Playtron's Linux-based gaming OS aims to be a cheap, versatile option for handheld gaming PCs (and other systems)
  • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’ve got some points about this one.

    • they pitch a “deck that could actually play Fortnite” - game from a company who’s CEO actively hates linux for whatever reason (maybe it kicked his dog, I dunno)
    • they talk how games bought on stores other than Steam will be “first-class citizens” which… you can already do on Steam Deck
    • they promote being free of hackers/cheaters because of immutable file system… something Steam Deck also has (though they do mention some additional digital signatures)
    • they want to be not only on handhelds but everywhere (laptops, tablets, phones, TV, cars…) - pretty ambitious for a company that didn’t deliver anything yet
    • it’ll be running on an ARM processor - we’ll see how this works out (has anyone tried making a handheld like this?)
    • already mentioned no desktop mode - why is this mentioned as a positive exactly?
    • they want help from linux power users (feature requests, contribute code) but they don’t know how open-source they want to be
    • they stole Witcher 3 video from some dude on YouTube

    I’d like to think these are just screw ups/growing pains but nothing I’ve seen so far gives me any good vibes about it. We definitely need more choice and competition - this however does not look like an honest attempt at that. Let’s hope I’m wrong.

    Edit: Ah, how could I forget! Kirt McMaster, CEO of Playtron and the man responsible for killing CyanogenMod. Sounds great…

    • Telorand@reddthat.com
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      6 months ago

      SteamOS isn’t immutable, per se, but since each update is basically a new image and you have to enable sudoing capabilities intentionally, it is basically immutable.

      Also, Bazzite exists and is actually immutable, and you don’t lose access to any of the core features of SteamOS (like desktop mode). Dunno who their target audience will be, but it’s certainly not power users.

  • colourlesspony@pawb.social
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    6 months ago

    If anyone is interested in a similar project check out open-game-pad-ui. It features a plug system for stores. Right now there is only steam and flatpak but eventually there could be other stores. It’s really not ready to be daily drive but it is functional.

    • helenslunch@feddit.nl
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      6 months ago

      Right now I just open HGL and hit download and it automatically adds it to Steam. How is this easier?