Playtron have teased their PlaytronOS, taking aim at the gaming space to compete with SteamOS with a Linux-powered system. Could be exciting times ahead.
That issue will be true on any linux platform because Epic Games is a nasty company that doesn’t care about consumer friendly practices. How will this device get around that?
Regardless, to say that the Steam Deck is locked down to the steamverse, is such a weird thing to lie about. You can install basically anything on Steam Deck:
What a weird thing to lie about on the home page of your company.
Not that I would, because it’s trash, but you can install Epic Games Launcher on your steam deck.
https://www.polygon.com/guides/23548311/epic-games-launcher-steam-deck-install-protonup
Fortnite still doesn’t work due to anti cheat which is probably what some people are looking for.
That issue will be true on any linux platform because Epic Games is a nasty company that doesn’t care about consumer friendly practices. How will this device get around that?
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/fortnite-on-linux-steam-deck-not-until-tens-of-millions-of-users/?n=@
Regardless, to say that the Steam Deck is locked down to the steamverse, is such a weird thing to lie about. You can install basically anything on Steam Deck:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/nonsteamlaunchers-for-other-stores-on-steam-deck-adds-automatic-game-shortcuts/
Sweeny also has a personal vendetta against Linux. It’s kinda comical at this point.