s really my desktop (that I bring with me to places occasionally)c
I agree, but it’s definitely marketed as a gaming console of a sort, and not really marketed as a full-fledged PC.
So, imho, that technically skewers the numbers a bit, as it’s not a “desktop” in the traditional sense.
I mean, I’m still not calling 2023 the “Year of the Linux Desktop.” I’m calling it the “Year of the Portable Linux Gaming Console.”
The growth in percentage in Linux in Steam metrics is almost entirely because the Steam Deck.
As stated from official Valve’s page https://www.steamdeck.com/en/oled
“Use your Deck as a PC, because it is one.” So Valve did market it as a PC and it’s one of the reasons I bought one more than a year ago. And it’s really my desktop (that I bring with me to places occasionally)c