Fubarberry
@Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz
- Comment on Anyone else get this? 7 hours ago:
Sounds really weird. Do you have any deck plugins installed? Does it happen when browsing steamOS menus/desktop mode?
- Comment on Does the charge limit actually work? 7 hours ago:
I had some issues with this when it first came out, but I had previously capped the max charge through power tools. I figured the issues might have been from the two settings interfering with each other.
- Comment on 8BitDo announces it's controllers now have Steam/SteamOS compatibility 7 hours ago:
That’s fantastic, thanks for sharing
- Comment on Meta’s “AI superintelligence” effort sounds just like its failed “metaverse” 2 days ago:
The tech industry is all about growth. For better or worse facebook has basically grown to it’s max size, and it’s unrealistic to expect any significant growth there. Zuck is trying to sell investors and shareholders on the idea that Meta is going to be at the center of the next massive thing. Some years ago he thought it was going to be VR, and it’s completely unsurprising that he now thinks it’s going to be AI (unsurprising because every other tech company thinks the same thing).
- Comment on 8BitDo announces it's controllers now have Steam/SteamOS compatibility 2 days ago:
It sounds like back paddles will be treated as separate inputs, I found where some people got to try out beta firmware for some of the 8bitdo controllers some months back, and that was specifically mentioned as some of the new functionality.
- Comment on 8BitDo announces it's controllers now have Steam/SteamOS compatibility 2 days ago:
That’s usually ok if you’re not using fsr, but for the deck I personally recommend capping the external display resolution at 1080p.
- Comment on 8BitDo announces it's controllers now have Steam/SteamOS compatibility 2 days ago:
Recent updates have caused some crashes actually when docking to my TV, but I’m on beta OS updates and have a lot of deck plugins, so it might not be affecting other people.
Other than that docked play is pretty good in my experience. There’s a major performance hit if you have upscaling set to use fsr though, especially on 4k monitors.
- Comment on 8BitDo announces it's controllers now have Steam/SteamOS compatibility 2 days ago:
I only use controllers when docked personally
- Comment on 8BitDo announces it's controllers now have Steam/SteamOS compatibility 2 days ago:
On the deck I use them all the time. For FPS games I frequently bind them to be ABXY, lets you jump/reload/etc without having to take your thumb off of the joystick. Absolutely mandatory for games like Doom Eternal and Deep Rock in my opinion.
In games with heavy dpad use for cycling abilities/items (like Elden Ring) I usually use them for that. Being able to cycle spells or potions while running is very necessary sometimes. You can also use them in combination with mode shift settings, things like while I hold R4 down it will temporarily turn my ABXY into a second DPAD.
You can use them for steamOS features, stuff like opening keyboard or toggling zoom for games with small text.
A lot of people dislike clicking thumbsticks, so it’s common for people to use them for that. L4 to toggle sprint instead of L3 is very popular for example. Also nice for when L3/R3 do something you don’t want to trigger accidentally during combat (Ys 8 and 9 toggle a minimap overlay with L3, which is very distracting during combat. So I’ve disabled L3 on the thumbstick and instead have L4 open the minimap overlay).
In any PC game with more inputs it can be great for common button presses that didn’t make the cut onto the standard controller. Things like map/journal shortcuts, quick save, etc. Setting left trackpad to a touch menu is also great for this.
Overall they’re pretty great, I don’t use them in every game, but there are a lot of games I refuse to play on a standard controller without them.
- Comment on Sunshine game stream host for Moonlight gets security fixes, Linux improvements and more features 3 days ago:
It lists mac and linux support on it’s homepage.
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- Comment on [Discussion] What games are you playing on your Deck? - July 2025 3 days ago:
I need to play it still, I have it in my library from some bundle, but there’s always been something more pressing that I wanted to play. It doesn’t look like the kind of game I normally would enjoy, but I’ve heard so many good things about it that I know I need to try it sooner or later.
- Comment on Youtuber PewDiePie is going all in on deGoogling and the Steam Deck is one of the surprising tools that's helping him to 'escape' 3 days ago:
That’s human nature. People are complicated, and everyone has negative and positive aspects to them (granted some have mostly negative or mostly positive traits). It’s a lot easier to have a black and white opinion on people, either you really like someone or you really don’t like someone. When dealing with thousands of famous people that you don’t know, simplifying your opinion on them to a black and white opinion is a shortcut we take to keep from getting overwhelmed.
- Comment on Youtuber PewDiePie is going all in on deGoogling and the Steam Deck is one of the surprising tools that's helping him to 'escape' 3 days ago:
I’m wondering if that’s something like Obsidian
- Comment on Youtuber PewDiePie is going all in on deGoogling and the Steam Deck is one of the surprising tools that's helping him to 'escape' 3 days ago:
Linux has had a major increase in usership lately if I recall right, and supposedly windows has lost a major number of users (although mostly people dropping desktops for just phones).
