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Lutris dev has joined the Playtron project (www.patreon.com)
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[–] [email protected] 90 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Just a heads up, people should be wary of playtron to a degree: the CEO is a guy named Kirt McMaster. Anyone from the Android enthusiast community may know him as the guy who convinced the creator of CyanogenMod to incorporate (becoming Cyngn) and then drove the company into the ground chasing skinning and theming revenue, and wouldn't even allow the community to keep the cyanogen brand (they had to rebrand it to LineageOS)

Kirt sucks. He's a terrible leader and a terrible businessperson. I'm sure there are plenty of great people involved in playtron but with him at the helm of the company I am not expecting it to end well

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Also, the fact that they're backed by a bunch of web3/crypto companies is not great. They say they're not a web3 company, but it sounds like they're building UI and tools specifically for Sui wallet and crypto games and letting users opt-out of these "features".

I don't want to touch that with a 10-foot pole.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Here's hoping they build something useful that can be forked to work without the garbage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You need to create an account to use the Playtron OS. That's a big no-no for me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yup.
Only thing that managed to turn me off from this project more than the web3 crap was his involvement.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Just checked it out and it seems that Playtron is yet another Linux distro for gamers. I just can't see how this can be monitized. How do they plan to get users away from Windows, SteamOS or even Bazzite?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As @[email protected] said in their above comment, they're also backed by a company heavy into crypto bullshit.

Also, anything can be monetized. Never underestimate the ability of greedy fuckheads to be greedy fuckheads.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I bet their whole business model is sucking the blood out of their investor fully conscious that the final OS will fail. I mean, there is no way they will find any degree of success in units sold and actual revenue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure that qualifies, at least in the US, as financial fraud...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They are trying to have it as a preinstalled OS on PC handhelds that want a more dedicated gaming experience. They are already working on a device made for it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Bazzite is crazy good. There's absolutely no way they will top it if they keep focusing on the bullshit they are stuffing into Playtron.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is this the one that Square Enix invested funds into?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Yes

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I smell a whiff of crypto, not interested

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

which I will never use. It sounded like everything I don't want the first time and it doesnt sound any better now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

umu sounds really promising

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

more crab-bucket bollocks instead of improving Linux gaming.