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Comment by coolgoose

2 months ago

SteamOS has 'desktop mode' which is full fledged Linux + Kde environment. You can use that accounting software most likely via wine ;)

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notepad0x90  2 months ago

I get that, I have VMs for various linux distros as well, all purpose-built. i wouldn't use Kali RockyLinux for office use cases for example. there is a lot to a distro than merely downstreaming ubuntu. it can run libreoffice but can it support (not run,support!) other workloads? I can run netbsd on anything, i can theoretically port any software to it or run a VM in it, that doesn't mean it can support what I'm doing with it well.

0cf8612b2e1e  2 months ago

How well does this work? I have been trying to justify this toy to myself. Could it act as a crummy laptop replacement so long as I can dock it with a real monitor and keyboard?

  • baq  2 months ago

    Short answer is yes, it’ll work.

    There is no long answer, it’s just a laptop without a keyboard.