Meh. Now I’m a dyed in the wool Linux zealot, but this list is crap.
Everything you need, nothing you don’t
Phoey, even the description for this point talks about how much Valve had to build to make the deck possible.
Better performance, lighter overheads
Windows is a pretty bloated OS
Honestly don’t know enough about Windows to say anything on this one definitively. I still doubt it though…
A hidden desktop experience
You never need to use it if you don’t want to
This has nothing to do with windows vs linux, Valve just did a good job on their ‘not-desktop’ side of things.
Never worry about drivers
Do the windows consoles not come with drivers installed? Also, can you point out where I can download all the Linux drivers from Valve without exacting them from a full OS recovery image? (Actually kinda honestly asking on that last one. Or have they just upstreamed everything already?)
Modify it to your heart’s content
Linux puts tools in your hands
This is a choice that Valve made. They absolutely could have given this thing secure boot that only lets you run official software with no hooks for mods. I was tangentially involved with doing exactly this for the SmartThings Hub V3, it’s not particularly hard.
Meh. Now I’m a dyed in the wool Linux zealot, but this list is crap.
Phoey, even the description for this point talks about how much Valve had to build to make the deck possible.
Honestly don’t know enough about Windows to say anything on this one definitively. I still doubt it though…
This has nothing to do with windows vs linux, Valve just did a good job on their ‘not-desktop’ side of things.
Do the windows consoles not come with drivers installed? Also, can you point out where I can download all the Linux drivers from Valve without exacting them from a full OS recovery image? (Actually kinda honestly asking on that last one. Or have they just upstreamed everything already?)
This is a choice that Valve made. They absolutely could have given this thing secure boot that only lets you run official software with no hooks for mods. I was tangentially involved with doing exactly this for the SmartThings Hub V3, it’s not particularly hard.