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Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.

Linux has, historically, been quite messy when it comes to software distribution. We have various distribution-specific packaging formats like .deb (Debian / Ubuntu), .rpm (Fedora) and the list just goes on and on. Canonical also went their own way with Ubuntu for the likes of Snap, but the real winner is going to end up being Flatpak and the main Flathub store.

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[-] dil@piefed.zip 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not for a pc, as a kid I couldnt justify consoles but I could justify more expensive pcs/laptops because I could do homework and other sht on them, it runs proctor programs, browsers, and google docs just fine, microsoft online is free too. Libreoffice/onlyoffice are solid too.

It's not just a console, it could be a college freshmans first pc that is fairly portable.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

Possibly, but it's being marketed to the console crowd. They're not going to get big numbers from people looking for a PC. It should at least be profitable for Valve, but it's a damn shame it had to release when hardware pricing is so messed up.

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