Valve gives kudos to “amazing” Steam Deck competitors
Valve gives kudos to “amazing” Steam Deck competitors
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Valve gives kudos to “amazing” Steam Deck competitors
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I love my deck. I wish palworld didn't crash on it but thats not a deck problem.
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In 10 hours i had not a single crash, i'm on stable with standard Proton
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Cool.
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I mean, it kinda is a deck problem, in that it affects the steam deck's capabilities as a gaming device.Apparently I misunderstood, I thought it was a proton issue where it's just Palworld leaking memory? If you know what you're doing you might be able to fix that issue, but for most users it ends on "this game doesn't work on the steam deck".That said, I do believe valve (and all the other contributors to wine, dxvk, etc.) are doing work to make more games work on Linux, and they've done an amazing job so far
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I love my steam deck so much. When a second green comes out, I’ll probably pick it up on day 1.
I know don’t get things on day 1, but I live in a third world country and we get everything delayed, so it’s not really day one.
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bought my gen 1 a bit after they came out.
ordered my gen 2 OLED day they announced.
This generation is a great product. They might fall down in the future but for now, the team deck is an amazing product
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I ordered mine like 2 days after they announced it, and I haven't regretted it at all. I almost never preorder things, but the Steam Deck just scratched every itch I had (handheld PC gaming, reasonable price, Linux, repairability).
I'll probably pick up the SD 2 pretty early as well. It's such a great experience and they've earned my trust with both launch quality and follow up improvements.
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I've heard plenty of good things about Steam Deck. If I wasn't on a college budget, I'd definitely be picking up one (most likely second hand to save money).
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The value for money of it is unbelievable. I've used mine a lot, and I can't see many ways it could be improved (none without worse tradeoffs).
I wouldn't recommend it as a laptop replacement, but as a gaming system, it's incredible.
It also plays nicely with both the steam controller, and the steam link. Both can be picked up dirt cheap now.
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I was incredibly stupid and did buy it as a laptop replacement. The thing does what it was sold to do extremely well, but I have little Linux experience, and trying to learn Arch on SteamOS has been hell.
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Where can I get a steam controller dirt cheap? I’ve wanted one since I got my SD but any of them in decent used shape seem to go for $50-60 and often are missing the dongle.
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I have zero exp with a steam deck and am not really a pc gamer...
Can the steam deck be used as a desktop or is it proprietary software or steam os or what?
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As others said it's just a portable pc - there is steam os preinstalled, which has a gaming mode (looks alot like steam big picture mode from pc) and a desktop mode.
Many people install windows because of the compatibility, however I've found the compatibility layer (proton) works for 99% of games so I've stayed with steamos.
I've been able to play any game I've played on my windows pc by simply copying the installed files to the deck and running the exe via proton.
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SteamOS is just a Linux distro. You can use it as a desktop, install windows on it or do whatever else you want
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Yes, you can! It will connect to a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. With a dock you can hook up an external monitor or TV, and most USB accessories. It's a Linux PC in a handheld form factor.
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It can be used as a desktop. That said without an external keyboard, and mouse, and an external monitor - it is a very poor laptop. As a desktop it works okay but like a desktop - you must always transport, or have those things at the destination.
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It's just a PC, it's as proprietary as a PC. It comes with a Linux distro which is not ideal for day to day use pre-installed (because it's mostly read only). On the other hand it's very specialised for gaming. You can install any other Linux distro if you want to, and some people have even installed Windows (although not sure how the drivers work there).
Edit: why the hell am I getting downvoted?
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You are wrong because you can install anything using flathub and that has almost everything anyone would ever need, https://flathub.org/apps/search. I don't own the device myself but it's Arch based so everything should just work?
From Valve themselves: "Currently, this is a stock KDE Plasma experience in terms of installing software. You can use the Discover Software Center (on the taskbar) to install apps. The Discover Software Center installs applications using flatpak technology (more on this below) onto the writeable portion of your drive. If you know your way around a Linux command line you can directly use flatpak commands to install applications. Common browsers, music players, and other kinds of applications are already available via these methods, and we expect that many more will be updated, fixed, and available after launch."
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why the hell am I getting downvoted?
It’s just a PC, it’s as proprietary as a PC.
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Maybe it's about the 'mostly read only'? That's the only thing I don't get.
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Valve is the guy who steals your GF because he's nicer than you. And better looking. And he's still your friend somehow and you can't figure out a way to be angry without your ex and other friends thinking you're a dick and it makes you feel like you've lost your mind.
*This is a non-autobiographical joke for those who just can't.
It's not even a "steals your GF". It's more like "is in a poly relationship but will wingman for you with his partners even if he knows you aren't poly and will try to get his partners to leave him. But they aren't very interested, especially when you try to act like running Windows is a feature."
Assuming the GF is a metaphor for gamers.
I think the GF is a metaphor for marketshare, not gamers.
This hits close to home...