Pretty exciting times ahead as Valve might finally release SteamOS to more hardware. This amount of Linux desktop coverage would be unimaginable few years ago.

  • sxt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    GN could pick any Linux distro and get metrics but they’ll want to be consistent and pick what will be most relevant.

    For most people SteamOS will be the pick when moving away from windows pretty much entirely because it’s “Valve’s” OS, who are a known entity compared to “whoever makes this Bazzite thing” (or whatever other distro). This will give them more confidence to switch as they are familiar with/trust Valve to some extent and know that they’re going to make sure their os works and can play games as well as can be expected on Linux. Obviously we know you can do it on other distros but switching your OS is a big change and people will want more assurance.

    GN could cover performance on other distros but I think that would probably just be noise to people who are on the fence/not that interested compared to “here’s how things work on Valve’s SteamOS”. (Also probably just provides a clear starting point and direction for GN)

    • Cossty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      4 days ago

      Exactly this. When my brother has a problem with Windows, I just tell him this.

      He doesn’t let me install linux on his PC, but when I told him that Valve is coming with their own Linux distro, he said that he will try that one when it comes out.

      *Of course I try to fix his windows problem when I can.

    • Voyajer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      5 days ago

      I could see him doing a deep dive video testing across several distros at some point.

      • sxt@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        4 days ago

        That would definitely make sense for it’s own video but I could see them wanting to focus on just SteamOS if they plan on having it be a regular stat when they do benchmarks

    • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Bazzite basically is steam OS for the most part. You get generally the same experience. The only reason there is a Bazzite at all is because steam OS itself has t come to any other handhelds besides the steam deck.

      They’re likely to get the same kind of benchmarks from games using steam OS or Bazzite on the same hardware.