Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzM to Steam Deck@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 8 months agoThe Steam Deck's budget price tag is the reason I still rate it nearly two years onwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1360arrow-down19cross-posted to: steamdeck@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1351arrow-down1external-linkThe Steam Deck's budget price tag is the reason I still rate it nearly two years onwww.pcgamer.comFubarberry@sopuli.xyzM to Steam Deck@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square122fedilinkcross-posted to: steamdeck@lemmy.ml
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoProbably putting windows on any device adds an another 100€ to the price tag. With Linux, you save money 🤷
minus-squarePacmanlives@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·8 months agoLinux also runs better on lower spec machines due to its better resource management. Reason a lot of people started using Linux back in the day so they didn’t need to spend 10-15k on a Sun Spac box and could use a 1-3k desktop
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoThey pay nothing like that. You wouldn’t really want it on the Steam Deck though.
Probably putting windows on any device adds an another 100€ to the price tag. With Linux, you save money 🤷
Linux also runs better on lower spec machines due to its better resource management. Reason a lot of people started using Linux back in the day so they didn’t need to spend 10-15k on a Sun Spac box and could use a 1-3k desktop
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They pay nothing like that.
You wouldn’t really want it on the Steam Deck though.