We were so close to seeing another gaming handheld ship with Linux out of the box that isn't the Steam Deck, but it seems AYANEO with the AYANEO NEXT LITE weren't convinced enough and so they've changed their minds.
    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
      0·
      7 months ago

      According to their statement they’ll still be offering HoloISO as an option for users. It’s possible they were just using it to leverage msft for a cheaper license.

      As long as the platform supports SteamOS (or a fork of it), I don’t care what it ships with.

      • gfle@szmer.info
        5·
        7 months ago

        I do - because shipping with Windows means that I pay for a Windows license when buying the product.

        • BlanK0@lemmy.ml
          2·
          7 months ago

          Yup, it hijacks the price more. Like how computers could be cheaper if they hadn’t windows

  • drcabbage@lemmy.ml
    1·
    7 months ago

    That’s dumb, it should be the other way around. By default it should come with Linux, and you have the option of picking the Windows edition instead and pay that Microsoft tax.