the operating system and user interface is optimized for gaming

Most of the “optimizations” are either generic Linux improvements that exist in many distros or are can be easily installed on any PC. Meanwhile the UI is literally just Steam gamepadui, any PC could access it, any PC can launch Steam on boot and set Steam to launch into Steam big picture mode. The only optimizations are just a set of good defaults and software that works well together.

Its a console that can be targeted

Yeah because its a popular piece of hardware running amazing software, thats something Windows handhelds dont have. What people dont understand about SteamOS is it isn’t that optimized, thats because Linux is so optimized as an OS that Valve doesn’t need to do much on top of it.

It plays PC games, runs a PC OS, has a PC DE (KDE Plasma), includes standard PC ports (with a dock that includes even more standard PC ports), has a standard PC uefi bios, uses a PC APU, and has a PC like trackpad along with a virtual keyboard. Also if a game works well with controllers itll work well with Steam Deck (even if it doesn’t it usually works well). Functionally speaking how is this different then a tablet PC with a controller? (In terms of if its a PC)

The steam deck arguably does a very good job at representing PC Gaming, hopefully more developers do this

Basically all the popular multiplayer games, meanwhile Linux gets the scraps.

It’s not just that it’s easier to not fix the fundamental societal issues, it’s that the politicians make money from not fixing them.

• parents are less involved in their kids lives
• it’s no longer safe for kids to play outside in many places
• societal distancing is worse then ever
• there’s a mental health crisis that has been ignored
• there’s a lack in healthy role models and an abundance of toxic ones
• all across the world there’s political turmoil caused by politicians convincing the people to hate eachother rather than those in power
• addiction has been normalized, kids watch their parents glued to their phones and they learn
• kids are taught that they can become anything but will need to come to grips with the reality that they simply cannot
• Muh video games

Video game addiction is a symptom of multiple societal issues, you cannot simply solve it dealing with the symptom.

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