Telorand

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what exactly is the steam frame?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not truly a discount either, it’s a subsidy. That cost is recouped by the aggregation and sale of your data, which is far more valuable to Meta than a single product sale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what exactly is the steam frame?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i dont care about all that data stuff.

  Multibillionaires certainly seem to, though. That fact alone should concern you.

  Privacy should be your fundamental right, not something you have to demand from those who command or can buy influence and power (e.g. billionaires, politicians). What you buy, what you play, who you talk to is what fuels a nearly trillion dollar industry, and you don’t get a dime of that, nor do you get much of a say in how that data gets used; if you’re a citizen of the EU, the GDPR offers some protection, but it is being undermined all the time.

  To say that you don’t care about your privacy is like saying you don’t care about politics. Maybe you truly don’t care, but it’s going to affect and influence your life anyway, and not caring only helps the rich and powerful—to the detriment of us all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what exactly is the steam frame?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It shouldn’t piss you off. You should be cheering for that behavior, and it would be wonderful if every dev was that brave.

  The reason the Quest is relatively affordable is because you are the product. Meta is harvesting your data for free, and the cost is partially subsidized by the sale of your data. Continuing to support the Metas, the Googles, the Xitters, etc. does not ultimately benefit anyone but the wealthy.

  I get that it can be frustrating to lose out on some fun, but I think not buying their products is a worthy sacrifice to make for the good of us all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what exactly is the steam frame?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I once had to play NMS on low settings, before I had a GPU, and it’s not an especially good-looking game like that. The Frame will probably have better specs than my stop-gap Ryzen 5600G build, but it’s definitely a game that’s more immersive with good hardware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what exactly is the steam frame?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The Quest also has the caveat of being tied to Meta, and people like me will never buy one because of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what exactly is the steam frame?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s okay, we’ll just have to have a crowdsourced FrameDB (or maybe it will be added onto ProtonDB).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what exactly is the steam frame?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Very likely! Honestly, if the price is able to be as good as the Deck and not the Index, I can see a lot of people adopting VR.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what exactly is the steam frame?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  NMS specifically I think might work. It can run on some pretty low-end hardware on their lowest settings, so you might be able to play locally on the Frame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what exactly is the steam frame?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I was able to gather: yes, it has the capability to play VR on it without a dedicated machine. However, it will not be as good as if you had a dedicated PC, obviously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam Controller 2 May Be Able To Detect How Far Away Your Hands Are From It - Steam Deck H⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Broderbund made it‽ It must have been awesome!

  I miss that company…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you guys noticed an increase in how much the fans run in the last month or so?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately, I tend not to play anything that pushes the power needs above 12W—usually something 2D, so it’s possible that I just don’t do anything that would make a noticeable change. Take my experience with a grain of salt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you guys noticed an increase in how much the fans run in the last month or so?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have not noticed that. What have you been playing? If you’ve been playing the same games, and they’ve had updates, it’s possible those updates are unoptimized or just heavier to run at the settings you had previously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck LCD 256GB on sale for 20% off ($400 -> $320)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam Deck was the best tech expenditure I’ve made in the last five years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you misunderstand what the Deck is. It’s a handheld laptop with a built-in controller with the express purpose of playing games. It’s not a GPU with a screen.

  I feel you about GPU pricing, but the Deck is one of the few things I’ve bought in recent years where I didn’t feel buyer’s remorse, even slightly. How it’s priced is fair for what you get: an ultra-portable Linux gaming laptop. Plus, you get the added benefit of knowing that you’re further supporting gaming on Linux; Proton literally changed the gaming landscape, and Valve has directly partnered with Arch Linux.

  I still frequently play my Desktop, but there are times when I just want to chill in bed, sit on the couch, play on vacation, and there’s simply no way I can take my desktop computer with me to those places.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not being snarky, but you bring a screen for your device with a screen? Any particular reason?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Benefits:

  • Changes are persistent. Unlike SteamOS, which uses an A/B partition scheme for upgrades, every update is a new image, and you can easily rollback or rebase at will.
  • Several built in tweak commands to set up or modify different settings/apps.
  • Comes with many QoL bundled apps.
  • Can utilize Distrobox to install other software from other distros.
  • Active and responsive devs and community.
  • Works on both desktop and handheld hardware.

  Drawbacks:

  • Does not always get updates as quickly as SteamOS (it’s nearly bleeding edge, but not quite).
  • The fully Atomic nature has a learning curve, and system management may be challenging, depending on what kinds of tweaks a user intends.

  There may be other technical aspects that differ, like battery life, but I don’t know enough to say if they are different in practice. Fwiw, I have Bazzite on a laptop and SteamOS on my Deck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't avoid native Linux version from GOG with Heroic on Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For a couple of real world examples:

  • CrossCode from GOG needs a specific version of both Proton and the underlying engine. Otherwise, the controls don’t work using the Linux Native version.
  • Stardew Valley (Steam version) will not work with mods and multiplayer unless you use the Windows version and follow the manual instructions for installing the windows mod loader. The Linux version of Stardew will not connect to multiplayer.

