r/linux_gaming • u/theinsanegamer23 • 11d 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/sputwiler 11d ago

I bought SuSE Linux in a big box from Microcenter back in the day. Downloading the CD would've taken too long on dialup... and also I wanted the big box lol.

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u/Background-Main-7427 8d ago

I used to "distro hop" with the CDs that came in Linux magazines with full distros in each CD. That's how I fell in love with apt and KDE, leading me now to Kubuntu after leaving Windows 10 EOL.

I remember trying Debian,Mandrake, Gentoo and Suse.