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520 points OlympicMarmoto | 2 comments | | HN request time: 0s | source
1. tomovo ◴[] No.45074984[source]
Does SteamOS count as something Carmack would discourage as well? Yes it's a Linux-based system and yes even based on an existing distro, but it is a purpose-specific OS and it seems like it's working well for Valve and people using it to play Windows games without Windows...
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2. jjmarr ◴[] No.45075008[source]
End of the tweet:

> I can only really see a new general purpose OS arriving due to essentially sacrificing a highly successful product’s optimality to the goal of birthing the new OS