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Explaining hardware to enthusiasts
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It's a linux gaming PC where you do not have to worry about hardware compatibility.
But can you mod games like on PC?
It is a PC, so yes, it can mod games.
Many mods work. I have tried some GTA SA mods, and have seen people using Minecraft mods.
Need for Speed mods work too. There even was a fix somewhere for Frosty Mod Manager to make it work properly under Linux, for modding modern NFS titles.
That's exactly what I believe about it. If Valve sold it without their monopolized software on it, I would be interested.
They allow you to install whatever you like on their hardware. This is the same case with the steam deck - the bootloader is accessible with a button combination.
So if you don't like steamOS, you can just install another OS from a USB device before the first login screen.
Er, why would you expect the software on this to be any more restricted than the Deck's? Have you seen some information to that effect?
No, I just don't trust Valve. They poached the better Cassali off Doomworld, and they've monopolized gaming without physical media.
TBH, if Tim, Romero, or Carmack relaunched the Big Blue Disk, I would get in, in a heartbeat.
Valve does not have a monopoly by any definition of the word, especially the legal definition. They don't have a majority of the business because they buy out the competition or use their position to drop prices to a level that others can't compete with. They have a majority of the market because they provide a better service than the competition and have been doing it long enough to have developed a cultural gravity in the same way that Xbox, PlayStation, and Facebook and Twitter have.