🎮 Steam OS (for desktop) in works for real? 'Tis an indication?
Steam Deck's APU utilizes AMD so compatibility's mutual for all device owners.
◉Making Steam OS a good desktop experience - the "Nvidia problem" has to be solved
◉NVIDIA not helping - but Valve are now working on open & free Explicit Sync driver
◉ES busts flicker / frame issues with NVIDIA drivers on Linux
◉The boss Finn Linus Torvalds probably still gives NVIDIA a finger
TIL #Distrobox and #Podman are both pre-installed on the #SteamDeck since the last #SteamOS 3.5 update - never seen that mentioned in the changelog or any news of said update before, so that's cool!
He comenzado a jugar "Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order" en el Steam Deck, de momento puedo decir que es un juego muy bonito, se siente el espíritu de Star Wars y funciona superbién. :blobcatcomfygamer: 🎮
A top-10 ISV has asked if Flathub can provide how many installs of their app are coming from Steam Deck users.
Today, we can’t—we’d need a change in Flatpak itself to add the OS name/version to the user-agent sent along with install/update transactions. The best we may be able to do today is see the exact versions of OSTree and Flatpak that are included in SteamOS, check if those are relatively unique, and provide a rough estimate based on that.
Steam Deck users, can you share the OSTree and Flatpak version numbers from your Steam Decks? I don’t have one for reference, but the gist should be to load Desktop Mode, open a terminal, and type ostree --version and flatpak --version then paste the versions output. :)
The #SteamDeck's existence has prompted other big brands to also churn out their Deck competitors like #ASUS' #ROGAlly, #MSI's #MSIClaw, #Lenovo's #LegionGo, etc. which is great bcos competition is always nice.
... but unfortunately, to my eyes and only my own, there really isn't any competitor to my Deck and it's not bcos of #Linux/#SteamOS which yes, I do absolutely require out of a #gaming handheld (definitely not #Windows, no), but it's all about the design. Blows my mind how the Steam Deck is still the ONLY gaming handheld that doesn't scream (not as loud at least) "I'm a boy" or "I'm a gamer".
The obnoxious logos and branding (MSI's even has "TRUE GAMER" etched on their handheld lmao), the RGB vomit everywhere on the handheld wasting the already very precious battery life and weight of the device, the "rough" edges and curves (or lack thereof) of the device that screams "gamery"... and more. The design of the Steam Deck is still not only the most ergonomic imo, but most importantly the stealthiest of them all. I despise obnoxious designs and I appreciate #Valve's decision not to participate in that mess. I just wish and hope that future Decks would come in more colourways.
Little brother has been using a 2015 macbook air family computer to play minecraft; today he tried out portal, and seemed to like it. So I've decided that I'm turning my old laptop (which was previously being used as a server PC, but I don't really need it for that any more) into a kind of steam console thingy that'll sit by the TV. Running linux on it, of course, with plasma 6, and steam big picture set to open at startup. He doesn't have a steam account but I'll set one up and then steamshare some of my games, and throw in a bluetooth keyboard/mouse plus an old ps4 controller of mine that I found in a giveaway pile on the side of the street a bit ago.
The next #SteamOS update has launched on the stable branch, and it finally brings us the Persona 3 Reload performance improvements on #SteamDeck...and a ton of bug fixes.
Did anyone else notice that SteamOS began to record playtime for non-Steam games recently, or is this something that came with one of my Decky :steamdeck: Steam Deck plugins?
PC desktop setups vary almost as much as there are users..
◉Steam Deck's smooth success & support is largely based on the fact its users have 100% known hardware on their hands
◉Could it be that Valve brings Steam OS for desktop via some sort of "Steam OS Verified Hardware" solution?
◉Ones PC scanned during installation / given a rating?
I want to write a blog post or something documenting how using Flathub on Steam Deck desktop looks and works, but I don’t have a Steam Deck. Sounds like I just justified buying one!