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.
Two big reasons for me are: pleasant desktop experience, and no upselling/ads shoved in my face. If the Ally or Legion could just run SteamOS…
