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[–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

Isn't "viable" subjective though? If you are allowed to deem open source games not viable, then isn't it a bit hypocritical to judge people for deeming open source browsers not viable, for their personal criteria?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Everyone draws the line somewhere, that’s exactly why I said I agree with your sentiment. I’m not the type of guy that only uses specific hardware because the BIOS/UEFI fw is open source.

    Steam isn’t a game though, is there an alternative to Steam that’s open source?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Steam has many features that can be looked at separately, but at its core it's a package manager. So I would argue an open source alternative comes preinstalled with any Linux distro.

    You can find, install, and update games with e.g. Discover or Synaptic.

    I don't think many Steam users would consider them viable alternatives though.

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