  Those are just two I could recall off the top of my head, but I’m confident there’s others like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS outperforms Windows on almost all Legion Go S benchmarks, but Lenovo seems to want to pretend that the SteamOS version doesn't exist⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tend to agree. I wish League worked on Linux, only because I have friends that play it frequently, but I’m not going back to Windows just because of that. There’s still a bevy of multiplayer games that work great, and missing out on one game isn’t much of a loss in the grand scheme.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fwiw, I almost always get some amount of buyer’s remorse when I make a purchase, usually on expensive items. There’s some hidden cost or feature that isn’t quite what I’d hoped for.

  Not so with the Steam Deck. It has been virtually everything I hoped for, and not once have I felt like it did or had something I didn’t want. When you pull the trigger, I hope you get the same experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook shut down in PNG in 'test' to stop 'pornography, misinformation'⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, aren’t they lucky?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revolt server ( Linux + Steam Deck devs / creators)⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like the perfect use case for an email alias service like addy.io, though, if Revolt is something somebody wants.

  I agree that federation would be better, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some light-hearted, feel-good, comforting games to play on the deck?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I should replay that one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some light-hearted, feel-good, comforting games to play on the deck?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  • Lost in Play - adorable game about two siblings and their imagined adventure…or is it?
  • Tinykin - platform puzzler collectathon with zero enemies. Just cozy vibes.
  • Freshly Frosted - Want to feel personally encouraged by a soothing narrator while making donut machines?
  • Tiny Glade - make cute castles. That’s it!
  • KeyWe - kiwi mail delivery. Literally.
  • The Were Cleaner - werewolf janitor.
  • Little Inferno - silly game where you burn things to get more things to burn. Also, Sugar Plumps!
  • A Hat in Time - puzzle platformer collectathon that’s cute and creative
  • Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate - silly point and click adventure. Looks like I’m gonna have to jump…!
  • Hidden Through Time - Where’s Waldo but more animated.
  • Thomas Was Alone - platformer where Thomas might not be as alone as he thinks (in a good way).
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some questions before probably getting a Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I should also mention that you might want to look into a Deck Saver. It’s a little bit of plastic you can 3D print that fits into the original Deck case, and it will hold your device in place in the event you pick up the case with the lid open.

  If you don’t want to bother, I have a rule I follow: if the Deck is in the case, the zippers go shut. First thing. No exceptions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some questions before probably getting a Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  -I love Gnome, but I’d be willing to give KDE a shot. If I don’t like it, how difficult would it be to have Gnome while keeping the normal Steam OS?

  Afaik, not possible. SteamOS uses a mostly immutable A/B partition structure, so while you could likely install Gnome, the next time SteamOS updates, I expect it would wipe out your tweaks (or enough of them to break shit).

  -I know that I could wipe Steam OS and get Bazzite with Gnome. Except getting Gnome, what are the advantages of getting Bazzite over Steam OS? What are the inconvenients?

  Pros:

  • It won’t wipe out your system tweaks at every update.
  • It will use the most updated versions of things available in Fedora’s repos.
  • A bad update can be easily rolled back.

  Cons:

  • It’s not like traditional Linux distros, like Workstation, so learning how to work with an atomic distro can be a challenge at first.
  • It might not have every patch SteamOS has, or at least not right away. This tends to be minor in practice, but Valve has a vested interest in making the Deck awesome, not Linux as a whole. The community is pretty good at keeping up with downstream patches, though, if any.

  Noteworthy:

  • It uses Wayland by default. That matters to some.
  • Some software cannot be easily installed (like some VPN clients) or installed at all. The more a program has to touch system files, the less likely it is that you can install or use it.
  • Updates take a long time due to how the snapshot imaging works.

  -I think that KDE is now in version 6.3 or 6.4. What is the version that you now have on Steam OS?

  5.27.10. SteamOS uses X11.

  -What can you easily upgrade on a used Steam Deck (probably not Oled)?

  For the LCD version, lots. From the screen to the shell to the buttons. I vaguely remember there being a fan mod, too. There’s a whole ecosystem of Deck mods out there. You can even remove the screen and controllers entirely, if you’re so inclined.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heroic Games Launcher v2.16 released with improved Steam Deck / Linux game compatibility⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, you could use it as a replacement for Lutris.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heroic Games Launcher v2.16 released with improved Steam Deck / Linux game compatibility⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No. It’s an alternative, just like how Bottles is an alternative to either of those. I like Heroic, but use the launcher(s) you like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modder transforms Steam Deck with broken display into a mini PC, and you can too⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People are so creative!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modder transforms Steam Deck with broken display into a mini PC, and you can too⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A Valve x Framework collaboration would be awesome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Modder transforms Steam Deck with broken display into a mini PC, and you can too⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes, you just do things because you can.

  Here’s the Steam Brick, a very similar project. To quote the maker:

  I was so preoccupied with whether or not I could that I didn’t stop to think if I should.