• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    My bet is that there’s an Xbox handheld in the work and Microsoft is working on a Windows version just for it.

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      10 months ago

      They already have a Windows version for a handheld. The Xbox runs a modified version of Windows 11. All they’d need to do to bring it in line with PC handhelds is allow the install of third party launchers (they probably wouldn’t do this though).

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      10 months ago

      MS has CBL Mariner, they could release their own linux handheld

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        10 months ago

        But then they would show the general public that Linux is a thing worth mentioning. I doubt that many people outside IT know about CBL Mariner.

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          10 months ago

          If they released a handheld it would absolutely be locked down, Xbox branded and only using the Xbox store

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            10 months ago

            Microsoft have quite a bit of software that runs on Linux (PowerShell, VS Code, .NET, Azure tools, Intune / Endpoint Manager, even SQL Server) so it’s understandable that they’d have documentation to explain it to their customers.

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              10 months ago

              Yep, they run it themselves even. Previously their motto was “Linux is a Cancer” now they have embraced it and developed their own distro (CBL). With how everything is going WebApp these days, I can see a day when Windows will be linux based kernel.