Great! Like installing square wheels on my bike
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2024
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I'd rather have SteamOS officially support more devices including desktop. Good on Valve for giving people options though.
Eww…
Cool but also meh, I really like steams and have had 0 issues getting games to play.
It's a great option for people who wants to play those games where the anti cheat system doesn't support Linux
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I would rather trust GamingOnLinux here:
While it is not in any way officially supported by Valve, they have now released Windows drivers for the newer Steam Deck OLED model.
(emphasis mine)
Yeah, that is a good point to make.
Main reason I linked the steamdeckhq coverage is because they covered it last night, where gamingonlinux didn't have any coverage of it until a few hours ago.
Blech! Why would somebody sully such a wonderful device with a piss patty OS?
I could imagine that games with invasive anti cheats are a reason.
As someone who played a couple, i just stopped playing them.
I'm a little sad they did this, i hoped that the pressure on the game devs would rise so they support Linux, oh well.
Personally, I think this is great because I can now use my game pass subscription on the steam deck, I know I could use the cloud functionality on steamos, but it is not the same.
This limitation made be realize the vendor lock-in that game pass is, sure it provides awesome value, but forces you to have windows or buy an Xbox.
Why did you subscribe to services you couldn't use?
I only bought a steam deck recently, when I subscribed for 3 years, I mostly gamed on Windows or on my Xbox.
True, still a little salty I had to cancel the subscription, I genuinely liked it. But I'm not installing Windows.
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Meh.
Good news, Lemmy! You will no longer be forced by big tech corporations to run uh... [checks notes] a version of Linux on your Steam Deck anymore!
Uhhh...well. that's...um. sure. Someone could do that.
I’ve used the ASUS ROG Ally and I do not recommend running Windows on anything, let alone a handheld. Don’t tarnish your Steam Deck with this!
I fully agree, but the Deck should be less painful to run windows on thanks to the track pad.
The trackpad is amazing on the Deck.
And then there’s me, who got a new laptop a couple of days ago after looking into things, and the pre installed Windows worked perfectly to test the hardware worked fine… before being replaced by Linux.
who would use it when Linux just works in addition to Microsoft's continued enshitification of Windows?
Some games have security software that requires Windows. Destiny 2 for example.
Well, at least for me the solution is simple: don't buy those games.
That's... that's a lot of games.
On the 1st page I found exactly one game that I'd maybe want to play, but not like I couldn't live without it. None on page 2 and one game again on page 3. Every single game I wanted to play on the Deck works (true, some of them needed some tinkering).
Remember, I said the solution is simple for me. Generally the games that don't work are not really my cup of tea, like online games and generally stuff that's more cash-grab than a game. There are few games that would make me consider getting Windows to play, but luckily all of those work well. I still wouldn't install Windows on the Deck, though, I'd probably stream it from some PC.
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Every single one of these games looks like trash. Like 4 out of 5 (on page 1 at least) of the games on the list are games I've only heard about from YouTube advertisements that I didn't use SponsorBlock on.
Not very convincing.
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No thanks
Good to have the option, but probably only worth it if you play anti cheat infested games or subscribe to game pass. I'll stick with the OS optimised for the hardware
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What if I told you, you can pay money for spyware
So. Many. Ads. Omg
"I see youre trying to shutdown your computer. Would you like to buy more OneDrive storage?"
Wow! This is worthless!
Geez why are some people so ready to install malware.
Weird that the drivers are that dramatically different for the OLED version.
The standard Steam Deck Windows drivers have been out for ages, I have a Win11 external SSD and it works fine.
Weird that the drivers are that dramatically different for the OLED version.
The WiFi and BT modules are completely different (the OLED's product page says this since the announcement), hence new drivers required.
Valve are working on getting SteamOS to work on the ROG Ally X so maybe they're doing this to help get SteamOS to work on windows first handhelds and make it work better across the 3rd party handheld landscape.
Like you've got to take two steps back to take a step forward
I don't see why this would help. More likely there are two different teams/people working on either side separately from each other. I bet the windows work involves a lot more work on Microsoft's or the chip manufacturer's side than valves.
Fortnite OS
No thanks 🤮
@Fubarberry Why thou?
Some games have security software that requires Windows. Destiny 2 for example.
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So now you can play fortnite on the steam deck. I like to think valve did this just to mess with epic.
Also... Photoshop I guess?
I guess it's nice of them to release the drivers but that still won't make it a good experience. They should have designed the deck to use full length nvme so you could get bigger drive sizes and not feel like a dual boot leaves no room for games. Not that I would do this or recomend it, yuck.
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