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   Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 06:09:08 JST Ars Technica

   Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers

   It's not the year of Linux on desktop; it's the year of Linux on a handheld.

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/linux-surpasses-the-mac-among-steam-gamers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 06:09:34 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @arstechnica I really can't say enough good things about my Steam deck. Even at its price point, it's one of the most happy-making tech purchases I've made in years.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 06:28:38 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Alessandro Muraro

     @akmur @arstechnica Unlike every other gaming platform in the house, it's also the one that caused other members of my family to start gaming. One of my partners discovered Marvel's Midnight Suns and now we have to practically schedule time to use the Steam Deck.

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     Alessandro Muraro (akmur@livellosegreto.it)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 06:28:39 JST Alessandro Muraro

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman

     @roadriverrail @arstechnica every owner seems happy about it

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 06:30:29 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Alessandro Muraro

     @akmur @arstechnica The thought has occurred to me. But I want to wait and see if this is more than a one game thing for him. 😆

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     Alessandro Muraro (akmur@livellosegreto.it)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 06:30:30 JST Alessandro Muraro

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman

     @roadriverrail @arstechnica looks like you know what to gift at the next birthday then :)

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     Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 21:24:45 JST Strypey

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     • Kevin Russell

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     > Poisoned kinux is not linux

     Linux is a kernel. What ships with Android, with minor modifications for hardware support, is Linux. It confuses matters that the desktop OS most people refer to as "Linux" is actually GNU with Linux as the kernel. It's a shame people haven't adopted the disambiguation tactic of talking about GNU/Linux and Android/Linux.

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     Kevin Russell (kevinrns@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 21:24:46 JST Kevin Russell

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     @strypey @arstechnica

     Poisoned kinux is not linux. Android is a monkey, riding zombie linux in a red nose.
     MacOs is a monkey, riding zombie linux, in a turtle neck.

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     Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 21:24:48 JST Strypey

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     > It's not the year of Linux on desktop; it's the year of Linux on a handheld

     Given that Linux is the kernel of Android, I think we hit that milestone whatever year more Android handhelds were sold than iThings ; )