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Valve's plan to bring SteamOS to more devices is a promising sign if you want to stop gaming on Windows (www.pcguide.com)

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The biggest hurdle by far is that you need to compile the software you want to use from source more often that is acceptable for the average user.

I've been using Linux as my main OS since 2007 and not had to do that once.

Linux is way too fragmented and trying to get up and running with basic apps requires way too much technical skill.

> open app store

> search

> install any flatpak you like

If anything Windows is the complicated one in this regard.

[–] bargo@mastodon.tn 1 points 1 week ago

@TheGrandNagus @Shirasho I remember doing that in high school in 2018 but I forgot all about it because I never again after class did that