Other than some of them having some really… quirky drivers (which is a big deal), nothing.

But most people don’t like installing OSes, and it’s still better to have official support than no support, so I think it’s still a benefit to the user to have it as an official option, and still benefits us to have a larger SteamOS userbase in general.

There are some in this community who are willing to go into “2008 web forum user in a PlayStation vs Xbox thread” over basically any consumer electronics they buy. Not just in terms of PC handhelds, but stuff like graphics card vendor too. It’s wild.

Bought a steam deck? Well then everything else is utter SHIT and those people are MORONS. Anybody that doesn’t buy a Steam Deck should be Windows only, even if that disadvantages me too!

We should be welcoming of people running whatever OS they want, and welcoming of manufacturers giving the option of SteamOS. Even more so when it will benefit Linux (and by extension Steam Deck) gamers.

As for the “poor Linux support” - that’s exactly what people are talking about reversing. If it officially supported SteamOS and had up-streamed drivers in the kernel, it wouldn’t have poor Linux support.

As for the other stuff, sure, perhaps you’re right. But nobody is saying you have to buy it. It’s still a benefit to you as a SD user to have more people using SteamOS.

To everybody dismissing this because they already have a steam deck: do you not think more SteamOS devices is a good thing for Linux/Proton gaming? This benefits Steam Deck owners too.

I have a deck and would 100% buy a Deck 2 assuming the price isn’t crazy, but I absolutely want more SteamOS offerings from other companies too.

Additionally, the artefacts that appear onscreen are more noticeable as that frame is there there for longer, as opposed to if you went from a base FPS of 100 and took it up to 120 with frame-gen.

There is no fight, they’re different markets. Sure they’re similar on the surface, but I use my deck differently to the Switch.

But if people insist on having this be a stupid “war”, then Nintendo would obviously win. Even a Wii U level flop would vastly outsell the Deck, Deck 2, or any PC handheld. The Switch sold over 147 million.

I will continue to mainly play on my Deck while hoping for a Deck 2, and consider picking up a Switch 2 if the price is right and there are good couch multiplayer games. We don’t need to turn this into a Sony Vs Microsoft-style fanboy war.

I’m so glad Valve never went public.

I’d stay away from Manjaro, personally. They’ve had a number of organisational and security fuck-ups that in my opinion makes it hard to take them seriously. Once is forgivable, but when they make the same mistake 3+ times it’s just completely unforgivable and unprofessional.

Plus there’s the whole “we hold Arch packages back two weeks but not AUR packages” - which means there could be dependency issues if you like installing stuff from AUR. In fairness though, they do request that users do not install AUR software on their site, so people do get warned about that.

Endeavour is good. If I was to go back to an Arch distro, it’s what I’d use hands-down. Fundamentally just Arch with a better installer and a nice theme.

I’d also consider something Fedora based, like Fedora (duh), or Bazzite (if you want an atomic/immutable OS). Up-to-date, extensively tested. Bazzite even allows you to install it with out-of-the-box Gamescope support (in simple terms, you get some of the performance options and performance overlays that the steam deck has).

I’d agree with the other user. SteamOS is great, but it’s very much focused on a console-like experience.

Even in desktop mode, the Plasma desktop is pretty outdated, and software you install will be wiped between updates if it’s not a Flatpak (although tbf, Flathub has almost everything these days). I also believe the kernel on SteamOS has some alterations that are great for the deck, but means a bit less hardware compatibility for a general-purpose PC.

E: not sure what’s upsetting about this comment.

Well I use Arch Fedora btw

I’m willing to bet it’s mostly AI, which is what caused Nvidia stock to skyrocket. Linux is the dominant platform for AI work. They definitely don’t want flaky drivers on Linux going ahead.

Well yeah, even if you designed the most ergonomic thing that’s ever been created, there will always be some it doesn’t work for, because everybody is different.

And when you go onto a popular forum and look for people who feel the same, you will find some, even if the vast majority find it comfortable.

Reviews pretty much all said the deck is very ergonomic.

The Deck is very ergonomic.

I don’t know how well flat sides would work for a normal controller, though, as your hands/arms are much closer together.

Good, I guess. Better than X or Threads.

But Mastodon would be even better. It’s the only one I use anymore, I just wish it was a more active platform.

I keep looking at the white steam deck thinking how great it’d look if I replaced the buttons with an aftermarket set resembling the European SNES

Heroic Games Launcher has been improving a lot, now having install scripts like Lutris, more platforms available, and a lot less janky than it used to be.

Bottles I don’t have much experience with for games, but it’s a really good program a lot of people use, and if you like Libadwaita apps it’s pretty amazing.

If you only need Lutris as a game launcher (rather than the install scripts, WINE/Proton-GE, and such), Cartridge is a nice little GTK4/Libadwaita launcher too. But it is just that - a launcher, nothing more.

I tried this but even permanent marker kept rubbing off

The number was not small. It was 10+ SKUs… which also happened to be most of the most popular ones.

Intel claimed multiple times to have fixed the issue, only for it to have not been fixed. Maybe it really is fixed this time, but who knows?

Also, stuff is often in warehouses for months. You could very easily still get an affected CPU. And intel has been very clear that they will not replace faulty CPUs. If you get a faulty CPU, you’re on your own.

It’s not worth the risk.

This is all on top of Intel having worse CPUs on a worse platform with zero upgrade path even if you ignore a lot of them being faulty, which you obviously shouldn’t.

You made a tall claim, and still haven’t substantiated it. Why?

Show me this proof that we have the batteries to eliminate all fossil fuels.

You know that’s how it works, right? You make a claim, you need evidence to support it…

Yes, they need heating in winter… for a tiny population. And they have very little in the way of data centres.

Again, these are only suitable depending on the environment you’re in. E.g. pumped water storage is only effective if you have the terrain to allow for it (a large hill or mountain with space for a large body of water).

I never said lithium was an outright requirement. I said batteries can’t currently take the planet off of fossil fuels, then I said that other energy storage systems are very dependent on the location.

E.g. despite there being a lot of rainfall in the UK, there are only 3 places suitable for pumped water energy storage. It can’t be relied upon for powering a country unless you’re phenomenally fortunate with geography.