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I think the argument being made is that it doesn't mean more users are manually migrating to linux, because you don't buy a steamdeck because of its OS. You use steamOS because it comes with the steam deck.
However, users choosing linux over windows is only one aspect of the good news: Widespread linux use, intentional or not, makes it less likely that a developer will skip it as a platform "not worth the extra effort"
Isn't that how most laptops are sold? People use Windows on them because they ship with Windows?
True, but there isn't really much of a discussion of users moving TO windows, as using windows is, on a broader scale, the de facto default.
I'm curious how the linux share would be today if no PC ever was sold with a preinstalled OS.
So then you too agree that moving TO has nothing to do with market share :)
No, because I'm not making an argument for or against something, I'm pointing out that the discussion at hand is moot because there are two different goals being argued towards. Apples and oranges.
Well, you're arguing against the OP's title of the thread.
Edit: Weer een mooie reden om nog een andere arrogante en domme Hollander te blokkeren hier 😅 En je bent je comments aan het veranderen alsof niemand dat doorheeft.
Edit2: At this point I'm just gonna block this right wing community and their abuse.
No. If you look carefully you will notice that the title is a question (hint: there's a question mark at the end). I joined a conversation that sought to answer that question. You, however, seem to be after an argument, in which case I suggest you find someone else. Especially if you want it in dutch as I do not speak the language.
Edit: Lol, what the fuck
I was going to argue against this but you have a point.
I was originally going to call out the Linux laptops selling worse, assuming that people were more comfortable with Windows.
But Chromebooks sold a LOT. So maybe the average consumer doesn't care as long as the laptop is easy to use.
People count Chromebooks as ChromeOS even though it is Linux.
ChromeOS is not counted as Linux for the same reasons Android isn't counted as Linux and MacOS isn't counted as BSD. Those are proprietary, locked-down operating systems. It contrasts with what is broadly understund as Linux, meaning Linux distributions that adhere to some kind of FOSS philosophy.
Apple sells Mac computers in part because of the OS.
Microsoft became a monopoly because it beat out most other OS vendors.
ChromeOS and Steam Decks are being sold, in part, due to the OS capabilities to run the software people like.
Not really, it's been a while since laptops don't offer a choice for OS. Apple's overpriced crap excluded of course. You'll have to swap the OS after receiving that one.
Being a Steam Deck owner myself, it also exposes more people to the underlying OS. I think there's a fundamental misunderstanding that people who use a Steam Deck only ever use it in Game Mode, and that's simply untrue.
I was convinced to buy one, because a user said they bought one for each of their kids as a stand-in for a laptop, and they would do their homework on it (in addition to playing games).
And now, because of my personal exposure, I have Bazzite running full time on a laptop, and I'm testing a few other Linux distros to eventually replace my Win 11 Pro install on my main desktop machine.
Those people should leave the purity tests and gatekeeping to the religious fundies.
I've never touched a steam deck nor its OS. How much of the underlying OS is exposed to the user? Is it easy to bring up a terminal emulator?
I switched my gaming PC to Nobara after seeing all my games run on the Deck. I may need to dual boot for a few but I haven't bothered setting the Windows install back up. Haven't missed VR enough yet.
VR will probably catch up, too, as bigger devs start to realize they're leaving money on the table by ignoring a growing market.
I been hearing that it shouldn't be too far away, but I'm not holding my breath on it.
I don't think we'll see meaningful changes until it at least has wider market adoption on Windows. It's still mostly a novelty at this point, even with the arrival of tech like the Apple Ski Goggles.
Okay. I never made the assertion that it was a majority. But asserting that it's an "extremely small" minority is a positive claim you should back up with evidence, or else you're just appealing to your own confirmation bias.
This was my claim. To put it a different way, "All people who use a Steam Deck only ever use it in Game Mode." I am a person. The parent and children from the anecdote I shared are people. We all use Desktop Mode. Therefore, it is not true that all Steam Deck owners only use it in Game Mode.
I never made any other claims. Burden of proof met.
It is not my burden of proof to demonstrate the positive claim that an "extremely small" minority is using Desktop Mode. That's your claim, and the burden is upon you to prove it.
How do posters know why people buy their steam decks? I bought my steam deck because it runs linux, so their initial argument is kind of a non-starter