Windows 10 Consumer ESU Link

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I kinda hope Valve anounces a freely available SteamOS in October. Microsoft has already been forced to start playing defense there.

The amount of e-waste of perfectly fine systems is going to be nuts. I'm hoping to find a bunch of cheap Tinies for building a Kubernetes cluster.

I kind of expect them to put out a "Console" version that has a full CPU & GPU unit in a console form factor before releasing the OS. I do admit there seems to be a lot of work that has opened the OS to more hardware so it may come out as a stand alone OS before a console system. I think for the non-handheld market a console system might end up with better market penetration as those who would install their own OS have no shortage of options and most of those options already include Proton. The market for Steam OS is gamers and while a large percentage probably can and do build their own systems many still buy pre-built so releasing their own pre-built or working with pre-built makers to have a Steam OS pre-built would be more successful at taking a share of the market. I would say the biggest "issue" for gamers who want the desktop/competitive gaming experience is GPU limitations, iirc AMD has best support in Linux, and certain Anti-Cheat implementations that are currently not Linux compatible.

 

[trevm999]

I kind of expect them to put out a "Console" version that has a full CPU & GPU unit in a console form factor before releasing the OS. I do admit there seems to be a lot of work that has opened the OS to more hardware so it may come out as a stand alone OS before a console system. I think for the non-handheld market a console system might end up with better market penetration as those who would install their own OS have no shortage of options and most of those options already include Proton. The market for Steam OS is gamers and while a large percentage probably can and do build their own systems many still buy pre-built so releasing their own pre-built or working with pre-built makers to have a Steam OS pre-built would be more successful at taking a share of the market. I would say the biggest "issue" for gamers who want the desktop/competitive gaming experience is GPU limitations, iirc AMD has best support in Linux, and certain Anti-Cheat implementations that are currently not Linux compatible.

I agree, I think that's what will actually happen.

 

[brandonkick]

That's one of the fatal mistakes I think microsoft made when it came to the XBOX Series S / Series X


I understand there are a fair few considerations to make in that front. Storage space and security alone are large ones. But if that console shipped with the ability to function as both a media center, game console AND home PC? I think the PS5's dominance wouldn't be as pronounced.

I'd be curious to see a steamOS flavored console.