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Secret300@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I know HDR is in the world on Linux same with VRR but that’d be nice to see sooner rather than later.

Just a little bit more RAM. I know 16GB is a good amount but it is shared with the on-board graphics so at least 4 more gigs should help a lot

I think using a filesystem that supports transparent compression would be nice to as well as zram but that might hurt battery life.

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Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
For the filesystem, I would recommend checking out this btrfs filesystem conversion for Steam Deck.

I’ve been super happy with it.

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- Secret300@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Never new that was a thing. I was gonna just install the fedora based alternative.
  
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  - Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It works really well, and it will convert your main filesystem without you having to reinstall or anything.
    
    In addition to compression, it also will deduplicate files and set up a scheduled deduplication process.
    
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    Tau@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    How much space gains do you get?
    
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Spiracle@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Apparently, you’re getting both HDR and VRR on the current Steam Deck soon. Currently, in the Preview version, soon-ish in stable.

Announcement: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3686804163591367815

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Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ll be honest, I’m still having a problem understanding the draw of HDR. In about 99% of the places I watch…anything…there is ambient light which increases the black floor to a dark gray. I’m already losing the bottom 2-4 bits of depth to the room lighting and screen glare, giving me more fine control of gradients just makes for a slightly more nuanced (but still indistinguishable) dark gray (assuming I don’t readjust my gamma every time I play, or when the train turns and the lighting is now coming from another direction) . The wider color gamut could be nice, but it would require a much, much better screen.

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