https://xkcd.com/538/

It’s much worse: They can re-use the same wrench.

(Disgusting, I know… 😝 )

Don’t take it the wrong way, It’s not a strong opinion at all.

The inclusion of the word “cloud” meant that I wanted to know precisely how other people’s computers are involved. My thinking was, since it got to the first paragraph on the site, (which I assumed was intended for the users), I thought it must be more than just the obvious, well, someone has to provide the hardware.

All I did was Google it, and the definition I found was not telling me much.

In fact, I’m already learning more; eg. I listened to some of the podcast with j0rge that someone linked here… So no need to fire this user yet.

I got to buzzword and then I gave up reading.

No and I stated it clearly in the OP.

I even looked up “cloud native”.

Cloud native computing is an approach in software development that utilizes cloud computing to its fullest due to its use of an open source software stack to deploy applications as microservices. Typically, cloud native applications are built as a set of microservices that run in Docker containers, orchestrated in Kubernetes and managed and deployed using DevOps and Git Ops workflows.

That term is extremely vague at best.

And guess what: If I just looked up the definition and ran with it, I would just shrug and toss the whole thing out. “Do I want to run my games as microservices in Kubernetes? I guess some niche group of people want…”

The whole reason we have this thread – and where I’ve learned what Bazzite is about (mostly from its users) – is because i did not fully trust the buzzword, and I already knew something about Bazzite in the first place.

That’s how “accurate” it is.

Funny enough I had not fully realized this about Steam Deck myself, because I kind of made a special exception for Steam Deck to prevent myself from nerding out on it too much: this is strictly for fun!

(That’s why I only changed hostname, replaced the default terminal emulator and set up Syncthing. Oh, and SSH access but that’s it, I promise! :D)

I suspect the “cloud native” marketing term in this context just means you can run the same image file in a vm, vps, bare metal, whatever.

…yeah that’s what makes it suspicious. Alone it can be a good thing but why rush to mention it for a fricking gaming/home distro? As if running gaming/home distro anywhere else than as close to the hardware as possible was somehow inherently normal or even good.

(The idea of cleanly separating “user user space” does sound inherently good, if achievable…)

Again, who are they marketing to?

I might be out of date but for a long time my 2 nephews (10 and 13, cousins to each other) have been playing Blox Fruits, which I understand is pretty much a standard “grind” MMORPG. (Which I don’t necessarily find that bad; having to put a lot of work in a character and seeing it grow slowly and steadily can be a lesson.) I like how they are having fun trying to coordinate and take out a boss together (sometimes dying all the time), but I suppose other games can give that, perhaps even better-looking ones and certainly ones made by less shady companies. (Oh, and actually working on Linux/steam deck)

So I was wondering if there are other games that I could introduce them to, if only to remind them that world outside Roblox exists. I never played any MMORPG’s (or pretty much anything multi-player, except Minecraft/Terraria/etc. with the kids) so I’m out of the picture. I’ve only tried few in my life and never stuck for long.

Albion Online seemed child-like enough, albeit a little boring for my taste. One I really enjoyed recently is Path of Exile (and I it looks more than good enough to be hard to resist for a kid), but who knows – is that safe for 10 to 13 year olds…?

the number of games in my library that won’t run on Linux is vanishingly small

at this point, it’s pretty much only about Roblox.

…which I don’t want to play, I’m not happy about my nephews playing, but that seems like the only big one which really continues to struggle on Windows.

edit: that’s from my limited POV, as someone who loves gaming but i don’t follow or try out big new titles, I’m pretty much happy with my 30 favs, trying out like 5 new games a year, usually older or indie titles.