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Author: Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
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CC: Aaron Jones
Subject: Re: Steam Deck
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:
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> 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)
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>> 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
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>>> 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
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>>> 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
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>>>>
>>>> *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
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>>> 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.
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>>> Stephen
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