CluelessDude@lemmy.zip to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 months agoI remember getting a PS3 just to avoid this back thenlemmy.zipimagemessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1937arrow-down140
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minus-squareWaluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoI guess that depends on your definition, but really I’d lump it into handheld computer, I’ve owned several, such as the GPD Win series You can install desktop Linux software on it with no need to perform any types of “jailbreak” Console doesn’t have a hard definition, so anyone could come through and make a case for why it is.
minus-squareOtisRamflow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoIt runs desktop Linux natively, steam button, power, switch to desktop.
minus-squareDudewitbow@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·7 months agoSo was a launch ps3 not a console because you could install linux as an “OtherOS” before sony revoked thr feature?
minus-squareWaluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoAgain, it’s a loose definition and it’s pointless and purposefully contrarian to argue about it.
I guess that depends on your definition, but really I’d lump it into handheld computer, I’ve owned several, such as the GPD Win series
You can install desktop Linux software on it with no need to perform any types of “jailbreak”
Console doesn’t have a hard definition, so anyone could come through and make a case for why it is.
It runs desktop Linux natively, steam button, power, switch to desktop.
So was a launch ps3 not a console because you could install linux as an “OtherOS” before sony revoked thr feature?
Again, it’s a loose definition and it’s pointless and purposefully contrarian to argue about it.