CalcProgrammer1

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Took the plunge after 2 years, and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Both Huaying and Delta fans are OEM, your Deck could have either fan. Valve has multiple suppliers for some parts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Alternate Reality Of The Steam Deck (Anti-cheat Support!)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, that goes against the spirit of open source and will further hurt Linux gaming outside of the Deck. The Deck has been a huge boon to the Linux gaming community at large because it sticks to a basic Arch Linux core for the most part. Don’t segregate the Linux gaming community, instead force the shitty spyware companies to not embed their shitware deep into the kernel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What kind of protective and carrying cases do you use for your Deck?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just use the default case for the most part. I have a third party case from Amazon with a larger internal storage compartment I use when traveling as I can fit a battery bank, bluetooth earbuds, and extra cables in it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck vs that Asus thingy⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have both, mainly got the Ally as an experiment. The Deck is absolutely the way to go. Windows is a dreadful experience in general, but especially so on a handheld. No touchpads means awful mouse control, but Windows means an OS designed around mouse control. Asus’ software feels like a big hack (because it is) haphazardly glued on top of a stock Windows desktop. Steam Big Picture works OK but the Steam menus are limited in functionality compared to using them on SteamOS and the Deck. Meanwhile, the Deck is an incredibly polished product and the SteamOS interface is controller-first. You can still go to the desktop and use it as a PC, but you won’t wind up there accidentally like you will on the Ally. The SteamOS gaming mode is built around operating with a controller and everything works well.

  As for running Linux on the Ally? It is doable, but the experience is nowhere as good as the Deck. No seamless sleep and resume< issues with button mapping, limited tweaking of power limits, and more. Just get a Deck OLED and be happy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dock's for Oled 1 TB version?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any dock that lists Steam Deck support and has the ports you want should be fine honestly. USB C docks are very standardized, so as long as it supports 45W charging or more it’ll almost certainly be fine. I have a bunch of different docks and they all work fine with the Deck. The OLED model doesn’t change this either, any dock that works with the original should work with the OLED.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steamdeck setup without PC⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why I mentioned the “without an OS installed already” though a corrupt OS is another possibility that would need some other system available (whether phone, tablet, another Deck, or PC).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steamdeck setup without PC⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And you can create the bootable USB with the Deck before you swap the SSD. You should never need a second PC to set up the Deck unless you bought your Deck without an OS installed already.