Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom 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 Organization: None Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <9pdtpjdb64l7nitvc1vrdh4dqmank92caq@4ax.com> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2025 13:55:37 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6a24eb6a311478e0c89a54fbb9889bb2"; logging-data="728964"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19DlOU1ZLKzXXNPe8hvkKV1" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NQ2oS1RwDA4TVCegyQhd84n7AU0= X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Face: 63n<76,LYJQ2m#'5YL#.T95xqyPiG`ffIP70tN+j"(&@6(4l\7uL)2+/-r0)/9SjZ`qw= Njn mr93Xrerx}aQG-Ap5IHn"xe;`5:pp"$RH>Kx_ngWw%c\+6qSg!q"41n2[.N/;Pu6q8?+Poz~e A9? $6_R7cm.l!s8]yfv7x+-FYQ|/k X-Slrn: Why use anything else? X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA Bytes: 2275 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. -- The fact that it works is immaterial. -- L. Ogborn