• Kyden Fumofly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    252·
    11 hours ago

    Since the Steam Machine is more like an entry PC and not a console (and will be priced as that), does that mean that SteamOS for desktop will be officially supported?

    • Stabbitha@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      No, it’s supported on two specific pieces of custom hardware, the Steam Deck and Steam Machine. They’ll get there with general support, but SteamOS isn’t there yet.

      • baropithecus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        Well, there’s official support for some third party handhelds if I remember correctly? Asus and the like? And they just announced that the steam frame (vr headset) will also run steamos, and that’s on a snapdragon ARM SoC. Pretty exciting stuff ahead

    • LwL@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      6 hours ago

      I forgot where but some time in the last 3 hours I read that the goal for steamOS is to be supported on all PCs, though it’s an ongoing effort.

      • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        4 hours ago

        That’s a big challenge, but a worthwhile one. The reason that Microsoft exploded in the DOS era was because it ran on everything that was “IBM compatible” aka x86. Meanwhile Apple was over there with a competitive product, but you could only run the software on their OS that ran in their hardware. People were able to get cheap third party x86 compatible computers and run MS-DOS (and later Windows), and they were not locked into a specific vendor doing top to bottom hardware/software support.

        If they do this right, they’ll be the go to option for a lot of people who generally use their PC primarily for gaming.

        • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          Not to mention that Steam does have competition as an app store, stuff like GOG. I mean, it’s a little bit obnoxious to use both at once, but really not that much of a hassle.

    • Zetta@mander.xyzEnglish
      12·
      7 hours ago

      In their announcement video, they specifically called out that you can install whatever software you want and showed somebody working on CAD. So, yeah, definitely.