GNU/Linux like proper laptops and desktops, not gaming handhelds.
100% of the gamers that don't overlap with FOSS folks, don't care SteamOS is somehow based on the Linux kernel, the Steam Runtime and a Win32/DirectX translation layer, otherwise there would not be games to play.
The steam deck is essentially a laptop (and I think made it through FCC on that basis). Plug in a USB hub, HDMI, keyboard, mouse, and I'm all set. I actually bought an extra one because now that the mobile device ecosystem is locked down so completely, it's my main escape hatch for a portable PC.
The steam deck is famously Linux and uses AMD
GNU/Linux like proper laptops and desktops, not gaming handhelds.
100% of the gamers that don't overlap with FOSS folks, don't care SteamOS is somehow based on the Linux kernel, the Steam Runtime and a Win32/DirectX translation layer, otherwise there would not be games to play.
The steam deck is essentially a laptop (and I think made it through FCC on that basis). Plug in a USB hub, HDMI, keyboard, mouse, and I'm all set. I actually bought an extra one because now that the mobile device ecosystem is locked down so completely, it's my main escape hatch for a portable PC.
What, prey tell, is a “proper” laptop and desktop?
Plug a usb dock into the steam deck and you have a “proper” computer.
Calling a Linux distro Gnu/Linux today is wrong because the actual Gnu code running is such a small part of everything.
SteamOS uses Linux as much as Linux distros like Fedora and Arch and other Linux based systems like Android.
A lot of gamers are also FOSS folks although not as hardcore as RMS.
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What do you mean, AMD has been the go too for linux gamers for a long time.
OP was talking about which customers AMD actually cares about, apparently not enough about GNU/Linux gamers.
What do you expect AMD to do about gaming on Linux? Port all games to Linux or something?
The only thing they can do is to provide drivers which they do.
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