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Shower thought: Valve could do the ultimate boss-move this year (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If Valve really wanted to make a splash, they could release a desktop version of SteamOS in October, right when support for Windows 10 ends. For additional damage, they could bundle in Half-Life 3. Just imagine the coverage this would get.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bazzite. Chimera. Nobara. HoloISO?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Lol, I'd be surprised if they could do either of those things, let alone both. I know Bazzite can't; I have it on my laptop and that shit can't even update itself properly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Roflcopter, they can do both of those things.

Power levels are changed via the quick access menu and input options are configured via Steam input, which doesn't even have anything to do with the distro in question, it's part of the Steam client.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Steam input doesn't work with VKB joysticks, lol.

edit: figured out how to open the quick access menu on my laptop and I can't change my power levels. So yeah, as I suspected Bazzite can't do either of those things. I doubt any other distro can either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Let's say it's not true, Valve can choose to release a distro that is mostly-complete and add additional features later or they can update it in secret for some strange reason while sitting on it...?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not simply "some strange reason". There will be a lot of press coverage when they release a desktop version so naturally they want it to be as good an experience as possible. They may not ever get another chance for that kind of coverage after all, and they wouldn't want SteamOS's reputation to be damaged (again) because it wasn't good enough for most people to use (again).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The other distros I already mentioned are already more than "good enough for most people to use". So I disagree.