This is where we discuss and talk anything about the SteamDeck, Linux Gaming, Hardware, Software, Emulation, etc.
But you know what we love most? Piracy!!!
This is where we have archive most of our resources and guides. Click here to go to the wiki. (no link yet, work in progress)
For any changes, suggestions or requests, contact us or make a post with "Wiki" on the title and we'll work on that.
Hey all,
flwwhtrbt here (if you need to confirm it, you can probably reach out to my friend agaric on the SDP sub-reddit, or even go to my mastodon and reach out there - where I can confirm this in person!)
Nice to see the community kinda in place here, though it feels quite ghost-town-y
What plans are in place here?
Hello! I'm writting some guides myself, as I'd rather compile some content that I have verified and is not a copy paste from other places. Still, I'm working, slowly, but working.
You're welcome in here, we can talk on DMs
I'd love a sticky post explaining the best way to get games
A list of sources will be on the wiki, but since that will take some time, I'll try to make a shorter post about this topic soon!
I suppose adding a way or two of installing games to run under proton will also be useful!
It might be worthwhile to pay attention to how one can find a source. Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to your recommendations! But I'm thinking just in case that list faces some kind of censorship, to there's still knowledge regarding how to go about looking for a source that might be somewhat harder to silence.
Anyway, had no idea this community existed! This will be my first subscription, I think; up until know I've been content to just scroll the All feed. 😅
Oh! As a newbie, Wine had an unexpectedly steep learning curve at times. So I would definitely recommend guides or explanations of stuff like "what is a Wine prefix, and when might I want to customize that instead of settling for the default?"
I hadn't really thought about piracy for SteamDeck as I don't own one yet, but I do have Linux PCs. Are there obstacles on SteamOS to be aware of or is it pretty much the same as running anything on any Linux?
Mostly the same as any linux distro. The biggest issue usually are users, since linux gamers usually are tech enthusiasts and understand what they are doing to a degree, but the steam deck is the 1st of its kind to make so many non tech enthusiasts have to dig into linux (because of it comming preinstalled instead of windows)
So that's that. Also steamdeck has specific issues but at the same time is easier to troubleshoot since it is the same system
As a newcomer, working with an immutable distro took some getting used to for sure. Once I learned some of the basic things like unlocking the filesystem so I can pull the list of packages, that kinda stuff, it got a lot easier!
Yes please!