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Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by conradev »

lostmsu wrote: post #572
caconym_ wrote: post #286

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The thing about Valve's record with hardware is that the products aren't bad , just extremely niche. If this thing really can play most of most people's Steam games in a Switch-like form factor with a standard gamepad layout, I think it stands to be a hit in a way their past hardware attempts weren't. It's also an interesting counterpoint to all the streaming services popping up these days. PC game streaming to mobil…

One of the major reasons people play PC games is mouse and keyboard are way better than joystick. I don't see myself playing PC games on a handheld.

You can use a keyboard and mouse on a PS5 and a PS5 controller on PC, depending on game support. I believe the same is true for Xbox.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by hackathonguy »

I'm so excited about this - I've been looking for a cheap device that won't take up much space and allow me to play AAA PC games despite having a Macbook as a primary machine. Can't wait to get my hands on this.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by msie »

jazzyjackson wrote: post #208

If I want to develop software for this platform do I have to go through steam? Btw Looking at their link for developers and they accidentally a word here: > This site is a resource for Steam developers - here you can about developing for Steam Deck, developer kits, and more.

Probably not. You can load anything through the SD card slot. Just create software and load it through there or the many USB ports it has! They are saying you can even overwrite the OS so they are not restricting you.

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Post by Latty »

voxl wrote: post #663
l0b0 wrote: post #606

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Arch Linux is amazing. The biggest surprise for me was that it's more stable than so-called stable distros, probably because the various packages don't end up drifting several months from each other when keeping up to date. Hopefully this eventually results in more user friendly Arch Linux installers. The learning curve is an absolute wall when installing, even after several years on Linux, but after that it's pretty…

I highly recommend staying away from Arch and NixOS if you're not ready to commit upwards of 30% of your work and free time fixing and tweaking your box. I've tried both, Arch Linux will routinely hose your entire install if you don't carefully read the update notes every time (even if most of the time there is no call to action for you). Unless it has changed, this is still the expectation of users. NixOS promises s…

I've run Arch for years and this in no way resembles my experience.

Yes, Arch requires you manage and maintain your system, it's not a "just works" thing, but that's a few minutes of work here and there, it mostly just chugs along.

As to hosing your install, I've never had even the threat of that. Yes, you should check the news before doing upgrades to make sure there isn't something that requires your attention, but it's not exactly a big deal to check an RSS feed before you run an update command.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by msie »

maerF0x0 wrote: post #295

I want to know if I can stream and play on a TV or external monitor. It will double the value of this device if I can also play on a bigger screen at home.

Yes. It's a PC with lots of ports. They showed it connected to a large desktop display.

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Post by cma »

whoisburbansky wrote: post #417

Anyone else understand why the storage upgrades are described as "Faster" and "Fastest." At least for eMMC to NVMe, I can see how that can be described as "Faster," but how does increasing NVMe capacity get you "Fastest?"

Higher capacity is often faster by reading from more underlying chips (or layers?) in parallel.

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Post by pxc »

l0b0 wrote: post #606
css wrote: post #135

From the FAQ [0]: - What OS is Steam Deck running? SteamOS 3.0, a new version of SteamOS based on Arch Linux. - Will people be able to install Windows, or other 3rd party content? Yes. Steam Deck is a PC, and players will be able to install whatever they like, including other OSes. [0]: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamdeck/faq

Arch Linux is amazing. The biggest surprise for me was that it's more stable than so-called stable distros, probably because the various packages don't end up drifting several months from each other when keeping up to date. Hopefully this eventually results in more user friendly Arch Linux installers. The learning curve is an absolute wall when installing, even after several years on Linux, but after that it's pretty…

Nix's existing support for Steam is pretty reliable as it is. Using Nix to distribute Steam would be awesome!

I'm not sure how ready Valve would be to require not only their own game distribution mechamisms but a whole package manager, but Nix + NixGL would be a very reliable and low-overhead way to get cross-platform support and to make it easy for games that might depend on extra libraries or specific versions of them.

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Post by loufe »

mr_sturd wrote: post #618
l0b0 wrote: post #606

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Arch Linux is amazing. The biggest surprise for me was that it's more stable than so-called stable distros, probably because the various packages don't end up drifting several months from each other when keeping up to date. Hopefully this eventually results in more user friendly Arch Linux installers. The learning curve is an absolute wall when installing, even after several years on Linux, but after that it's pretty…

Manjaro Linux provides a nice, easy installer for Arch. With different editions based on your preferred DE. https://manjaro.org/download/

When I built a new PC a couple months ago, my first OS on it was Manjaro - coming only from an Ubuntu/debian background. Linux has its limits but the experience is pretty seamless.
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