I do find intriguing Valve continues to be a private company. Unlike the rush start up these days have to do an IPO.
Valve Steam Deck
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#322Arch linux really? Does not make much sense tbh Ubuntu would have been imo way better. Why would you want a rolling OS for some hardware.
Ubuntu would be bloated garbage for this use. I'm sure they're maintaining their own Arch repositories to ensure their OS is stable.
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#323Earlier quoted context omitted.
One negative: With all that hardware it’s almost 3 times heavier than the Nintendo Switch, which is already near the upper limit for holding comfortable for longer play sessions. edit: On closer look that's comparing the Switch without controllers (297g) to the Steam Deck with controllers (669g). The Switch with controllers is 398g, so the Steam Deck is only ~1.7x times as heavy - though that's still a lot of extra w…
That’s almost a deal breaker. My hands get tingly after playing in hand held mode for too long. Not sure if it’s the weight or ergonomics.
Had this issue as well. I now use it as a display only and always play with a controller (tabletop mode). If I can't use a controller, I play slower games (like Civ).
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#324This will be great for the development of proton as more companies will be incentivized to make sure their game runs on linux to target the deck.
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#325I’d like a device that streams my home PC games with decent handheld controls, it doesn’t need to do anything else. Any recommendations?
You can use Steam Link to stream games from your PC to your phone or tablet.
For decent handheld controls, simply pair a PS4 or PS5 controller (or even an Xbox Series X controller) with your phone/tablet over bluetooth.
All you need now is a phone mount for the controller and you are set. For example, google: "PS5 controller phone mount" for a big selection of options available for sale.
The only downside to this type of gaming is the latency. Some people don't mind the latency from streaming games, but it really bothers me.
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#326So, I guess its plays only games from Steam? I'm curious, does every game on Steam run on SteamOS? cus SteamOS is Linux.
Thanks to Valve and Proton/Wine, my games run great on Linux now, in most cases. So, I can say I'm really satisfied. We're certainly miles ahead of, say, 5 years ago.
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#327> Deck What an uninspiring name! (with unfortunate mispronunciations). Looks very interesting though, price point (starting at £349) seems very competitive.
It’s a term used a lot already for DIY’d portable computers in a kind of cyberpunk aesthetic, apparently from the game series Shadowrun
https://hackaday.com/tag/cyberdeck/
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#328And so, this is what Proton was for. Hope this is a success, as the success of Linux as a gaming platform is strictly linked to the success of this. It does look very appealing: it could become a Switch with the whole PC library available. Damn cool.
" PC library available" That's the problem proton does not run all the games.
It runs many more games than the Nintendo switch right from the start, with many people being able to play games on the go without buying them again.
It's not perfect, but it sounds like a much better deal than the Steam Machines which didn't really offer any additional value to anyone and were much more limited.
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#329First impressions: Really good hardware for the price. They fixed the worst thing about SteamOS: It's now got an Arch base. They're definitely overcharging for storage, but I imagine it'll be easy enough to modify one, so it probably doesn't matter much. Why is any company having more USB-2 slots than USB-3 these days? Going with a relatively low resolution compared to modern ones is actually a surprisingly smart mov…
> Why is any company having more USB-2 slots than USB-3 these days? Almost certainly has to do with cost and PCI-E bandwidth. Mobile chips like this only have so much bandwidth, and USB3 requires more dedicated bandwidth than USB2, not to mention more complicated circuitry that drives up price. And when your expected use case is attaching keyboards and mice, which generally are USB2 only anyways, it reduces the cost…
Presumably most people use usb for peripherals that don’t require usb3 spec. Webcams, input devices, etc.
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#330The one issue with this is going to be the storage space. 512GB isn't really enough for multiple AAA games. It will also be interesting to see what the battery life is going to be on this thing, and how well they've tuned the controller hardware.
It could either be an amazing upgrade for mobile gaming or incredibly janky.