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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm surprised they didn't really try to make Steam OS a real distro for regular PCs, but at the same time there's no real money to be made...

[–] almost1337@lemm.ee 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They tried that first, it didn't go so well.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

Yeah, that's why I said they didn't really tried, the distro isn't even distributed anymore

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

Honestly it would probably be worth it as a flagship project to keep their staff engineers excited about something.

I know they earn piles and piles of money, but some people just quit when they've got enough cash, so you need an other sort of carrot.