Re: [Trisquel-users] Your thoughts on SteamOS?

[onpon4]

I know about that; it's basically just a less powerful and keyboardless  
version of the OpenPandora (even though it's made by different people), and  
it shares all the same problems: no wireless or hardware acceleration without  
nonfree software, designed to play nonfree games via emulation, and made by  
people who think nonfree software is a bonus. The last two apply to every  
"open source handheld" out there to date, and I would expect any future "open  
source handhelds" to continue the trend.

The core problem with these devices is that they are "designed by gamers, for  
gamers"... and these "gamers" play nonfree games. So even if they claim to be  
in support of "open source", they only use free software for the purpose of  
playing these nonfree games: making emulators efficient, convincing  
developers of proprietary indie games to port, etc.