CalcProgrammer1
@CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today
Software Engineer, Linux Enthusiast, OpenRGB Developer, and Gamer
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- Submitted 3 hours ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 2 comments
- Comment on Fresh stable Steam update out with updates for Steam Machine, Steam Controller, Remote Play and more 2 days ago:
Glad to see things stabilizing for SteamOS on the Steam Machine and on custom hardware outside of the Steam Deck. I just installed SteamOS on an old PC over the weekend to experiment with some things before getting my Steam Machine (which should come tomorrow). I’m glad they’re adding a Great on Machine store category, as the Great on Deck category also serves the purpose of “Works on Linux” but some games are excluded purely due to Steam Deck performance issues that don’t apply to a general Linux gaming PC context. At least the Machine has significantly higher specs so this should be less of an issue with the Machine category. Also like to see the continued improvements to Steam Input and the Steam Controller.
- Comment on Steam Machine is currently selling an estimated 12k–15k units per week, based on its strong position on Steam's Global Top Sellers chart. 6 days ago:
I’m gonna triple boot mine when I get it, SteamOS (1TB), Arch Linux (512GB), and Windows 11 (512GB). I plan to game mostly on SteamOS but as a mini PC it will probably take the place of my travel setup and so I want access to Arch (my daily driver OS on my main PCs) and Windows (mainly for development testing of cross-platform apps but also maybe Fortnite, it’s the one game my friends play that doesn’t support Linux).
- Comment on Steam Machine is currently selling an estimated 12k–15k units per week, based on its strong position on Steam's Global Top Sellers chart. 6 days ago:
The adoption rate is pretty meaningless at the moment considering their queue system just put people into whatever queues they randomized into. I signed up for all 4 mainly wanting a 2TB unit but ended up in the 512GB queue instead. I’ve ordered a 2TB NVMe and an extra 16GB RAM stick so when I get it the first thing I’m doing is installing the upgrades.
- Comment on Steam Machine is currently selling an estimated 12k–15k units per week, based on its strong position on Steam's Global Top Sellers chart. 6 days ago:
I found a Crucial stick (16GB 5600 SODIMM) for like $180 on eBay. Ordered it a few days ago because I just wanted to have it by the time I did get my Steam Machine purchase email and then I ended up getting the purchase email yesterday, so hopefully it will all come next week. I also ordered a 2TB NVMe on eBay for $190.
- Comment on Steam Machine is currently selling an estimated 12k–15k units per week, based on its strong position on Steam's Global Top Sellers chart. 6 days ago:
I was on the reservation queue but hadn’t received my email. I ended up in the queue for the 512GB and not the 2TB I really wanted, but luckily I found good deals on eBay for a 2TB SSD and a 16GB DDR5 5600 SODIMM for around $400 combined. Ended up ordering those just to have them when I finally did get my email, and luckily just last night I got my purchase email for the Steam Machine. Hopefully the RAM and SSD get here before the Machine does so I can upgrade it right away. That way I can have 32GB and dual-channel and enough space to triple boot SteamOS (for gaming), Arch Linux (for development, tinkering), and Windows (for Fortnite and development/testing as well).
I’m excited to reverse engineer its RGB and get it integrated into OpenRGB, one reason why I want all the OSes on it.
- Comment on DOOM: The Dark Ages and Digimon Story Time Stranger have Denuvo DRM removed 1 week ago:
Too bad this happened after the Steam sale ended. I wanted to buy Doom but not with Denuvo. Maybe next sale.
- Comment on Has anyone here got their Steam Machine yet? 2 weeks ago:
My reservation is for the 512GB with controller. I’m in the US. I signed up for all four options when it first went live.
- Comment on Has anyone here got their Steam Machine yet? 2 weeks ago:
Still waiting on my second email to be able to buy the thing. I got the first email saying I’m in the reservation queue, but I have no idea how quickly they are moving through said queue.
- Comment on Got my Steam Controller today 2 months ago:
Mine showed up as well. I wasn’t expecting it so soon since the count had already gone past the first delivery dates when I got my order in (about an hour after opening). Enjoying it so far, spent some time setting up the trackpad and gyro and experimenting in Marvel Rivals. I’ve actually been enjoying the trackpads a lot more on this controller than I did on the Steam Deck. They’re a bit more comfortably positioned and touchpad input works better on a 240Hz display than on a 60Hz one. I got a profile set up that has been working pretty well for me now and played a bunch of games today to experiment with controls and see if I could do anywhere as well as keyboard and mouse. I’m quite happy with the touchpads, though I don’t think it’s quite as accurate as KB+M but it’s way closer than a normal gamepad.
- Comment on Steam Controller is Out of Stock 2 months ago:
It went out of stock multiple times but after spamming checkout for 40 minutes it finally went through at 1:09PM CST.
- Comment on Steam Beta adds Remote Downloads Management 3 months ago:
This is a great feature, I will definitely be using it to keep all my PCs up to date on downloads.
- Comment on [Discussion] Would you buy a Steam smart phone? 4 months ago:
Absolutely, we need more Linux phone options.
- Comment on Experimental code ready for testing to enable HDMI 2.1 FRL with AMDGPU on Linux 5 months ago:
I always wondered why nobody just said “screw HDMI, this is open source and nobody can stop us” and did it anyways. I guess now my question is answered. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Hopefully there’s a path to getting this merged, otherwise I hope distros are willing to ship a modified kernel or DKMS patcher for it. A large chunk of Linux drivers are based on reverse engineering, why not HDMI 2.1 support.
- Comment on HORI Steam Controller releases in the USA in December 1 year ago:
What is special about this controller? It looks like a basic layout, no haptics, nothing that compares it to the actual Steam Controller or Steam Deck other than the Steam logo. Why would I want this over an Xbox, DualSense, or Switch Pro controller?