@[email protected] to Linux [email protected]English • 5 months agoLooks like Valve is preparing to release SteamOS to the public (or at least to third-party hardware manufacturers)lemmy.mlimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1307arrow-down1imageLooks like Valve is preparing to release SteamOS to the public (or at least to third-party hardware manufacturers)lemmy.ml@[email protected] to Linux [email protected]English • 5 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish30•5 months agoThe old SteamOS from 2015 was indeed publicly available. It was to be used on the so-called »Steam Machines« and it was based on Debian. The new SteamOS from 2022 is based on Arch, is made specifically for the Steam Deck and is not available publicly. Some similar distros exist.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-25 months agoBut every buyer could get the source code because of copyleft, right?
The old SteamOS from 2015 was indeed publicly available. It was to be used on the so-called »Steam Machines« and it was based on Debian.
The new SteamOS from 2022 is based on Arch, is made specifically for the Steam Deck and is not available publicly. Some similar distros exist.
But every buyer could get the source code because of copyleft, right?