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SteamOS, ChromeOS and Android are Linux basedoperating systems though. Especially SteamOS is literally just an arch fork with steam preinstalled.
They are talking about how steamos might still be included. Due to the proprietary portions. I'd assume android would fall under that as well.
Most Linux distros contain proprietary packages, it's one of the reasons why for example Fedora isn't considered beginner friendly, they don't ship proprietary stuff so it doesn't have codecs, etc by default.
isn't patents the reason fedora doesn't have hardware accelerated codecs? mesa has the drivers, fedora just doesn't compile those drivers in
Yes, it is the patent shenanigans.
But there is a difference if it is part of the base experience or unavoidable, like you need a Google account to do anything on an OEM Android Install, like install any app and such. I guess same is true for steamOS, since focus on the OS is the steam app.
I was too lazy to lookup what license steamos uses for distributing lmao. Article says that would be the defining bar for the pass meaning BSD included in this.
steam os can be modified, but chromeos is explicitly locoed down. yet, people say even steam os might not be exempted by this