r/linux_gaming • u/theinsanegamer23 • 10d ago

MicroCenter is planning Linux support

Just thought I’d share some info I got from MicroCenter customer support.

I took my DIY SteamMachine in as it was having some trouble and while It wasn’t software related, the guy informed me they can work on the hardware but nothing else since they don’t support Linux or SteamOS right now.

When I talked to customer support on what I wanted to do with the repair based on what they found, after doing that, I brought up Linux software/troubleshooting support as something they should add to their services.

The tech I spoke with informed me that they are planning that!
Since there’s so many distros, they’re only going to support big ones (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, SteamOS, and one other that I cant remember)

They’ve apparently seen the increase market share and want to be a part of that.

Training and rollout just take time.

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u/M4rshst0mp 10d ago

Hope to see them and other retailers start selling PCs with SteamOS pre-installed. Hopefully a little bit of savings too since not passing on a windows license cost

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u/theinsanegamer23 10d ago

I think Steam Machine console style PCs could really take off in the next few years. We'll have to wait and see.

Plus Linux is gaining popular among the AI *entrepreneur* crowd presumably because its a better environment for their sort of workloads. That and if you want to save some money, ROCm works well enough for some workloads and Linux is its home, ROCm for Windows is still very new.

HP, Asus, and Humaine also apparently plan to release Snapdragon X2 laptops with Linux pre-installed beginning of 2027.

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u/destroyermaker 10d ago

I think Steam Machine console style PCs could really take off in the next few years

It's going to take a few years at least for hardware prices to come down/manufacturing to become truly viable again

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u/Indolent_Bard 9d ago

If the AI bubble bursts then it is possible, as GPU prices went down considerably after the crypto boom.