No idea if PewDiePie contributed or not.
- Youtuber PewDiePie is going all in on deGoogling and the Steam Deck is one of the surprising tools that's helping him to 'escape'www.pcgamer.com ↗Submitted 4 days ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 148 comments
- Comment on Sunshine game stream host for Moonlight gets security fixes, Linux improvements and more features 4 days ago:
I hope so, I know I’ve run into issues before with streaming from a server with no available monitors, so I’m hoping this will fix that.
- Comment on [Discussion] What games are you playing on your Deck? - July 2025 4 days ago:
I’m mostly playing Ys 9 Monstrum Nox, and it’s been a fun time. Also been playing some Mindustry with friends, although I suspect I’ll want to make some tweaks to the control scheme before I play too much longer.
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- Sunshine game stream host for Moonlight gets security fixes, Linux improvements and more featureswww.gamingonlinux.com ↗Submitted 4 days ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 11 comments
- Comment on SteamOS 3.7.13 update gets fixes for more handhelds, fixes WiFi regression on Steam Deck OLED 4 days ago:
Yeah, I don’t think it quite applies here since all that was needed was a reboot.
- Comment on SteamOS 3.7.13 update gets fixes for more handhelds, fixes WiFi regression on Steam Deck OLED 4 days ago:
Yes, it was fixed December of 2023 or January of 2024, if I recall right. Not long after the OLED launched. It was some specific wifi features, mostly wifi 6 features. However they only recently applied that wifi fix to the SteamOS recovery usb drive, so there was over a year where people could still run into the wifi issue if they had to repair their OS from a recovery drive.
- Comment on How to disable Big Picture in Desktop Mode? 4 days ago:
The default desktop mode layout opens keyboard just by pressing x I believe, and if it doesn’t you can customize the desktop layout to set a different keybind for keyboard. I haven’t actually seen it open big picture mode from pressing steam+x at all, I’m curious if anyone else has encountered that.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #22 5 days ago:
I’ve been wondering about the GoG captcha thing. Captchas don’t even really work anymore for preventing bots, and GoG has given me some captchas lately that kept giving me new challenges for like 1.5 minutes before finally letting me redeem the game.
- Comment on Microsoft is moving antivirus providers out of the Windows kernel. Hopefully anti-cheat will be next 5 days ago:
Microsoft’s biggest concern here is another Crowd Strike like event, so they’re prioritizing kernel modifications that impact businesses.
- Microsoft is moving antivirus providers out of the Windows kernel. Hopefully anti-cheat will be nextwww.theverge.com ↗Submitted 6 days ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 53 comments
- Comment on Desktop Linux distros similar to Steam OS? 6 days ago:
While Bazzite is gaming focused, it will still be a great non-gaming distro. The main things gaming distros do is include some optimizations, prioritize faster software updates, bundle in some programs like Steam, and usually try to be more new user friendly. There’s also Fedora Silverblue, which is like the parent of Bazzite. It’s more developer focused though, and may not be as new user friendly as Bazzite.
But as others have said, your biggest request is having the same desktop environment as SteamOS, which is the KDE desktop. This is available on nearly every Linux distro, so you can get that experience with any of them. KDE even has it’s own official distro in the form of KDE Neon, which could honestly be a good choice for you if that’s your main requirement. It’s based on Ubuntu, which makes it easy to find help if you have an issue.
The biggest thing left to understand is that SteamOS and Bazzite are immutable distros, which means the system files are locked down. This makes those systems hard to break, and very reliable. However it can make installing some kinds of software harder. More tradition desktops like KDE Neon/Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora(non-silverblue) are not immutable. They will give your more options for installing software/etc, but there’s a higher chance of breaking something if you start messing with system files.
- Comment on [Discussion] Steam Summer Sale has started, what are you buying to play on your Deck? 1 week ago:
It’s a great one, although it can definitely be a slow burn at first.
- Comment on [Discussion] Steam Summer Sale has started, what are you buying to play on your Deck? 1 week ago:
A very good point.
- Comment on What emulated games hold up in 2025? 1 week ago:
Honestly depends on what kind of games you like.
Many Metroid games are classics and still great to play. For the 3D Metroids, you can install Primehack and play Metroid Prime Trilogy for an amazing experience. For the classic style 2D metroids, I’d recommend a play order of Zero Mission (GBA), Samus Returns (3DS), Super Metroid (SNES), and Metroid Fusion (GBA).
Many older mario games are great, both 2D and 3D. Mario 64 has some great recompiled versions, and even stuff like sm64coopdx that lets you play online coop. Mario Sunshine (GCN) is fun too, and both Mario Galaxy (Wii) games are fantastic. Lots of good Zelda games too, such as Wind Waker (GCN/WiiU). Until recently I would have highly recommended Xenoblade X (WiiU), but it just got a remastered and expanded version on switch.
