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[–] jacksilver 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Really I think it's that SteamOS is built around the device. If you ever use desktop mode on the steamdeck it's just as painful as windows (my opinion from dual booting the steam deck).

Its why I think retro gaming handhelds work well too. They're built to have easy stop/start power states and better designed around non keyboard interfaces.

[–] Schmeckinger 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bought a steam deck this Christmas. In desktop mode selecting a file with long click freezes the file Explorer if you don't click anything in the menu that pops up. And the track pad randomly stops working in desktop mode.

[–] SquirtleHermit 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You might want to try a factory reset or make a warranty claim, as none of the SteamDecks I've used do that.

[–] Schmeckinger 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not a big deal. The track pad issue can probably be solved by some config, maybe steam doesn't always launch when I open desktop mode. And the file selection will probably be fixed in a update. At least when the windows becomes unresponsive I can still close it with the X and it open up a new window in the same spot. Also I don't move around files a lot. The gaming experience is basically flawless. I would probably spend more time fixing these issues than they cost me.

[–] Schmeckinger 1 points 1 year ago

I found the issue with the desktop track pad suddenly not working. I played on my main PC with a steam controller and apparently didn't add a non steam game to my library, so editing my controller setting also applied that edit to my deck.