0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSo this is why he doesn't do Linux... any moremessage-squaremessage-square332fedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down141
arrow-up1611arrow-down1message-squareSo this is why he doesn't do Linux... any more0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square332fedilink
minus-squaremonkeyman512@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoDo you think using a steam deck counts? On one hand it is Linux, but on the other hand the default experience is more of a console than a PC.
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoIf you ever go into the desktop to do anything at all I’d say you’re getting the Arch Linux experience.
minus-squareazvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·11 months agoIf you stick to Steam games and skip everything else then no, it doesn’t.
minus-squareexcitingburp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down7·11 months agoThis kind of gatekeeping is what scares people off.
minus-squareMadhuGururajan@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoIts not gatekeeping when if you don’t use the underlying Arch system you’re not getting the same experience as “using linux”.
minus-squareazvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoScares off from what exactly? They’re using some gaming system and don’t care about what’s running under the hood. They may be perfectly unaware that it’s Linux or what exactly it is and why should they even care.
Do you think using a steam deck counts? On one hand it is Linux, but on the other hand the default experience is more of a console than a PC.
If you ever go into the desktop to do anything at all I’d say you’re getting the Arch Linux experience.
If you stick to Steam games and skip everything else then no, it doesn’t.
This kind of gatekeeping is what scares people off.
Its not gatekeeping when if you don’t use the underlying Arch system you’re not getting the same experience as “using linux”.
Scares off from what exactly? They’re using some gaming system and don’t care about what’s running under the hood. They may be perfectly unaware that it’s Linux or what exactly it is and why should they even care.