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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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[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago

Does SteamOS support non game programs, such as text, audio, modeling, and whatever other esiting software people use?

[-] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 8 points 17 hours ago

Yep. SteamOS has Flathub, which is a software repository (like software store) that has so many alternative of Windows software.

[-] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

Yup, but to add on to what the other guy said you will have to find alternatives to some programs like adobe products, microsoft products, and some others.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 14 points 23 hours ago

Or run them in a Windows VM or potentially through WINE.

[-] KaRunChiy@fedia.io 22 points 1 day ago

yes, it's just arch linux under the hood, and there's even a desktop mode which im pretty sure is kde

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