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Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by Ericson2314 »

kfajdsl wrote: post #769
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…

Ha, I went from Ubuntu > Arch > NixOS and I think I'm finally happy (famous last words, I know). This rings true for me.

I really want to sell Valve on the Nixpkgs cross compilation work we've done someday. If anyone knows anyone there that would be interested in flawless Linux Windows builds with all toolchain combinations, do let me know!

Thanks for playing games on NixOS!

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by Pxtl »

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're in luck, then. The Steam Deck has thumb trackpads for mouse-like aiming. This is their 3rd kick at thumb trackpads (they're on the Steam Controller and the Index Controller) so they're established pretty well at it.

It's not the same as a mouse but it beats the pants off of thumbstick aiming.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by Valkhyr »

Damn, if this was officially available in Japan I'd be so tempted to reserve one right now...

Might still order one to my home in Germany, but probably will wait for further news on proper international availability first.

In any case, I hope this will create a fire under Nintendo's ass to release a proper Switch Pro. They've had the handheld market to themselves for far too long, and the lackluster upgrades are showing it.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by staticman2 »

whalabi wrote: post #745

It's 1280 X 800 on the device, I wonder how it fares playing AAA titles at higher res on a TV or monitor. Have only given the specs a cursory look so far but seems the GPU is (understandably) significantly less powerful than, say, a laptop GPU from a few years back.

IGN claims it should have power similar to a PS4‐ which means it should do a good enough job on current games if IGN is correct.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by Pxtl »

caslon wrote: post #38

First 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…

In my experience USB-3 generates interference that messes with wireless gaming device dongles. I use a Logitech wireless headset and gamepad and they work far worse in USB-3 ports.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by t8e56vd4ih »

huh? so a gameboy on steroids? that's what gets hackernews excited? at first i thought, finally a competitor to Oculus quest and what do i behold? a little notebook with domain specific keyboard ... come on, give me a break

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by seba_dos1 »

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…

> Hopefully this eventually results in more user friendly Arch Linux installers.

Pretty sure it won't. I bet it's going to use a self-made system upgrade facility and not rely directly on pacman either.

pacman is great for its intended use-cases, but it's not a package manager you want to use with no supervision of an experienced user. It may even silently leave a package in broken state just because the rootfs went full during the upgrade.

And at the very least, pretty sure they're not going to use actual Arch system repos but roll their own.

Re: Valve Steam Deck

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Post by xd1936 »

rasz wrote: post #689
alanwreath wrote: post #453

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`Steam Deck is a PC, and players will be able to install whatever they like, including other OSes.` this is probably this most exciting thing about this release. How many days until this thing is running k3s and/or serving up a prometheus dashboard on the same device that is touch capable?

The only exciting thing is the form factor. Spec wise its an underperforming laptop with integrated graphics delivering below 8 year old GTX 760 level of "performance". 1280 x 800 at up to 30 fps.

Pretty bold claims for not having seen even pre-production hardware yet
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