After how many years? They can fuck right off.
this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2026
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Don't fall for their trap. They don't want you to control or own your own devices. Fuck them.
That is one of the really nice things about the Steam Deck. It gives companies something to target. And once you have a Steam Deck app, well, you already have a Linux app, might as well release it as such.
The Steam Machine will do the same thing.
I'm a bit doubtful for the success of the Steam Machine due to the skyrocketing component prices. I'm afraid the price point will be too high for large scale adoption.
I'm hoping they were able to secure a bulk RAM order ahead of time, and if not, maybe delay it until they do.
late 2028 is a long way off the “early 2026” release window they’re aiming for
That’s an issue the entire industry will need to reckon with soon. I think gaming tech is going to sort of plateau and enter an optimization era. Was probably overdue for a correction anyway, but it’ll be painful for a while. It’s possible the Steam Machine will be delayed who knows. Or it’ll just be a hobbyist item until prices hit a tipping point and equalize.
A using the monopole to do good. Nobody to blame here, they are winning capitalism without burning everything around too much.
Valve has by no means a monopoly - they have lots of competition. They are just, hands down, the best game distribution platform available, and by a huge margin. People actively choose them over alternatives that do exist.
Point being: They are not a monopoly that isn't bad, they have the influence they have because they are pretty darn good at what they do
They aren't even that great, they just aren't trash. The one company that isn't trash is loved by everyone.
In the kingdom of the blind, the one who have one eye is king. (Or some thing like that)
No I don't mean a monopoly like that, a monopoly of service, they do far better so get most of the market. The best is that this is a good feedback loop, since they doned to proton I switched my PC. To linux and bought a steal deck. And I plan to buy the headset. They give they receive. I know that interested but they do good for now.
Fuck nvidia with 100 foot pole.
Never buy anything from them.
Never buy any subscriptions from anyone.
Geforce soon, just not geforce now. Nvidia always late to the party.
Good for you Nvidia. I just switched from Nvidia to AMD during that minor price dip. Been wanting to for years but couldn't afford it.
... Not going back : D
Neat, videogame license holders can now run their games on hardware they don't own either. Must be great for economic growth.
so is it now or soon ?
Isn't "Geforce Now" the background service that you have to sign into? I'm glad that Nvidia is taking Linux seriously, but this was never useful on Windows. (for me)
I suppose some Linux users may find it useful, and having a choice is always better. But this is the kind of software I don't miss since I switched.
You sign into it, they run the game on their machine, and give you a magically low-latency connection to that server.
They just got it working reasonably well for most users.
Of course, they also just announced hour caps for usage and extra charges in blocks of 15 hours.
But we all know it's going to get shit as soon as it reaches enough users, right?
We understand that not owning anything will lead to more exploitation, yes?
Tell me I'm not alone here.
That's indeed where they're headed. I was just clarifying what the service was. I wouldn't pay for the service. I buy/play what I can run. When I do buy a game, I try to move toward non DRM titles, if I do buy a drm title and there's a stripped version, i'll always tuck it away in case steam ever loses their mind.
You are not alone.
Person you're responding to, even in their own comment, hinted at it at the end.
If I'm already paying for a service, I should damn well be able to use it for days, not showering, not eating, wearing diapers, dehydrating myself, on end if I so choose to.
Yeah the cap they introduced is damning. They just cut it back a touch... Oh, if you want to play a lot, you have to pay just a little bit more. It wasn't enough to make them bank or pay for 15 more hours of server costs; it was a toe in the water to gauge the community's appetite to pay more for less.
crickets
I don’t know about any background services; it’s their cloud gaming service. It would be a benefit for the people who want to switch to Linux but have a game or two they want to play that can’t be run on Linux, because of things like kernel level anti-cheat or whatnot.
I think it's also a great option for games that don't run well on the steam deck due to lacking performance.
I'd like to try to think of this as Nvidia making a step in the right direction. But given their track record and complete disregard for anything consumer facing a this point, I'm willing to bet this is more so them getting up to speed on hosting apps in the cloud running on Nvidia hardware in Linux environments rather than juicing up the existing consumer facing appliances and products (edit, and future products?).