Well, I tried to login at 10 on the dot and repeatedly hit errors until the site fell down. Hope someone else has better luck! I guess I’ll be waiting for the second wave. > On Jul 16, 2021, at 9:10 AM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: > >  > Whatever their faults, Valve/Steam has been a huge proponent for gaming on Linux and helped push it forward more than just about anyone except those behind Wine I think. (Very much perception more than fact) > > > >> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 8:55 AM Matthew Gibson wrote: >> Yes, but can I compile Gentoo on it. :') >> >> It certainly is exciting to see the progression of gaming on Linux. It will be fun to see how this is received among the community. >> >> Matt >> >>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021, 8:35 AM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: >>> SteamOS was built for the creation of Steam Gaming consoles. And while they never quite took off as the hardware vendors wanted to steamos has not gone away. >>> >>> https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/ >>> >>> But based on some reading SteamOS 3.0 is coming, and the way it is talked about makes it sound like arch is the thing. Although I am not seeing any hard announcement of SteamOS 3.0 yet >>> >>> This si also really interesting to ready through https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamdeck >>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 7:16 AM murph via PLUG-discuss wrote: >>>> ----- Original message ----- >>>> From: Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss >>>> On 7/16/21 12:41 AM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote: >>>> > moin moin, >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > It's Linux-based and they claims to support installing 3rd party software >>>> > and even other Operating Systems. >>>> > >>>> > That'll make games even more dynamic since NPC won't respawn, they'll >>>> > recompile :). >>>> > >>>> > https://social.gould.cx/@ted/106586487578801896 >>>> > >>>> >>>> This is a *huge* win for Linux and Linux Gaming. Here's hoping that it >>>> is popular and does well. >>>> >>>> -Matt >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> *May* be a huge win. Haven't we seen a few Linux-based consoles come out and not really move the needle at all? Wasn't one of them from Valve? >>>> >>>> --murph >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss