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minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·14 hours agoThe relevant bit is not that SteamOS is based on Arch, but that it is running KDE Plasma desktop. with a substantial increase in desktop users there could be some serious breakthrough like we already had with Proton Most desktop users are not going to turn developers.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 hours agoI don’t think that’s what they mean. They mean it’ll show these companies that there’s a market and money to be made by releasing Linux versions of their software.
The relevant bit is not that SteamOS is based on Arch, but that it is running KDE Plasma desktop.
Most desktop users are not going to turn developers.
I don’t think that’s what they mean. They mean it’ll show these companies that there’s a market and money to be made by releasing Linux versions of their software.
Both really.