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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject: Re: The Dominance Of Linux (was Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues)
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 07:55:36 -0500
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Brian Gregory wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On 02/02/2025 03:24, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> The Linux-powered Steam Deck is the king of handheld PC gaming. None of
>> its Windows-running competitors even comes close.
>
> That's a matter of opinion.
> The steam deck probably wins on value for money and on number of sales 
> but there are several significantly more powerful handheld gaming 
> devices which run Windows.

Probably because they must be more powerful to support Windows :-D

> For those people with the spare cash one of 
> the more expensive, more powerful Windows ones may be king because it 
> has better performance.
>
> Personally I wouldn't spend that much money on something that's just for 
> games.

Supposedly the Nintendo switch runs FreeBSD with a proprietary kernel.
Don't quote me on that.

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