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submitted 14 hours ago by cm0002@ttrpg.network to c/linux@programming.dev

The developer team at Discord released a new engineering blog post yesterday (December 8th) detailing lots of fixes, along with some Linux improvements. As one of the most popular chat apps in the world, it's good to see their support of Linux continue to get better over time.

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[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 20 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

A lot of custom work was done for it. Custom drivers, custom window manager, most of it upstreamed, if not all. It is not as different as an Android Phone, but I believe we can say it is not primarily a Linux PC, but rather an handheld that comes with an integrated Linux PC.

[-] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 11 hours ago

No, it's a Linux PC. You just never leave steam big picture mode if you're basic.

[-] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

If you never leave Big Picture mode, then you probably don't run Discord. 

[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

So is any Android phone in such case. Form factor matters.
The Deck is a Linux handheld, that can be converted to a Linux PC depending on the accessories used. But by itself, with no accessories whatsoever, good luck using it as a PC.
A laptop can be considered as a PC, as it has all the peripheral integrated into his chassis, a desktop too (as it cannot be used without peripherals, they can be counted as part of it), but a Deck primary use is handheld gaming, not personal computing. Its included peripherals cannot allow it use as such.

[-] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago

It's... Not a desktop?

It is a personal computer, it runs Linux, I recognize KDE, I can fuck around in terminal. In what ways is it not a personal computer? I don't understand.

Also, are you a llm from like 2021?

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