Valve powers up Arch Linux – because who needs Windows when you have a Steam Deck?

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Distro behind the handheld console announces corporate sponsorship

We are excited to announce that Arch Linux is entering into a direct collaboration with Valve. Valve is generously providing backing for two critical projects that will have a huge impact on our distribution: a build service infrastructure and a secure signing enclave.Software in the Public Interest

. Corporate sponsorship is often mostly helpful, though. Why Valve? Well, alongside games and the Steam platform, Valve sells Linux hardware. Its Steam Deck handheld console plays Windows games, but it runs Linux, and its Forget the desktop: it's a dying market sector anyway. The Year of Linux On The Games Console is more significant, and thatIf you take even a passing interest, you probably already know what Free Software and Open Source folks are like. They are far too concerned with disagreeing about what. Only if there are no license fees is it feasible to take control of spinning up new VMs away from humans and put it under program control.

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