0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSo this is why he doesn't do Linux... any moresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square318fedilinkarrow-up1564arrow-down136
arrow-up1528arrow-down1imageSo this is why he doesn't do Linux... any moresh.itjust.works0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square318fedilink
minus-squaremonkeyman512@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoDo you think using a steam deck counts? On one hand it is Linux, but on the other hand the default experience is more of a console than a PC.
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoIf you ever go into the desktop to do anything at all I’d say you’re getting the Arch Linux experience.
minus-squareazvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoIf you stick to Steam games and skip everything else then no, it doesn’t.
minus-squareexcitingburp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down6·11 months agoThis kind of gatekeeping is what scares people off.
minus-squareazvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoScares off from what exactly? They’re using some gaming system and don’t care about what’s running under the hood. They may be perfectly unaware that it’s Linux or what exactly it is and why should they even care.
minus-squareMadhuGururajan@programming.devcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIts not gatekeeping when if you don’t use the underlying Arch system you’re not getting the same experience as “using linux”.
Do you think using a steam deck counts? On one hand it is Linux, but on the other hand the default experience is more of a console than a PC.
If you ever go into the desktop to do anything at all I’d say you’re getting the Arch Linux experience.
If you stick to Steam games and skip everything else then no, it doesn’t.
This kind of gatekeeping is what scares people off.
Scares off from what exactly? They’re using some gaming system and don’t care about what’s running under the hood. They may be perfectly unaware that it’s Linux or what exactly it is and why should they even care.
Its not gatekeeping when if you don’t use the underlying Arch system you’re not getting the same experience as “using linux”.