• Kilgore Trout@feddit.it
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    13 hours ago

    The relevant bit is not that SteamOS is based on Arch, but that it is running KDE Plasma desktop.

    with a substantial increase in desktop users there could be some serious breakthrough like we already had with Proton

    Most desktop users are not going to turn developers.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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      11 hours ago

      I don’t think that’s what they mean. They mean it’ll show these companies that there’s a market and money to be made by releasing Linux versions of their software.