TeddE

@TeddE@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  After investigating various releases, I suspect that that) slightly modified likely mostly means ‘directly welded to the motherboard instead of socketed’ and it is otherwise probably mostly stock.

  I imagine the direct welding is a cost-saving measure to make the product more competitive with consoles.

  Given that they announced that the recovery image should now work with a wide variety of systems and that they have stated in multiple places that they plan to eventually release a general version of the OS, they’ve done the work of making it compatible with mostly all AMD stuff. My bet is they’re also working with Nvidia and and their driver support is the holdup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine that’s because that’s what they tried back in 2015 with the Alienware steam machine.

  Because they were forced to do the work of making a custom cpu for the handheld, now they have the contracts and relationships to tailor a CPU for their 2026 machine. But you can tell they still want it to be primarily a PC because they only “lightly modified” it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam Deck we have at home:⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At the time, Microsoft and Sony were playing this “more graphics = more better” game and Nintendo decided it couldn’t compete on that front. You can see a bit of the “compete on anything but graphics” mentality in the Wii and Wii U, then they took what worked and refined it into the Switch and Switch 2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming 2024⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  (currently scrolling from the throne) Fixed that for you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why install other Linux ISOs on Steam Deck?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw a video recently where a Steam Deck was repurposed as a robotics controller and monitor unit for prototypes. Having an off-the-shelf highly customizations controller for $350 is a steal for this industry, but they’re not using it for games.

  (Video for reference: youtu.be/1KEtxTQUzxY)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Republicans Keep Taking Credit For Local Broadband Projects Funded By Federal Bills They Voted Against⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, I don’t think this is a new phenomenon per sé. Politicians being quick to take full credit for good news isn’t groundbreaking (and the masses quick to blame politics for what may be beyond anyone’s control is an interesting parallel)

  What’s changed is how brazen, barren, and hollow Trump and MAGA have exposed the GOP to be. Under his guidance they’ve collectively had the finesse of a third grader and this radically exposed how little they’re contributing in terms of policy.

  As an example, look at Affordable Care Act. Trump claims to replace it with something better, but after years they’ve produced almost nothing to point to as a substitute, and it’s glaringly obvious to anyone slightly interested.

  By contrast, if you roll back to the debates on gay marriage, Republicans threw a ‘separate but equal’ token civil union around, which had enough meat on the bone to fuel a discussion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My deck is stuck on the boot screen after a factory reset⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  You can power the device off by holding power for 12. (I always do 30s when hard booting any device, just to be sure)

  You can get into recovery mode by powering on holding volume up while pressing the power button. You’re welcome to look around, but I don’t think you’ll be able to fix it from here alone, but at least this way you’ll know the hardware is functioning fine.

  Others might have a few things to try next, but if all else fails, these instructions could help install a fresh copy of SteamOS: help.steampowered.com/en/…/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3