I don't think there is any confusion about that
Nefyedardu
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Not with windows you can’t, which is the OS the overwhelmingly large majority of people want to use.
Most people don't replace SteamOS on their device so I don't think that's true. Plasma is a perfectly suitable replacement for Windows unless you really need access to Adobe products or something.
There’s more that work and work better on Windows than Linux than there are the other way around though.
True but It's a number that is shrinking every day. We are down to about ~100 games at this point that explicitly cannot work? I play a lot of games and I can't remember the last time I tried to play a game and it didn't work because I was on Linux.
Windows plays every PC game in existence
There's a surprising amount of older PC games that don't work on Windows anymore, but work fine on Linux. I remember trying to play New Vegas a few years ago on Windows 10 and needing four separate mods just to get it to play properly, and even after all that it would still crash every 15-20 minutes. I've since played it all the way through on Fedora and SteamOS with zero tinkering and no crashes.
It also allows you to use the device as a pc replacement via displaying the screen on a tv/monitor
you can do this on steamos
They do it so they can get clicks from curious kids mindlessly browsing through, it's easy money if you are willing to sacrifice your self-respect
I've tried upscaling with ESRGAN as well and it has similar problems. It messes with the original textures too much. For example, it made carpet look like a solid surface. Skin looks too smooth and shiny. That kind of thing.
I hate how AI upscaling looks and I really don't get why everyone seems to be gaga over it. In addition to the artifacts and other weirdness it can introduce, it just looks generally like someone smeared vaseline over the picture to me.
Are you being facetious? Dota and Counter Strike make a ton of money.
Ok, not a typo. Other than the title of these patch notes, is it referred to as "Steam Deck OS" anywhere else? On Preview branch the distro still says "SteamOS Holo".
The fact is that they are rebranding it to Steam Deck OS.
As far as I know they've said nothing about that. It's reasonable to say that the title is a typo for a couple reasons.
- They've stated they want SteamOS on third-party devices before
- There's also the rumored VR headset running SteamOS as well
Two use cases for the OS that have nothing to do with Steam Deck, so "Steam Deck OS" makes no sense as a name. I personally think they are waiting for Plasma 6+HDR support+VR support before they ship a desktop version, it's important to have feature-parity with Windows out the gate for good word-of-mouth.
"SteamOS" is mentioned twice in the actual patch notes
*and make it optional. Like REmake
You can't just remove open source software, Proton will exist forever in some form with or without Valve