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pepijndevos on Sept 27, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Beta Late Than Never (Steam Linux Beta)

Ubuntu is also moving towards an app-store model, be it much slower. [citation needed]

Steam itself is an app-store model too.

kaolinite on Sept 27, 2012 [–]

They are however Canonical is not moving towards locking down the OS which Apple and Microsoft are doing (though fans of either won't admit it). That's what Gabe is scared of.

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